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'''Parosmia''' is an altered sense of smell.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lost-or-changed-sense-smell/| title = Lost or changed sense smell | last = | first = | authorlink = | date = 2017-12-21 | website = [[National Health Service]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref> ==Prevalence== An altered sense of smell occurs in approximately 15% of the US population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/smell-disorders| title = Smell Disorders|website=NIDCD|language=en|access-date=2021-12-12}}</ref> ==Symptom recognition== The [[World Health Organization Long COVID diagnostic criteria|World Health Organization]]'s definition of '''Post COVID-19 condition''' (Long COVID) includes an altered sense of smell in the list of possible symptoms.<ref name="WHO-longcovid-criteria">{{citation | title = A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 condition by a Delphi consensus | date = Oct 6, 2021 | page = |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] | others = World Health Organization (WHO) clinical case definition working group on post COVID-19 condition | first1 = Joan B. | last1 = Soriano | first2 = Maya | last2 = Allan | first3 = Carine | last3 = Alsokhn | first4 = Nisreen A. | last4 = Alwan | authorlink4 = Nisreen Alwan | first5 = Lisa | last5 = Askie | first6 = Hannah E. | last6 = Davis | authorlink6 = Hannah Davis | first7 = Janet V. | last7 = Diaz | first8 = Tarun | last8 = Dua | first9 = Wouter | last9 = de Groote | first10 = Robert | last10 = Jakob | first11 = Marta | last11 = Lado | first12 = John | last12 = Marshall | first13 = Srin | last13 = Murthy | first14 = Jacobus | last14 = Preller | first15 = Pryanka | last15 = Relan | first16 = Nicoline | last16 = Schiess | first17 = Archana | last17 = Seahwag | ref = WHO reference number: WHO/2019-nCoV/Post_COVID-19_condition/Clinical_case_definition/2021.1 | url = https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/WHO-2019-nCoV-Post_COVID-19_condition-Clinical_case_definition-2021.1 | author-link = |volume=|issue=|pages=|chapter=|edition=|isbn=}}</ref> ==Notable studies== ==Possible causes== *a cold or flu *sinus infection *an allergy, e.g. hayfever *nasal polyops (growths in your nose) *[[COVID-19]] may cause a [[Anosmia|loss of sense of smell]] (anosmia) *[[Long COVID]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name="WHO-longcovid-criteria" /> ==News and articles == *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-55936729 Parosmia: 'The smells and tastes we still miss, long after Covid'] - BBC News ==See also== *[[Long COVID]] ==Learn more== * * [https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/smell-disorders Smell Disorders] - NIDCD ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Signs and symptoms]] [[Category:Long COVID signs and symptoms]] [[Category:Neurological signs and symptoms]]
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