COVID-19 AND DAMAGE TO THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM CAUSING ANOSMIA

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https://doi.org/10.47820/recima21.v2i8.665

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Keywords: “loss smell”; “Covid-19”; “chronic damage

Abstract

Objective: To list studies that show the relationship of long-term damage to the sense of smell in adult patients with COVID-19 (coronovirus disease), in order to facilitate access to information on the management of this sequel and thus address the problem. COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, emerged in the East Asian region and became a pandemic causing the death of millions of individuals. Fever, dyspnea, cough, arthralgia, myalgia, headache, rhinorrhea and diarrhea are the most prevalent symptoms, in addition to olfactory and taste changes, which commonly cause anosmia and dysgeusia. This literature review aims to list the relationships between long-term damage to smell in patients with Covid-19 and its possible treatment. Thus, we carried out a narrative review of the literature in the PUBMED database with the following keywords: “smell of loss”; "Covid-19"; “Chronic damage”. Thus, we found 7 articles, and two articles were discarded, the first for relating olfaction loss by COVID-19 in children only, a rare fact in this age group. And the second, for escaping the topic.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Jonas Hantt Corrêa Lima, Universidade Luterana do Brasil

    Universidade Luterana do Brasil - ULBRA

  • Carolina Scheer Ely

    Acadêmica de medicina ULBRA

  • Bruna Reis Krug, Universidade Luterana do Brasil/ULBRA

    Universidade Luterana do Brasil - Acadêmica de medicina ULBRA

  • Marina Becker Klein, Universidade Luterana do Brasil/ULBRA

    Universidade Luterana do Brasil - Acadêmica de medicina ULBRA

  • Rafaela Prezzi Brum, Universidade Luterana do Brasil/ULBRA

    Universidade Luterana do Brasil - Acadêmica de medicina ULBRA

  • Bruna Klering Barros, Universidade Luterana do Brasil/ULBRA

    Universidade Luterana do Brasil - Acadêmica de medicina ULBRA

  • Fabrício Wilsmann Curi Pereira, Universidade Luterana do Brasil/ULBRA

    Universidade Luterana do Brasil - Acadêmico de medicina ULBRA

  • Sheila Beatris Kochhann, Universidade Luterana do Brasil/ULBRA

    Enfermeira Pós graduada em pediatria e neonatologia

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Published

25/09/2021

How to Cite

COVID-19 AND DAMAGE TO THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM CAUSING ANOSMIA. (2021). RECIMA21 - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar - ISSN 2675-6218, 2(8), e28665. https://doi.org/10.47820/recima21.v2i8.665