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Re:Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of C... by partiallypro on Friday October 02, 2020 @09:12PM (#24668644)
Haven't we known this for a long time now? Like even back in March? I recently read that you can also have phantom smells with COVID. I looked that up because I thought I had a phantom smell recently, but I think it was actually the heat kicking in when it had been off all summer.
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Re:Loss of smell could be a 'highly reliable indicator' of C... by Duller-Finite on Saturday October 03, 2020 @12:08AM (#24669443)
Yes, there were a lot of reports back in March about the loss of smell as a frequent and specific symptom for COVID-19. I'm not sure why this article acts like it's a new thing. And, yes, patients recovering from the loss of smell (hyposmia or anosmia) can often have smell distortions and disturbances (known as parosmias and phantosmias).
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