A study published Tuesday sheds light on one of the more curious symptoms of COVID-19: the loss of smell.
lose their sense of smell, Dr. Andrew Lane, a professor of otolaryngology at Johns Hopkins and the lead author of the study, said.
“I think what's unusual about COVID is that you don't really see a lot of nasal symptoms like congestion and runny nose, which we usually associate with the loss of sense of smell,” he said.With a cold or the flu, Lane said, the nose gets stuffy, there is less airflow, and then the sense of smell is lost. That doesn’t typically happen with COVID-19.
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