A new study reveals that the chance of smell loss from the latest omicron variants is as low as 6 to 7 percent of what it was in the early days of the pandemic.
“So now, three people out of 100 getting covid presumably may lose their sense of smell, which is far, far less than it was before,” said study leader Evan Reiter, the medical director of Virginia Commonwealth University Health’s Smell and Taste Disorders Center., mean that losing smell and, by association, your sense of taste is no longer a reliable sign that someone has a covid infection, Reiter said.
Although it is unclear why the frequency of smell loss has decreased over time, vaccinations and preexisting immunity could be playing a role, the researchers said.it is due to covid triggering a prolonged immune assault on olfactory nerve cells. These cells sit at the top of the nasal cavity and help send smell signals from the nose to the brain.a decline in the number of olfactory cells.
“By and large, the biggest complaint people will have with any kind of distortion or loss of their sense of smell is that food doesn’t taste the same,” Reiter said. This is because your taste buds tell you if the food is sweet, sour, bitter or salty, but your nose tells you the specifics from the odors you inhale, such as if you’re eating an apple or a pear.People with a distorted sense of smell, known as parosmia, may find that the foods they once liked taste and smell revolting.
“People can force themselves to keep up their calories if what they’re eating is just very bland and they don’t get any taste,” Reiter said.
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