A recent study published in the journal "Gamma" of ENT diseases concluded that 90% of Corona patients, who had lost their sense of smell or taste within a month, had recovered or improved.
To that, an international team of researchers prepared the study in Italy, where they conducted a survey of 187 HIV-positive patients who did not need to go to hospitals, and were asked to assess their sense of smell or taste shortly after their diagnosis and again a month later. 113 of them said they felt a change in their sense of smell and taste, and 55 had fully recovered. Also, 46 reported that they felt an improvement in their symptoms, but 12 said that the symptoms did not change but rather worsen. Those with severe symptoms found that it took longer to improve.
For her part, Dr. Claire Hopkins, one of the researchers participating in the study, said that her team is conducting more research on people who suffer from chronic symptoms, explaining that "the data we collect indicates that the vast majority of patients will improve, but for some, recovery will be slow." .
"For people who recover more quickly, it is likely that the virus affected only the cells lining their noses," she added.
And on people who recover slower, she pointed out that "the virus may have affected the nerve cells responsible for the sense of smell, and it may take longer for these cells to recover."
Dr. Joshua Levy, a specialist at Emory University School of Medicine, also warned that even with a high recovery rate, the astounding number of people infected with this virus indicates that they are likely to have untreatable symptoms, and suggested that treatments such as olfactory training be used.