Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
Introduction:It has been observed that olfactory dysfunction (anosmia, hyposmia and parosmia) and gustatory (taste) dysfunction (ageusia, hypogeusia and dysgeusia) are one of the classical presentations of COVID-19. Gustatory (taste) dysfunction attributable partly to loss of retro-nasal olfaction...
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Introduction:It has been observed that olfactory dysfunction (anosmia, hyposmia and parosmia) and gustatory (taste) dysfunction (ageusia, hypogeusia and dysgeusia) are one of the classical presentations of COVID-19. Gustatory (taste) dysfunction attributable partly to loss of retro-nasal olfaction (which adds to the flavour, a component of taste sensation) while eating or drinking food.
Materials and methods:It is a cross sectional observational study involving COVID-19 patients aged between 18 to 100 years. Taste dysfunction was analysed and compared with various inflammatory markers and sino-nasal symptoms.
Results:In this time bound study, 61.88 % of the study participants were male and 38.13 % were females. Majority of the participants were in the age group between 20 and 60 years. Fifty four (33.75%) developed gustatory dysfunction in the form of ageusia or hypogeusia. Among the individuals with ageusia/hypogeusia, majority of the patients (n=26) (48.15%) complained of 50-75% loss of taste sensation followed by 50-75% loss of taste sensation in fourteen (25.93%) patients. Mean duration of ageusia/hypogeusia among 54 patients was 9.33 ± 4.13 days. There was no statistically significant association between gustatory or taste dysfunction with any of the above serum inflammatory markers. There was significant relationship between presence sino-nasal symptoms and development of taste dysfunction.
Conclusion:Ageusia (dysgeusia) was found in significant proportion of patients with covid-19. These symptoms also contribute to significant proportion of depression and low confidence and results in poor nutrition and subsequent nutritional deficiencies which may lead to long Covid syndrome.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c8211a0abbd44f1bb228b2c7c7f1bceb2025-02-11T09:43:41ZengThe Association of Otolaryngologists of India, West BengalBengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery2395-23932395-24072023-12-0131210.47210/bjohns.2023.v31i2.898Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational StudySreedevi Nunkappa Thippeswamy0Keerthi Kumar Kabbyar Chidananda1Kamalesh Tagadur Nataraju2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3517-9752JJM Medical College, DavanagereHarihara Taluk HospitalSS Medical College and Research Institute, Davanagere Introduction:It has been observed that olfactory dysfunction (anosmia, hyposmia and parosmia) and gustatory (taste) dysfunction (ageusia, hypogeusia and dysgeusia) are one of the classical presentations of COVID-19. Gustatory (taste) dysfunction attributable partly to loss of retro-nasal olfaction (which adds to the flavour, a component of taste sensation) while eating or drinking food. Materials and methods:It is a cross sectional observational study involving COVID-19 patients aged between 18 to 100 years. Taste dysfunction was analysed and compared with various inflammatory markers and sino-nasal symptoms. Results:In this time bound study, 61.88 % of the study participants were male and 38.13 % were females. Majority of the participants were in the age group between 20 and 60 years. Fifty four (33.75%) developed gustatory dysfunction in the form of ageusia or hypogeusia. Among the individuals with ageusia/hypogeusia, majority of the patients (n=26) (48.15%) complained of 50-75% loss of taste sensation followed by 50-75% loss of taste sensation in fourteen (25.93%) patients. Mean duration of ageusia/hypogeusia among 54 patients was 9.33 ± 4.13 days. There was no statistically significant association between gustatory or taste dysfunction with any of the above serum inflammatory markers. There was significant relationship between presence sino-nasal symptoms and development of taste dysfunction. Conclusion:Ageusia (dysgeusia) was found in significant proportion of patients with covid-19. These symptoms also contribute to significant proportion of depression and low confidence and results in poor nutrition and subsequent nutritional deficiencies which may lead to long Covid syndrome. https://bjohns.in/journal23/index.php/bjohns/article/view/34Taste disordersAgeusiaCoronavirusSmell |
| spellingShingle | Sreedevi Nunkappa Thippeswamy Keerthi Kumar Kabbyar Chidananda Kamalesh Tagadur Nataraju Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery Taste disorders Ageusia Coronavirus Smell |
| title | Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study |
| title_full | Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study |
| title_fullStr | Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study |
| title_short | Taste Dysfunction in COVID-19 Patients; A Cross-Sectional Observational Study |
| title_sort | taste dysfunction in covid 19 patients a cross sectional observational study |
| topic | Taste disorders Ageusia Coronavirus Smell |
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