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Pediatric Covid-19: Prolonged Olfactory and Gustatory Disorders

Objective: Our aim is to support the literature by evaluating pediatric cases with taste and smell disorders related to COVID-19. Methods: The patients admitted between November 2020 – November 2021 due to quantitative and/or qualitative sense of smell and taste were included to the study. The course of sensory disorders of the patients were gathered from the medical files and evaluated retrospectively. Results: Fifteen patients were applied for taste and/or smell disorders with or without a history of symptomatic COVID-19 infection. All of the cases (100 %) had anosmia and 14 (93.3 %) had ageusia. Parosmia was present in all 15 cases (100 %) whereas phantosmia in 13 cases (86.6 %). Eight cases (53.3 %) had both phantogeusia and parageusia. Complete resolution of anosmia and ageusia continue average 24.7 ± 14.5 and 19.6 ± 8.4 days. One of the 15 patients with parosmia recovered at the end of the 13th month, while the parosmia continued for 8.9 ± 2.9 months in the other patients. Complaints of phantosmia had been continued for 9.4 ± 3.0 months in all of 13 patients and phantogusia for 8.6 ± 2.7 months in all of 8 patients. Parageusia improved in one case at the 10th month, while it continued for 8.1 ± 2.8 months in the remaining 8 cases. Conclusion: There is not enough data in the literature about the sensory disorders related to childhood COVID-19 infection. It is the first study having longest follow-up periods of sensory disorders in pediatric patients in the literature

Rohat Oztepeli
Ankara City Hospital
Turkey

Hamit Ozyurek
Ankara City Hospital
Turkey

Ozge Dedeoglu
Ankara City Hospital
Turkey

Ozlem Yayici Koken
Ankara City Hospital
Turkey

Deniz Yilmaz
Ankara City Hospital
Turkey

Aysegul Nese Citak Kurt
Ankara City Hospital
Turkey

 


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