The results revealed that 80% of participants who reported a change in their smelling ability after having COVID-19 earned low scores on a clinical scent-detection test taken about two years later. Of this group, 23% were severely impaired or had entirely lost their sense of smell.
Notably, 66% of infected participants who did not notice any smelling issues scored abnormally low on the evaluation as well, the authors say.
— Read more in While It May Go Unnoticed, Loss of Smell May Linger for Years After COVID-19 at PRNewsWire.


