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SABRINA MORENO Richmond Times-Dispatch
Results from an ongoing VCU study show more than half of COVID-19 survivors who lost their sense of smell and taste are reporting a decreased enjoyment of life. Two out of five respondents indicated feelings of depression and 45% couldnât detect whether something around them was burning.
The research, conducted over a year-long period with 322 people, is one of the most recent insights into the long-term impacts of a virus whose early warning signs was a diminished sense of smell, or anosmia. More than 3,000 total patients have been tracked since last April.
Most participants began to recover within weeks to a month following infection, said Dr. Richard Costanzo, research director of VCU Healthâs Smell and Taste Disorders Center, which led the investigations and launched more than 30 years ago.
VCU Researches Study Smell, Taste Loss From COVID
(Richmond)- Researchers at VCU are studying the loss of taste and smell common with COVID-19. An initial study at the Smell and Taste Disorders Center revealed upwards of 40-percent of COVID patients reported smell loss as their only or first symptom. After a month, around 70-percent said their ability to smell returned to “very good” or “good,” while 84-percent said their sense of taste had returned to the same level. Researchers say their goal is to investigate differences in individual experiences over time and region.
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