Smell loss patients are being failed by healthcare professionals, study reveals
People who have lost their sense of smell are being failed by healthcare professionals, new research has revealed.
A study by Newcastle University, University of East Anglia and charity Fifth Sense, shows poor levels of understanding and care from GPs and specialists about smell and taste loss in patients.
This is an issue that has particularly come to the forefront during the Covid-19 pandemic as many people who have contracted the virus report a loss of taste and smell as their main symptoms.
Around one in 10 people who experience smell loss as a result of Covid-19 report that their sense of smell has not returned to normal four weeks after falling ill.
Healthcare professionals are failing smell loss patients
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