Altered smell and taste: anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19

1 Altered smell and taste: anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19 Duika L Burges Watson 1*¶ , Miglena Campbell 2& , Claire Hopkins 3& , Barry Smith 4& , Chris Kelly 5& , Vincent Deary 6¶ 1 Altered Eating Research Network, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK 2 Altered Eating Research Network, Centre for Applied Psychological Science, Teesside University, UK 3 King’s College, London, UK 4 Institute of Philosophy, University of London, UK 5 Abscent, UK 6 Altered Eating Research Network, Psychology, Northumbria University, UK *Corresponding author E-mail: [email protected] ¶These authors contributed equally to this work. &These authors also contributed equally to this work Abstract Background: Qualitative olfactory (smell) dysfunctions are a common side effect of post- viral illness and known to impact quality of life and health status. Evidence is emerging that taste and smell loss are common symptoms of Covid-19 that may emerge and persist long . CC-BY-NC 4.0 International license It is made available under a perpetuity. is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in (which was not certified by peer review) preprint The copyright holder for this this version posted August 19, 2021. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.26.20239152 doi: medRxiv preprint NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice.

Altered smell and taste: anosmia, parosmia and the impact of long Covid-19

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