Anosmia and ageusia as presenting complaints of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection

Ritin Mohindra; K Gowri Sainath; Poonam Kanta; Mini P Singh; Kapil Goyal; P V M Lakshmi; Ashish Bhalla; Vikas Suri

doi:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_685_20

Anosmia and ageusia as presenting complaints of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection

J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4406-4408. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_685_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

Ritin Mohindra¹, K Gowri Sainath¹, Poonam Kanta², Mini P Singh², Kapil Goyal², P V M Lakshmi³, Ashish Bhalla¹, Vikas Suri¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Chandigarh, India.
² Department of Virology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Chandigarh, India.
³ Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector 12, Chandigarh, India.

Abstract

The recently discovered SARS-CoV2 virus produces a influenza like illness named Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The usual presentation is with upper/lower respiratory tract symptoms and rarely gastrointestinal symptoms. Although some of the clinical features of this novel disease like fever, dry cough, and shortness of breath have been well documented in literature, we report hitherto infrequently reported clinical features of this disease, namely Anosmia and Ageusia.

Keywords: Ageusia; COVID19; anosmia.

Publication types

Case Reports