Course: Growing Public Health Concern of COVID-19 Chronic Olfactory Dysfunction
CME Credits: 1.00
Released: 2021-11-18
As the world enters the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, chronic (ie, >6 months) olfactory dysfunction (COD) has emerged as one of the symptoms of long-term COVID-19. The loss of olfaction has been associated with decreased general quality of life, impaired food intake, inability to detect harmful gas and smoke, enhanced worries about personal hygiene, diminished social well-being, and the initiation of depressive symptoms., To our knowledge, no study on long-term COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction (OD) has measured long-term recovery beyond 6 months. Therefore, the rate and trajectory of recovery for COVID-19 COD is not known. The purpose of this study was to estimate the scale of the public health concern of COVID-19 COD.
Educational Objective
To identify the key insights or developments described in this article
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