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XEC is an Omicron variant, Russo explains. But it has several mutations in the spike protein, which is what the virus uses to infect you. That can make XEC more contagious than previous variants ...
Is loss of smell a more common symptom with BA.5 infection? Does BA.5 cause loss of smell and taste? ... sense of smell fell to 44%. During the winter omicron wave, it fell further, to 17% ...
Loss of smell, by contrast, became less widespread, and the rate of hospital admissions declined compared to summer and fall 2021. Doctors now describe a clearer, more consistent pattern of symptoms.
The median delay for COVID-19 is four to five days [17] possibly being infectious on 1–4 of those days. [18] Most symptomatic people experience symptoms within two to seven days after exposure, and almost all will experience at least one symptom within 12 days. [17] [19] Most people recover from the acute phase of the disease.
The altered sense of taste and smell “is much less common with Omicron,” Dr. Russo says. “It was much more common with the Alpha and Delta variants,” he says.
Anosmia, also known as smell blindness, is the loss of the ability to detect one or more smells. [1] [2] Anosmia may be temporary or permanent. [3]It differs from hyposmia, which is a decreased sensitivity to some or all smells.
COVID long-haulers speak out about the strange symptom making everything they eat taste and smell like ‘garbage’ Kaitlin Reilly December 13, 2021 at 11:00 AM
A decreased or distorted sense of smell therefore results in a decreased quality of life. [5] Distortions are believed to have a greater negative impact on people than the complete loss of smell because they are constantly reminded of the disorder and the distortions have a greater effect on eating habits. [1] [5]