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Some Covid Survivors Haunted by Loss of Smell and Taste

By: The NewYork Times

Researchers are scrambling to learn why some coronavirus patients lose their sense of smell and taste. Some experts fear huge numbers of people may lose them permanently.

Once a rare diagnosis, a loss of smell and taste is often the first — and sometimes only — symptom of the coronavirus. Most patients regain their senses, usually within weeks. But for a minority of people like Michele Miller, above, the loss persists, putting them at risk for nutritional deficits and unintended weight loss.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/02/health/coronavirus-smell-taste.html 

 

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