Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

x Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/eSuVw_PTIxg   Your olfactory sense departs with virus arrival in your body yet returns completely in some 74% as infection wanes.  UC San Diego researchers report these findings after studying 59 CoVid positive and 203 CoVid negative patients.   The majority of those reporting sensory changes with infection suffered a profound loss of smell and taste with onset of infection.  Those with olfactory sense losses in addition to fever and vague flu symptoms were almost 11 times more likely to test CoVid positive than those without sensory loss.   The study authors argue that loss of these senses should be added to fever and cough as indications for CoVid testing.   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/alr.22579   #covid #coronavirus #smell #taste #olfactory