Medications
These doctors are treating COVID smell loss by sticking plasma-soaked sponges up people's noses
Nancy Damato walked past a garbage can the other day and caught a whiff of decaying banana peel.
Apr 5, 2022
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News tagged with smell
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How does COVID-19 affect people's ability to smell
A decreased or altered sense of smell—called olfactory dysfunction—is a common symptom experienced by individuals with COVID-19. As described in an article published in The Laryngoscope, researchers recently searched ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mayo Clinic Minute: Hope for COVID-19 patients who've lost their sense of taste, smell
The loss or change in a person's sense of taste and smell is something that can happen to people who have had COVID-19. It's a common symptom with other viruses, including influenza, but it's happening at a much larger magnitude ...
Mar 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 mapper reveals symptom variation between countries and health status in 2020
Looking at 190 countries, researchers from Imperial College London found that symptoms of COVID-19, including the initial trifecta of cough, fever, and loss of smell, varied by both country and presence of underlying health ...
Mar 11, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How COVID-19 can change the brain
Scientists have discovered that even a mild case of COVID-19 might inflict damage on your brain.
Mar 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers estimate the true prevalence of COVID-19 taste loss
Reports of taste loss, a symptom of COVID-19, have been on the rise over the last two years. The taste dysfunction comes in different forms, including ageusia (total taste loss), hypogeusia (partial taste loss), and dysgeusia ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mechanism behind loss of smell with COVID-19 revealed
Researchers have discovered a mechanism that may explain why COVID-19 patients lose their sense of smell.
Feb 2, 2022
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Neuroscience
From odor to action: How smells are processed in the brain and influence behavior
A dog raises its nose in the air before chasing after a scent. A mosquito zigzags back and forth before it lands on your arm for its next meal. What these behaviors have in common is that they help these animals "see" their ...
Jan 26, 2022
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Genetics
People with certain genetic loci are 11% more likely to lose the ability to smell or taste from COVID
A team of researchers at genomics and biotechnology company 23andMe have found that people with a certain genetic locus are 11% more likely to lose the ability to smell or taste due to a COVID-19 infection. In their paper ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why children may be off their food after COVID
More and more children could be turning into fussy eaters after a bout of COVID, according to smell experts at the University of East Anglia and Fifth Sense, the charity for people affected by smell and taste disorders.
Jan 18, 2022
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