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For Some, COVID-19 Olfactory Dysfunction May Be Permanent – MedPage Today
Dramatically more common in mild versus severe cases, but most recover… eventually
Nearly one in four COVID-19 patients with olfactory dysfunction said they did not recover their sense of smell 60 days after losing it, a large prospective study in Europe showed.
Among nearly 2,600 people with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, patient-reported prevalence of olfactory dysfunction was 85.9% in mild COVID-19 cases, 4.5% in moderate cases, and 6.9% in severe-to-critical cases, reported Jerome Lechien, MD, PhD, of Paris Saclay University in France, and co-authors in the Journal of Internal…
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