Forbes: Should you self-isolate for COVID-19 if you can’t smell?
UC specialist says your nose offers a clue about COVID-19
Loss of smell and taste is an unusual and relatively recently reported symptom of COVID-19 infection. Should patients with that as a new symptom, called anosmia, self-isolate?
A new study helps answer that question. Ahmad Sedaghat, associate professor of otolaryngology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and colleagues undertook a major literature review, reported in "Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology."
Sedaghat, also a UC Health physician, reported findings based on his review of 19 studies which describe the sinus and nasal disorders reported in relation to the current coronavirus plaguing the nation. He concluded that patients with smell loss and no runny nose or stuffiness (that would be common with a cold) should self-isolate.
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