味覚、嗅覚障害には注意

COVID、初期に味覚と嗅覚障害の自覚症状が各々80%台後半あるらしい。検査よりそれ気にした方が良さそう。さらに、回復後も味覚嗅覚が回復しないケースが多いらしく、高熱その他の症状より重大な問題なのでは。

— Willy ☀米国大学教員 (@willyoes) June 6, 2020

Loss of smell and taste in combination with other symptoms is a strong predictor of COVID-19 infection


COVID-19: Loss of Smell, Taste Might Be Long-Term
By Amy Norton
HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, June 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's become clear that many people with the infection lose their sense of smell and taste. And doctors are concerned that some will never get back to normal


Rowan pointed to one study of patients hospitalised for Covid-19 that used objective tests to detect smell "dysfunction". Nearly all patients – 98% – showed some loss of smell.

Smell and taste intertwined

But the problem isn't limited to severely ill patients. It appears to be common, and even a "cardinal" symptom, among people with milder Covid-19 infections. Cardinal symptoms are the key ones from which a diagnosis is made.

For example, in a study of European patients with mild-to-moderate Covid-19, 86% reported problems with their sense of smell, while a similar percentage had changes in taste perception.
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The letter, published in The Lancet revealed that the prevalence of loss of smell and taste was three times higher in individuals testing positive (65 per cent) than in those testing negative (22 per cent).

It also found that anosmia was the strongest single predictor of being infected.

The scientists suggested that people with anosmia should self-isolate for at least seven days or until they are able to obtain a test.

ただの風邪でも味覚や嗅覚はおかしくなるから、障害があったからといって、コロナとは限らんわけだけど、障害があったら要注意ですね。

障害ないからといって、コロナじゃないとも言えないんだけど・・・匂いもわかるし、味もわかるから、ちょっと安心。