New research finds that your risk of losing your sense of smell with a COVID infection is lower than it was at the outset of the pandemic, thanks to the new variants that have been circulating more recently.
WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 -- One of the signature symptoms of COVID-19 infection in the early months of the pandemic was a loss of the sense of smell.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, smell and taste loss were considered common symptoms of COVID-19. Before viral tests were readily accessible, we relied a lot more on such symptoms to diagnose those infected. However, as different variants of the COVID-19 virus have emerged, the types of symptoms most commonly experienced changed as well,” said study author Dr. Evan Reiter, who is the medical director of VCU Health’s Smell and Taste Disorders Center.
They saw even steeper declines in loss of smell in 2022 and early 2023, as Omicron variants dominated. The risk of smell loss from infection was as low as 6% compared with 2020 rates.
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