Is taste and smell impairment irreversible in COVID-19 patients?

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SALCAN İ., KARAKEÇİLİ F., SALCAN S., ÜNVER E., Akyuz S., SEÇKİN E., ...More

EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY, vol.278, no.2, pp.411-415, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 278 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00405-020-06560-0
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.411-415
  • Erzincan Binali Yildirim University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective It is known that the COVID-19 disease, which has affected the whole world, causes symptoms, such as cough, fever, shortness of breath, muscle pain, fatigue, diarrhea, headache and sore throat, in addition to various clinical findings, such as loss of smell and taste. In this study, we aimed to reveal the loss of sense of taste and smell in COVID-19 patients and to investigate whether these sensory losses are permanent in the healing process of the disease.