Presentation of new onset anosmia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

摘要: Introduction Anosmia has not been formally recognised as a symptom of COVID-19 infection. Growing anecdotal evidence suggests increasing incidence cases anosmia during the current pandemic, suggesting that may cause olfactory dysfunction. The objective was to characterise patients reporting new onset pandemic METHODOLOGY: Design: Survey 2428 pandemic. Setting Volunteer sample seeking medical advice recent self-diagnosed loss sense smell RESULTS: surveys were completed within 7 days; 64% respondents under 40. majority reported their in last week. Of cohort, 17% did report any other thought be associated with COVID-19. In who symptoms, 51% either cough or fever and therefore met guidelines for self-isolation. Conclusions is conjunction well-reported symptoms coronas virus, but 1 6 this an isolated symptom. This might help identify otherwise asymptomatic carriers disease trigger targeted testing. Further study testing required proportion whom can attributed