Long-Term Loss of Smell from COVID

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 5, 2022

According to a meta-analysis of COVID data by the British medical journal The BMJ, approximately 5 percent of people with a confirmed case of coronavirus have suffered from a long-term loss of smell or taste. Zara Patel, MD, professor of endoscopic sinus and skull base surgery at the Stanford School of Medicine who specializes in smell disorders, discusses this health issue and responds to listeners affected by loss of smell.

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