New symptom discovered to help identify the coronavirus: sense of smell.
Partial or total loss of smell, known as anosmia and hyposmia, is another symptom that British scientists believe should be taken into account when detecting Covid-19 infections.
Sputnik - British scientists believe that total or partial loss of smell may be another symptom of the coronavirus that would facilitate its detection, even in asymptomatic people.
A partial or total loss of smellAnosmia and hyposmia, also known as anosmia and hyposmia, are other symptoms that British scientists believe should be taken into account when detecting COVID-19 infections, which are spreading rapidly around the world.
According to the study accomplished According to the British Association of Otorhinolaryngology, there is evidence that a large number of infected people in ChinaSouth Korea and Italy reported a complete or partial loss of the sense of smell.
Researchers say that more and more coronavirus patients are showing this symptom. In Germany, two out of every three patients with the virus presented this particularity.
Currently, the team is researching these symptoms more thoroughly, however, they recommend that the best course of action is to seek medical advice. a way to combat the spread of COVID-19 It is a seven-day self-isolation period for people who lose their sense of smell totally or partially, in order to reduce the number of infections, which in some cases come from asymptomatic individuals.