Hintschich, Constantin A. and Fischer, Rene and Hummel, Thomas and Wenzel, Juergen J. and Bohr, Christopher and Vielsmeier, Veronika (2022) Persisting olfactory dysfunction in post-COVID-19 is associated with gustatory impairment: Results from chemosensitive testing eight months after the acute infection. PLOS ONE, 17 (3): e0265686. ISSN 1932-6203,
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Olfactory and gustatory disorders are prominent symptoms of acute COVID-19. Although both senses recover in many patients within weeks to months, persistency has been described in up to 60%. However up to now most reports on the course of chemosensitive disorders after COVID-19 are not based on psychophysical testing but only on subjective patients' ratings. In this study we assessed both olfaction and gustation using psychophysical tests eight months after COVID-19. Validated psychophysical testing revealed hyposmia in 18% and hypogeusia in even 32% of 303 included patients. This shows that olfactory and especially gustatory disorders have to be seen as important chronic symptoms post-COVID-19. The high prevalence of gustatory dysfunction indicates that gustatory function does not recover or might even deteriorate in the months following the acute infection.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | CHEMICAL SENSES; TASTE; COVID-19; SMELL; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2023 09:38 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2023 09:38 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/56726 |
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