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Millions of COVID-19 Survivors Have Lost the Sense of Smell and Taste. Will They Come Back? Nobody Knows

@COVID19Up: Millions of people worldwide have suffered changes to their sense of smell or taste after contracting COVID-19. In most cases, the symptoms usually only last a few weeks.

But a year into the pandemic, researchers still aren't sure when some COVID-19 survivors may get their senses back—if ever—and many are struggling with the long-term safety, hygiene and psychiatric implications of the loss.

"As the pandemic has rolled on, we've gotten a better idea about the long-term, chronic effects of COVID on smell and taste," said Dr. Jay Piccirillo, an ENT and professor at the Washington University School of Medicine who studies the topic. "The things we've learned suggest that most people recover smell and taste, but not all." SOURCE

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