A new study in the Journal of Internal Medicine suggests that there may be symptoms of COVID-19, which may last longer or at least last longer than other symptoms.
How is this going?
The study found that in mild cases of COVID-19, 86% of patients “experienced loss of taste and smell.” A large part of these patients regained consciousness. But a large number of people have never recovered their taste or sense of smell.
- In fact, according to PennLive, the study found that 15.3% of patients still have not recovered their sanity after 60 days. After six months, 4.7% of people did not recover their sanity.
Some doctors told the Wall Street Journal that some cases showed that “people’s feelings may never recover.”
Leo Newhouse, a neurologist at LICSW, wrote on the Harvard Health website: “Some of us may not be able to regain our sense of smell or taste at all.”
Smell and taste
Just like what I wrote for Deseret News, as early as March 2020, loss of smell and taste was considered a symptom of the coronavirus. In fact, it is one of the earliest symptoms discovered by scientists.
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When the pandemic began, Utah jazz star Rudy Gobert tweeted that he felt he had lost his sense of taste and smell because of the virus.
- He tweeted: “Just to give everyone an update. The loss of smell and taste is definitely one of the symptoms. I haven’t smelled anything in the past 4 days. Has anyone encountered the same thing?”
