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COVID-19 patient completely lost sense of smell

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French doctors present the case of a woman in her 40s who reported completely losing her sense of smell as the most noticeable symptom of contracting COVID-19. Upon scanning her head, they found her nasal cavity was partly blocked by inflammation, disabling her sense of smell. Loss of the sense may be an early warning sign of COVID-19, they say.

Journal/conference: JAMA Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery

Link to research (DOI): 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.0832

Organisation/s: Lariboisière University Hospital, France

Funder: None specified.

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Loss of Smell in Patient With COVID-19

What The Study Did: The case of a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) whose main symptom was a loss of smell without nasal obstruction is reported in this article.

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