Bloomberg, this problem persists in around 5% Covid patients that is disrupting their everyday lives and providing another set of symptoms to chalk up to long Covid-19.
The scientitsts reached this conclusion after reviewing a total of 18 studies involving over 3,600 Covid-19 patients. In a paper paper published Thursday in the UK medical journal BMJ, around 15 million patients may got affected worldwide, out of which, women were less likely to recover than men.
As per the new study, mostly Covid-19 patients who developed strong nasal congestion have regained their sense of smell and taste within three months.
It further stated that these findings may contribute to the growing burden of long Covid-19 disease. The researchers said that now patients and doctors both consider the loss of taste and smelling sense one of the major problems. "Before the coronavirus pandemic, people and doctors used to overlook the loss of sense of taste and smell because these senses were considered unessential for the life as compared to vision and hearing senses," they added. Why are some patients more prone to long Covid-19? Even if the infection level is less severe, some Covid patients may continue to suffer from lingering symptoms months after the initial recovery.