Covid’s attack on the senses

The bottom line: Covid-19 patients can experience loss of smell and taste.

Although many studies have been carried out in various countries regarding this significant Covid-related symptom, Dr Dunyaporn Trachootham — a dentist — and her team of researchers recently released Thailand’s own study on the association between taste and loss of smell in Covid-19 cases. The study was published last month in The International Journal Of Infectious Diseases under the International Society for Infectious Diseases.

Titled “Simultaneously Complete But Not Partial Taste And Smell Losses Were Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection”, the research was carried out by a team of six researchers including Dr Dunyaporn — Dr Supeda Thongyen, Dr Wannarat Pongpirul and Dr Wisit Prasithsirikul from the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases…