key: cord-0997112-7v8mhgpm
authors: Smith‐Norowitz, Tamar A.; Silverberg, Jonathan I.; Norowitz, Esther M.; Loeffler, Jeffrey; Hammerschlag, Margaret R.; Kohlhoff, Stephan
title: Olfactory dysfunction in children and adults post‐COVID‐19 infection in Brooklyn, New York
date: 2021-10-21
journal: Acta Paediatr
DOI: 10.1111/apa.16134
sha: 97da40238a511b0c18b48e4e0e6a2cc88ba2e3f4
doc_id: 997112
cord_uid: 7v8mhgpm

Common symptoms of acute COVID-19 infection include fever, cough, headache, shortness of breath, and anosmia, i.e., partial, or complete loss of smell1 . Prior literature reported that COVID-19 patients (50%) developed sudden-onset anosmia prior to respiratory symptoms, thus making this an important symptom2 . The aim of this study sought to identify post-COVID-19 related olfactory dysfunction and recovery rates in children and adults in a community with a high incidence of COVID-19 infection.

Common symptoms of acute COVID-19 infection include fever, cough, headache, shortness of breath, and anosmia, i.e., partial, or complete loss of smell. 1 Prior literature reported that COVID-19 patients (50%) developed sudden-onset anosmia prior to respiratory symptoms, thus making this an important symptom. 2 The aim of this study sought to identify post-COVID-19 related olfactory dysfunction and recovery rates in children and adults in a community with a high incidence of COVID-19 infection.

A retrospective analysis of olfactory testing results was performed. Olfactory testing was offered to patients who wanted to This study shows that people in this community had similar olfactory threshold test scores with or without previous COVID-19

infection. However, among those with previous COVID-19 infec-

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