A method has been found to restore a patient's sense of smell and taste lost due to COVID

Many people infected with COVID-19 have long faced the problem of losing their sense of smell and taste. But British scientists have found a way to solve this problem. According to The Guardian, surgeons from University College London are using a surgical procedure called septorhinoplasty.

Long-term effects of COVID-19 and loss of smell

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disease can progress to a long-term form in 6 out of every 100 people infected with COVID-19. This leads to a loss of smell and taste for months or even years. Until now, various drugs have not been able to solve this problem.

Septorhinoplasty - a method for restoring smell

Surgeons from University College London used a septorhinoplasty procedure to restore smell and taste. As this surgery showed, when the nasal passages are widened by 30%, air better reaches the receptors that control smell and begins the process of restoring smell.

Expert opinion and results

According to Professor Peter Andrews, senior consultant in the department of rhinology, who led the study, this method “awakens” the olfactory mucosa and regulates it. The operation was successfully performed on 12 patients with COVID-19 who had long-term loss of smell. Now all of them have restored their normal sense of smell and taste.

New method offers hope

Scientists plan to study the method further and test it on more patients. If it is widely used, it could offer hope to the thousands of people who have lost their sense of smell and taste due to COVID-19. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”