COVID-19 is the loss of smell and taste, and while most patients are able to quickly regain those senses, some do not and researchers say there can be impacts on quality of life.Peter Andrews, a consultant rhinologist in London, England, said this particular symptom of COVID-19 has cast smell into the limelight.“Sense of smell was always termed the Cinderella sense.
Often ignored. Not particularly noticed but now it’s very much at the forefront of what’s going on.”Dr. Leigh Sowerby, a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Western University, was a part of a global effort in April 2020 to identify the prevalence of the loss of smell.Results from more than 100,000 surveys show that approximately 50 per cent.