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Tag: anosmia

Large proportion of NHS workers may have already had Covid-19

Posted on by Hippocratic Post
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A large proportion of UK healthcare workers may already have been infected with Covid-19, according to new research led by the University of East Anglia in collaboration with University College London. In May, Public Health England added a new loss of taste or smell (anosmia) to the list of symptoms for Covid-19. Research published today […]

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You don’t know what you’ve lost ‘til it’s gone…

Posted on by Dr Michael Papesch
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Smell is a wonderful sense. It is intimately linked to our taste and our appreciation of foods and drinks. It is also an important sense for our safety, allowing us to detect gas, smoke, rotten food and other toxic chemicals. Reduced sense of smell is called hyposmia. Complete loss of smell is called anosmia. All […]

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