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Anosmia and ageusia associated with coronavirus infection (COVID-19) - what is known?

In 2020 a new pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is affecting the lives of millions of patients and healthcare workers worldwide. The clinical picture of this infection is in a dynamic process of discovery, and more symptoms emerge as the clinicians observe and diagnose manifestations tha...

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Autores principales: Tanasa, Ingrid Andrada, Manciuc, Carmen, Carauleanu, Alexandru, Navolan, Dan Bogdan, Bohiltea, Roxana Elena, Nemescu, Dragos
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: D.A. Spandidos 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7401831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32765712
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8808
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author Tanasa, Ingrid Andrada
Manciuc, Carmen
Carauleanu, Alexandru
Navolan, Dan Bogdan
Bohiltea, Roxana Elena
Nemescu, Dragos
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description In 2020 a new pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is affecting the lives of millions of patients and healthcare workers worldwide. The clinical picture of this infection is in a dynamic process of discovery, and more symptoms emerge as the clinicians observe and diagnose manifestations that affect multiple organs. Anosmia (loss of smell), and ageusia (loss of taste) become more frequently cited as independent symptoms or in association with the most common manifestations of the disease, such as fever, cough and dyspnea. A thorough screening program will prevent most nosocomial and community-acquired infections by promoting efficient triage and specific measures such as isolation of the patients. Therefore, it is important to include frequent symptoms in the anamnesis and questionnaires to select those patients who might benefit from testing, isolation, and treatment. This study summarizes the existing data regarding the association of anosmia and ageusia with the SARS-CoV-2 infection. It also aims to describe manifestations of these, particularly in the clinical picture of all symptomatic patients.
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spelling pubmed-74018312020-08-05 Anosmia and ageusia associated with coronavirus infection (COVID-19) - what is known? Tanasa, Ingrid Andrada Manciuc, Carmen Carauleanu, Alexandru Navolan, Dan Bogdan Bohiltea, Roxana Elena Nemescu, Dragos Exp Ther Med Articles In 2020 a new pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is affecting the lives of millions of patients and healthcare workers worldwide. The clinical picture of this infection is in a dynamic process of discovery, and more symptoms emerge as the clinicians observe and diagnose manifestations that affect multiple organs. Anosmia (loss of smell), and ageusia (loss of taste) become more frequently cited as independent symptoms or in association with the most common manifestations of the disease, such as fever, cough and dyspnea. A thorough screening program will prevent most nosocomial and community-acquired infections by promoting efficient triage and specific measures such as isolation of the patients. Therefore, it is important to include frequent symptoms in the anamnesis and questionnaires to select those patients who might benefit from testing, isolation, and treatment. This study summarizes the existing data regarding the association of anosmia and ageusia with the SARS-CoV-2 infection. It also aims to describe manifestations of these, particularly in the clinical picture of all symptomatic patients. D.A. Spandidos 2020-09 2020-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7401831/ /pubmed/32765712 http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8808 Text en Copyright: © Tanasa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Anosmia and ageusia associated with coronavirus infection (COVID-19) - what is known?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7401831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32765712
http://dx.doi.org/10.3892/etm.2020.8808
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