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One of the most common mysteries of the new Corona virus, according to experts, is the diversity of its symptoms from one patient to another, and although some symptoms are logical because they are related to the respiratory system, others, in addition to the loss of smell and taste, are still the strangest, according to a report from the ‘Boy Genes Report’.
And a new study from India tried to delve deeper into the subject of loss of sense of smell and taste to see if the loss of some specific smells more than others indicates an infection with the virus.
The study evaluated five scents common to most people: peppermint, fennel, coconut oil, garlic, and cardamom.
The study team concluded that people who found it difficult to smell coconut and peppermint were the most likely to test positive for the virus.
According to the study, 25 percent of the participants couldn’t smell the mint, while 21 percent couldn’t smell the coconut.
The team said that “among the possible causes of loss of the sense of smell and taste in people with coronavirus are nasal problems that result from upper respiratory infections and that prevent smell from reaching the nerve responsible for smell, which it is located in the upper nasal cavity. “
But for those who have it for a long time or permanently, the reason is that the virus causes an inflammatory reaction inside the nose that can lead to the loss of olfactory neurons.
A recently published New York Times report indicated that almost 90 percent of patients reported losing their sense of smell and taste, and another study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center reported that 25 percent of people with corona reported losing their sense of smell or taste as a symptom only from infection with the virus.
And a study published by the “Journal of International Medicine” and included more than 1,400 people who were confirmed to be infected as a result of the examination, that seven out of 10 patients had headaches and loss of smell.
The other most frequent symptoms were nasal obstruction (67.8%), cough (63.2%), fatigue (63.3%), muscle aches (62.5%), runny nose (60.1%) and leak taste (54.2%). ). Only half of the patients (45.4%) had a fever.
The Corona virus has killed at least 1,081,902 people worldwide since the WHO China office reported the outbreak of the disease in late December.
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