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New York-based food stylist Drew Aichele writes on Food52.com that going nearly two months without taste or smell because of COVID led him to a new appreciation for spicy foods.
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.
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.
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 ...
Hyposmia, or microsmia, [1] is a reduced ability to smell and to detect odors.A related condition is anosmia, in which no odors can be detected.Some of the causes of olfaction problems are allergies, nasal polyps, viral infections and head trauma.
The most recent COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the XEC variant, Russo says. “The most recent version of the vaccine seems to be reasonably well-matched,” he says.
COVID-19-related ansomnia is, for the most part, believed to be temporary. "Current reports have indicated as few as three to five days, up to several weeks after recovery for those patients who ...