Editor's Note
This meta-analysis led by researchers at the National University of Singapore finds that recovery of the ability to taste and smell after COVID-19 infection may take up to 6 months, and women are more likely to experience loss of these senses and have a longer time to recovery. The meta-analysis included 18 studies involving 3,699 patients.
The researchers found that:
The researchers estimate that at least 27 million COVID-19 patients may have long term smell and taste problems, and this could contribute to the growing burden of Long COVID. Healthcare leaders, policy makers, and research funders should realize the importance of good chemosensory function, allocate resources to research, and sustain specialists faced with an exceptional number of patients with smell and taste dysfunction, they say.
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