A French research team investigated the condition in Covid-19 survivors and found that 96.1 per cent had recovered their sense of smell a year later.
Anosmia is a condition where a person partially or totally loses their sense of smell and a common symptom of Covid-19. A new study found that about 96% of recovered patients will regain it but around 4% will have either limited smell or no sense of smell one year later. Up to 70% of people who believe their smell has not fully recovered actually have fully recovered. There is no set timetable for when someone's smell will recover after contracting the virus, and experts do not know if the loss of smell can be permanent.
According to the study, the remaining 3.9 per cent still have no smell or limited smell and there is no known timeline for when they may regain it.
“Up to 96% of people who contract Covid-19 may at least partially lose their sense of smell. While a vast majority will regain their sense of smell after recovering, 4% of people in a French study still had not recovered their smell a year later. Researchers have no timetable for how long it may take for the rest of the group to fully recover and do not know whether Covid-related anosmia can be permanent,” Daily Mail reported.
Scientists haven’t found the reason why Covid-19 causes loss of smell and no one can say for certain the exact percentage of people who develop anosmia because of the virus.
