Touisserkani Sam K, Ayatollahi Azin
Private Office, Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Center for Research and Training in Skin Diseases and Leprosy, Tehran, Iran.
Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2020 Aug 8;2020:5892047. doi: 10.1155/2020/5892047. eCollection 2020.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious respiratory illness caused by SARS-CoV-2. Not much is yet known about this new viral disease. In our early encounter with the COVID-19, before the pandemic and during the early days of dealing with this novel viral disease in our country, we saw some cases of anosmia in patients infected by SARS-CoV-2. In many cases, this chemosensitive dysfunction persisted after the negativization of the nasopharyngeal swab. We report effective treatment of anosmia by oral corticosteroid therapy in a patient recovered from COVID-19.
2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)是由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)引起的一种高传染性呼吸道疾病。关于这种新型病毒性疾病,目前了解还不多。在我们早期接触COVID-19时,即在大流行之前以及在我国应对这种新型病毒性疾病的初期,我们发现一些感染SARS-CoV-2的患者出现嗅觉丧失的情况。在许多病例中,这种化学感受功能障碍在鼻咽拭子检测结果转为阴性后仍持续存在。我们报告了1例COVID-19康复患者经口服皮质类固醇治疗嗅觉丧失有效的情况。