Open AccessAnosmia and ageusia as presenting complaints of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection
Author(s) -
Ritin Mohindra,
Kedhara G Sainath,
Poonam Kanta,
Mini P. Singh,
Kapil Goyal,
P V M Lakshmi,
Ashish Bhalla,
Vikas Suri
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_685_20
Subject(s) - anosmia , medicine , disease , covid-19 , common cold , coronavirus , dry cough , respiratory tract , virology , immunology , respiratory system , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The recently discovered SARS-CoV2 virus produces a influenza like illness named Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The usual presentation is with upper/lower respiratory tract symptoms and rarely gastrointestinal symptoms. Although some of the clinical features of this novel disease like fever, dry cough, and shortness of breath have been well documented in literature, we report hitherto infrequently reported clinical features of this disease, namely Anosmia and Ageusia.