Health
COVID’s toll on smell and taste: what scientists do and don’t know – Nature.com
Researchers are studying the sensory impact of the coronavirus, how long it lasts and what can be done to treat it.
One treatment for survivors of COVID-19 who have lost their sense of smell is ‘smell training’, in which they relearn prescribed scents, such as those of roses and lemons.Credit: Christine E. Kelly
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it emerged that many people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus were losing their sense of smell even without displaying other symptoms. Researchers also discovered that infected people could lose their sense of taste and their ability to detect chemically triggered sensations…
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