2021
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.17584
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COVID-19-Associated Parosmia and Dysgeusia: A Case Series

Abstract: Impairment of the chemical senses -smell, taste, and chemesthesis -has been pinpointed as one of the main clinical presentations of coronavirus disease 2019 . Chemosensory dysfunction can be quantitative, involving reduction or loss of perception (e.g., hyposmia, anosmia, hypogeusia), and qualitative, involving distortion of perception (parosmia and dysgeusia). Quantitative chemosensory dysfunction is reported more often among COVID-19 patients than qualitative dysfunction. The following report details four pa… Show more

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“…Olfactory disorders are quite common in the general population, where 15% suffer from a reduced sense of smell while around 2% suffer from complete loss of smell [ 1 ]. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, awareness of olfactory disorders has reached unprecedented levels [ 2 ] with around 65% of over 300 million COVID-patients world-wide experiencing sudden smell loss, often with long-lasting effects on both olfactory sensitivity and olfactory distortions [ 3 , 4 ].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Olfactory disorders are quite common in the general population, where 15% suffer from a reduced sense of smell while around 2% suffer from complete loss of smell [ 1 ]. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, awareness of olfactory disorders has reached unprecedented levels [ 2 ] with around 65% of over 300 million COVID-patients world-wide experiencing sudden smell loss, often with long-lasting effects on both olfactory sensitivity and olfactory distortions [ 3 , 4 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%