The Sense of Smell Is Disturbed Not Just Symptoms of Covid-19, Could Become Flu, Think Positive Immune Stay Strong

TRIBUNCIREBON.COM, BANDUNG – Loss of smell or anosmia is the most common symptom currently experienced by Corona Virus patients.

But actually the condition of losing their sense of smell is also felt by those who suffer flu or a cold.

Then how to differentiate between anosmia due to Covid-19 infection and due to flu or colds? Here’s the explanation.

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Quoted from Kompas.Com, a new study shows that anosmia or loss of the sense of smell is the most common symptom experienced by corona virus patients.

Findings compiled by researchers in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also indicate that anosmia not only occurs in symptomatic patients, but also in the asymptomatic group.

“The number of people who tested positive for Covid-19 with symptoms of loss of taste or smell (anosmia) increased the most across all age groups,” the research team wrote in its summary report.

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Loss or reduction in the function of smell is also commonly felt when suffering flu or a cold.

How to distinguish the loss of smell due to the corona virus and the cold? Ear nose and throat specialist (ENT) Hospital Columbia Asia Hospital (RSCA) Prof. Dr. dr Delfitri Munir, Sp.THTKL (K) explained the difference between the two.

This is because the virus is transmitted through droplets and airbones. “In this nose, the airflow is more than 75 percent directed to the roof of the nose.

There are the endings of the olfactory nerves or smell nerves, “Delfitri told Kompas.com, Tuesday (12/1/2020).

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