Have you lost your sense of smell due to COVID-19? Scientists know when it’s going to be back to normal

It can take up to a year to return to full odor after COVID-19, according to a study published in the JAMA Medical Journal.

1. Scientists carefully studied 51 patients with COVID-19
2. 45 percent of them regained a fully functional sense of smell after four months
3. For the rest, it took up to a year
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One of the most common symptoms of COVID-19 is loss or loss of sense of smell, and an altered perception of smells. Doctors define this as anosmia. The results of research published in the “JAMA Medical Journal” shed new light on the regeneration of the olfactory organ. The researchers analyzed the cases of 97 patients with acute loss of smell lasting more than seven days after being positively diagnosed with COVID-19. It shows that nerve regeneration can take up to a year.

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Of the 97 participants, 51 people underwent both subjective and objective olfactory tests. These 51 patients completed questionnaires every four months in which they described how they themselves describe their sense of smell. This was backed up each time by the control of the ability to recognize odors. The participants rated their sense of smell according to how intense they felt each of them was.

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Year of recovery

What are the conclusions of the research? After four months, 45 percent. of the respondents regained a fully functional sense of smelland 53 percent. found that they regained their sense of smell only partially. Others indicated that they felt no change in their olfactory power. In an eight-month interval of about 96 percent. out of 51 patients reported full recovery. Two patients, or about 4%, still reported an impaired sense of smell after a year. Of the remaining 46 patients who filled in the questionnaires only, 28 percent. reported “satisfactory recovery” after four months. The remaining participants reported the same for a year.

Almost all cases healed

– The persistent anosmia associated with COVID-19 has an excellent prognosis with almost complete recovery after a year – emphasize the authors of the study.

As they add, clinicians are dealing with an increasing number of people with post-COVID syndrome. Data on long-term outcomes are still needed for informed forecasting and counseling.

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