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An article from Harvard Medical School reminds us that coping with the loss of smell or taste “can even pose an existential threat, by putting us at risk in detecting fires, gas leaks, or ...
Doctors from around the world are reporting cases of COVID-19 patients who have lost their sense of smell, known as anosmia, or taste, known as ageusia. The director of the University of Florida ...
New loss of taste or smell. Fatigue. Muscle or body aches. Headache. Nausea or vomiting. ... The most recent COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the XEC variant, Russo says. “The ...
Oral cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgical treatments, are further causes of taste and smell loss with up to 70% of oral cancer patients noting dysgeusia. Specifically, chemotherapies and radiation treatments may impair or damage various taste related cells, and certain surgeries may even remove minor to major ...
Some less common symptoms of COVID-19 can be relatively non-specific; however the most common symptoms are fever, dry cough, and loss of taste and smell. [ 1 ] [ 22 ] Among those who develop symptoms, approximately one in five may become more seriously ill and have difficulty in breathing.
Ageusia (from negative prefix a-and Ancient Greek γεῦσις geûsis 'taste') is the loss of taste functions of the tongue, particularly the inability to detect sweetness, sourness, bitterness, saltiness, and umami (meaning 'savory taste'). It is sometimes confused with anosmia – a loss of the sense of smell.
The loss of smell and taste has long been associated with COVID-19 — it was one of the earliest symptoms associated with the virus that differentiated it from other illnesses.
More than 5% of people who were infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 may have a long lasting loss of the senses of smell and taste, a new study finds.