Academic Journal
Hypogeusia as the initial presenting symptom of COVID-19
| العنوان: | Hypogeusia as the initial presenting symptom of COVID-19 |
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| المؤلفون: | Melley, Lauren E, Bress, Eli, Polan, Erik |
| المصدر: | BMJ Case Reports ; volume 13, issue 5, page e236080 ; ISSN 1757-790X |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| الوصف: | COVID-19 is the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which first arose in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since been declared a pandemic. The clinical sequelae vary from mild, self-limiting upper respiratory infection symptoms to severe respiratory distress, acute cardiopulmonary arrest and death. Otolaryngologists around the globe have reported a significant number of mild or otherwise asymptomatic patients with COVID-19 presenting with olfactory dysfunction. We present a case of COVID-19 resulting in intensive care unit (ICU) admission, presenting with the initial symptom of disrupted taste and flavour perception prior to respiratory involvement. After 4 days in the ICU and 6 days on the general medicine floor, our patient regained a majority of her sense of smell and was discharged with only lingering dysgeusia. In this paper, we review existing literature and the clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 in relation to the reported symptoms of hyposmia, hypogeusia and dysgeusia. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2020-236080 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-236080 https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1136/bcr-2020-236080 |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.B2875275 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2020-236080 |
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