There are a number of things that can cause you to lose your sense of taste and smell, but with COVID-19, it has been a common side effect. People report not being able to smell at all while they have ...
Tracy Messina knew something was wrong the day she couldn't smell her tea. She asked her husband, Marcus, to make a cup of apple cinnamon, but when he brought it over, she couldn't pick up any of the ...
If you haven’t experienced it yourself, you probably know someone who lost their sense of taste or smell from COVID-19. “This virus has receptors including the ACE-2 that it binds to. And the ACE-2 ...
Several articles circulating on social media claim that losing the senses of smell and taste is the first indicator of a COVID-19 infection. Is this true? At the moment, no peer-reviewed study or ...
A recent study published in Life investigates the mechanisms responsible for severe olfactory dysfunction (OD) and gustatory dysfunction (GD) following recovery from the severe acute respiratory ...
Back when COVID-19 testing was in its early stages, Kai Halsey-Mendez had to wait a week before he was officially diagnosed. He was diagnosed on April 1, but started experiencing symptoms of the ...