Anosmia with or without Ageusia as a Presenting Symptom in COVID-19 Positive Patients: A Single Center Study at Dhaka in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Arifa Akram Assistant Professor, Department of Virology, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh & Lab in charge, Novus Molecular Lab, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Mohammad Jahidur Rahman Khan Assistant Professor, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md Ashiqur Rahman Lab Scientific Officer, Novus Molecular Lab, Paribag, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md Raihanul Islam Lab Scientific Officer, Novus Molecular Lab, Paribag, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md Mahbub Ali Lab Scientific Officer, Novus Molecular Lab, Paribag, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Toufiqul Islam Lab Scientific Officer, Novus Molecular Lab, Paribag, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Lubana Akram Resident, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md Abdullah Yusuf Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Neurosciences & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md Tanjimul Islam Assistant manager, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd,, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Md Alimur Reza Manager and Head of Novus Molecular Lab, Paribag, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjid.v8i1.57953

Keywords:

Anosmia; ageusia; COVID-19 positive patients; Presenting Symptom, Paediatric Gastroenterology

Abstract

Background: The loss of smell and taste in COVID-19 patients is now acknowledged as one of the disease’s primary symptoms.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of loss of smell and taste in outpatients and hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection that RT-PCR had confirmed.

Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the in the Novus Molecular Lab, Dhaka between 5 June 2021 and 17 July 2021]. COVID-19 patients were included in this study who become RT-PCR positive in nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs in a single center. All of them were interviewed by a structured questionnaire over the phone.

Results: Among 200 COVID-19-positive patients smell and taste dysfunction appeared among 75(37.5%) patients. Only smell dysfunction occurred in 57.0% of patients, and taste dysfunction appears in 34.0% patients, and both symptoms were present among 9.0% of patients with or without other symptoms of COVID-19. The smell and taste recovery time was distributed as 63.0% recovered within less than a week, 20.0% within 2 weeks, and 17.0% in 2 weeks.

Conclusion: In conclusion significant number of COVID-19 patients are presented with loss of smell and taste.

Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases June 2021;8(1):32-35

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2022-01-30

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Akram, A. ., Rahman Khan, M. J. ., Rahman, M. A. ., Islam, M. R., Ali, M. M., Islam, T. ., Akram, L. ., Yusuf, M. A. ., Islam, M. T. ., & Reza, M. A. . (2022). Anosmia with or without Ageusia as a Presenting Symptom in COVID-19 Positive Patients: A Single Center Study at Dhaka in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, 8(1), 32–35. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjid.v8i1.57953

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2021)

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