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A study of 119 COVID-19 patients who reported alterations to their sense of taste and smell as an initial symptom of the disease found three patients (2.5%) whose symptoms were unchanged or even worse two years down the track. One hundred and five (88.2%) patients said their senses were back to normal after two years, while 13 (10.9%) took more than six months to get their senses back. Overall, among a larger group of 174 patients, 47 (27%) still had at least one symptom of COVID-19 at the two-year point, with the most common non-taste and smell-related symptom being fatigue, in 31 patients (18.5%).
From:
Two-Year Recovery Rate of Altered Sense of Smell or Taste in Patients With Mildly Symptomatic COVID-19
About The Study: In this study of 168 patients reporting a COVID-19–related smell or taste dysfunction, 88% completely recovered within 2 years. It took more than six months to recover for 11% of patients.
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