A new study conducted by the American Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine revealed that those recovering from the Corona virus under the age of 40 who have lost their senses of smell and taste are more likely to recover them than older patients, according to the British Daily Mail website.
The researchers looked at data from nearly 800 people who said they lost the ability to smell after contracting the virus, and younger patients were 10 percent more likely to regain sensation after recovery than middle-aged or older adults.
Furthermore, a quarter of people over the age of 40 reported having an abnormal sense of smell – either smelling things differently than they did before or feeling very faint once they came back.
In March 2020, the American Academy of Otolaryngology called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to add the loss of smell, or the inability to smell, to the list of possible signs of coronavirus.
Early studies demonstrated that 64% of patients reported a change in their sense of smell or taste at that time. The World Health Organization said it was investigating a possible link between loss of smell and symptoms of corona, but the evidence was preliminary.
On April 27, the CDC added “a new loss of taste or smell” to its official list of symptoms of corona.
And a new study in the American Journal of Otolaryngology answered that question, as researchers collected data on 798 adult participants between April 11, 2020 and June 25, 2021 who reported anosmia in a nationwide web-based survey. Participants received follow-up surveys after 14 one day, one month, three months, and six months after they first registered.
They were asked to rate their sense of smell as ‘very good’, ‘good’, ‘poor’, ‘very bad’ or ‘absent’ before the pandemic and during each poll. On the 14th day, only about half of the participants rated it – about 52% Their sense of smell is marked as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ after they have lost it.
The researchers found that factors such as race, gender, smoking history and blood type were not predictors of recovery, but age.
Among those under the age of 40, 83.2% said they had regained their sense of smell compared to 74.5% of those under the age of 40, a difference of 10%.
25.5% of patients over the age of 40 said their sense of smell was “abnormal” compared to 16.8% of adults under the age of 40. The researchers added that they were not sure why older patients might lose their sense of smell, but there are some theories.
People’s sense of smell diminishes as they age with the loss of nerve endings and decreased mucus production in the nose, which may prevent the smell from returning if it is lost during infection with Corona, in addition, the lining of the nasal cavity may deteriorate with age, which leads to an increased risk Loss of smell in middle age or old age.
“Although little is currently known about factors that may predict a higher or lower likelihood of olfactory recovery,” this study suggests that function recovery is positively associated with younger patients with nasal congestion.
A new study conducted by the American Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine revealed that those recovering from the Corona virus under the age of 40 who have lost their senses of smell and taste are more likely to recover them than older patients, according to the British Daily Mail website.
The researchers looked at data from nearly 800 people who said they lost the ability to smell after contracting the virus, and younger patients were 10 percent more likely to regain sensation after recovery than middle-aged or older adults.
Furthermore, a quarter of people over the age of 40 reported having an abnormal sense of smell – either smelling things differently than they did before or feeling very faint once they came back.
In March 2020, the American Academy of Otolaryngology called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to add the loss of smell, or the inability to smell, to the list of possible signs of coronavirus.
Early studies demonstrated that 64% of patients reported a change in their sense of smell or taste at that time. The World Health Organization said it was investigating a possible link between loss of smell and symptoms of corona, but the evidence was preliminary.
On April 27, the CDC added “a new loss of taste or smell” to its official list of symptoms of corona.
And a new study in the American Journal of Otolaryngology answered that question, as researchers collected data on 798 adult participants between April 11, 2020 and June 25, 2021 who reported anosmia in a nationwide web-based survey. Participants received follow-up surveys after 14 one day, one month, three months, and six months after they first registered.
They were asked to rate their sense of smell as ‘very good’, ‘good’, ‘poor’, ‘very bad’ or ‘absent’ before the pandemic and during each poll. On the 14th day, only about half of the participants rated it – about 52% Their sense of smell is marked as ‘good’ or ‘very good’ after they have lost it.
The researchers found that factors such as race, gender, smoking history and blood type were not predictors of recovery, but age.
Among those under the age of 40, 83.2% said they had regained their sense of smell compared to 74.5% of those under the age of 40, a difference of 10%.
25.5% of patients over the age of 40 said their sense of smell was “abnormal” compared to 16.8% of adults under the age of 40. The researchers added that they were not sure why older patients might lose their sense of smell, but there are some theories.
People’s sense of smell diminishes as they age with the loss of nerve endings and decreased mucus production in the nose, which may prevent the smell from returning if it is lost during infection with Corona, in addition, the lining of the nasal cavity may deteriorate with age, which leads to an increased risk Loss of smell in middle age or old age.
“Although little is currently known about factors that may predict a higher or lower likelihood of olfactory recovery,” this study suggests that function recovery is positively associated with younger patients with nasal congestion.