Incidence of Anosmia among Covid 19 patients in India

The pandemic COVID-19 has relentlessly caused havoc to human life since its outbreak in December 2019. The disease has been a challenge for all. The clinical manifestations of Covid-19 ranges from no symptoms at all to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Anosmia being one of the important cl...

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Published in:Indian journal of otolaryngology, and head, and neck surgery and head, and neck surgery, 2022-10, Vol.74 (Suppl 2), p.3427-3436
Main Authors: Aanand, Prem, Angral, Sumeet, Varshney, Saurabh, Raj, Ritu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Head and Neck Surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Olfaction disorders
Other
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Otorhinolaryngology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Summary:The pandemic COVID-19 has relentlessly caused havoc to human life since its outbreak in December 2019. The disease has been a challenge for all. The clinical manifestations of Covid-19 ranges from no symptoms at all to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. Anosmia being one of the important clinical features of COVID-19 has always been overlooked by the Indian population. This formed the background for this study. Aim To identify the incidence of anosmia reported in COVID- 19 patients in India. Materials and Methods Literature search was carried out from January 2020 to March 2021 in databases like PUBMED and Google Scholar using the key words “ANOSMIA”, “HYPOSMIA” and “OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION” in conjunction with “COVID-19”, “SARS-COV-2”, and “CORONAVIRUS”. Boolean operators were used to narrow and broaden the search. The search yielded sixteen eligible articles. Result The scrutiny of the 16 articles revealed an incidence range of anosmia from 9.2% to 82% and an average anosmia incidence rate of 30.19%. The cumulative incidence rate of anosmia in those studies where objective analysis was done is 52.2% and 16.4% for subjective analysis. Discussion The prevalence of anosmia in Indian population is found to be much lesser than that reported by European countries due to ethnicity or negligence. Objective evaluation of anosmia in COVID-19 patients increases the incidence of anosmia drastically. Hence objective evaluations such as UPIST, SNIFFING STICK test, etc. is to be promoted. This study also Emphasises the lack of common gold standard testing for olfaction like vision and hearing.
ISSN:2231-3796
0973-7707
DOI:10.1007/s12070-021-02641-6