Wake up and (don’t) smell the COVID-19
The patient didn't pass the five-odour test
Doctors in Paris have sniffed out another potential symptom of COVID-19: anosmia.
They report the case of a woman in her 40s who presents with an acute loss of smell without any nasal obstruction or loss of taste.
A few days before presentation she also experienced a dry cough with headache and muscle pain but no fever or rhinorrhoea, according to the report in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery.
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