Lack of tastes and smells in patients with coronavirus is observed for about two weeks, said the main freelance neurologist of the Ministry of Health of Russia Mikhail Martynov in an interview with the newspaper Izvestia.
“In most cases, the absence of tastes and odors are preserved one and a half or two weeks. In single – symptoms can be observed for several months. Such clinical observations need a detailed study, and it is possible that in these cases there are damage to the heads in the brain. who are responsible for conducting and perceiving the olfactory and taste sensations, “said Russian specialist.
The freelance neurologist of the Russian Ministry of Health clarified that the loss of taste and smell is noted at the very beginning of the disease against the background of the almost complete absence of a runny nose, nasal congestion: “With other sharp respiratory viral infections, there can also be a temporary deterioration of smell and / or taste, but this in More related just with the advent of catarrhal phenomena. “
The Russian expert also stressed that at present, specific methods for accelerating the recovery of taste and smelling is not developed, since the mechanisms underlying these phenomena are not fully studied.