Something very important has just been discovered about the virus, patients are divided into TWO groups

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At the same time, four out of five people who reported loss of ability to recognize common odors have positive antibody tests, indicating a mild and therefore unrecognized corona infection.

This was demonstrated by a recent study at the Clinic for Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in New York. And the fact that the loss of the sense of taste and smell occurs more often in lighter patients, our doctors have noticed in practice.

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– In practice, it has been shown that people who have problems with smell and taste have clearer clinical pictures. This symptom generally occurs in younger people. The problem of smell is more common, because the sense of taste returns faster. We also had young people who, after regaining their sense of taste and smell, had a stench sensation, and there were also patients who could not eat anything because of that. However, that is temporary, but sometimes the patient takes two or three months to fully recover, a story for Kurir, Dr. Galina Joković, otolaryngologist at the “Dragiša Mišović” Clinical Hospital, who is in the covid system.

Dr. Jokovic says that the crown enters the nose and attaches itself to the fragrant part of the mucous membrane.

– The virus settles in the nasal mucosa and begins to multiply. Scientific research has yet to give an official explanation for why the smell is lost. It is possible that the virus has some receptors that bind to that part of the mucosa and destroy that olfactory epithelium. In addition, it is possible that the virus binds to the olfactory nerves and changes their function, explains Dr. Jokovic, who says that it is interesting that scientific research has shown, and there have been cases in practice, that lighter patients after of the disease may have problems with memory loss and feeling confused.

On the other hand, prof. Dr. Dušan Milisavljević, director of the ENT clinic in Niš, told Kurir that many viral and bacterial infections can lead to loss of the sense of smell:

– However, some research shows that in the case of the coronavirus, the loss of the sense of smell can last longer. It has also been noted that patients report that, when the sense of taste returns, they do not smell vanilla, vinegar, perfume … that their milk smells of gasoline … And with the sense of taste, if they eat chili, they have the sensation that they are eating something sweet. This means that there is a pathologically altered sense of smell and taste.

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