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New research from Italy has found that nearly 1 in 10 people who lost their senses of taste and smell after having COVID-19 have not recovered those senses a year later.
A study by researchers from the University of Trieste surveyed 187 patients who had reported a loss of either taste or smell or both after having COVID-19 a year ago. Sixteen patients, about 8.6%, âreported the symptom was unchanged or worse one year after onset.â
The research has not yet been peer-reviewed or published.
THE PUZZLE OF COVID-19 ON THE BRAIN
The researchers also found that almost 22% of people said the symptoms had declined in severity, while about 70% reported a full recovery.
That last finding is consistent with previous research. An article in the American Journal of Otolaryngology found that 72% of people reporting a loss of smell after COVID-19 had recovered in a month, as did 84% who had reported a loss of taste.
Scientists have found evidence that the coronavirus may cause inflammation of the olfactory bulb in the brain, which may account for the loss of smell in COVID-19 patients. As of now, scientists do not yet know why COVID-19 patients sometimes lose their sense of taste.
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