Open AccessLa pérdida del olfato, un indicador preliminar de COVID-19
Author(s) -
Salomón WaizelHaiat,
José Waizel-Bucay
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista medica del instituto mexicano del seguro social/revista médica del instituto mexicano del seguro social
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2448-5667
pISSN - 0443-5117
DOI - 10.24875/rmimss.m21000046
Subject(s) - anosmia , hyposmia , covid-19 , medicine , otorhinolaryngology , olfaction , virology , biology , disease , outbreak , surgery , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Some reports have been recently published on olfactory loss in people with severe COVID-19. It is suggested to take into consideration the recommendations of the American Academy of Otolaryngology and the British Association of Otorhinolaryngology to include olfactory loss as an early clinical symptom of COVID-19 and consider sudden olfactory loss, as a high index of suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection. It can be established that the majority of patients with olfactory loss due to COVID-19, present hyposmia and not anosmia. Patients with olfactory loss, who had SARS-CoV-2 infection, should be classified as loss secondary to viral infection.