Loss of smell during COVID linked to structural, functional brain alterations
Loss of smell during COVID linked to structural, functional brain alterations
https://healthimaging.com/topics/clinical/COVID-19/loss-smell-during-covid-linked-structural-functional-brain-alterations
According to data shared by the CDC last year, around 34% of patients who contracted COVID between 2020 and 2023 reported losing their sense of smell.
Many individuals who lost their sense of smell when infected with COVID-19 show structural and functional brain alterations on imaging, according to new work published in Nature. Now, experts are concerned that the symptoms could be associated with long-term brain alterations. In a group of people who reported anosmia as one of their COVID symptoms, experts recently observed an association between the loss of smell and decreased functional activity during decision-making tasks, reduced cortical thickness and other neural measures.