Global Journal of Medical Research, F: Diseases, Volume 22 Issue 1

© 2022. Vitória Freitas Silva, Andrey Modesto Velasquez Lins, Beatriz Cid de Matos & Agustín Miguel Rodrigues. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY- NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. Smell Abnormalities Caused by Sars-Cov2 Infection: A Literary Review By Vitória Freitas Silva, Andrey Modesto Velasquez Lins, Beatriz Cid de Matos & Agustín Miguel Rodrigues Abstarct- Context: COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that started at the end of 2019, in Wuhan, spreading to multiple countries. This virus can produce symptoms of superior and inferior respiratory infection, cardiac lesions, and death. Among many other symptoms, disturbances in the sense of smell and taste are reported by patients. Even though most viral infections of the upper respiratory tract present anosmia associated with the infection, in the case of the SARS-CoV2 infection, these symptoms can happen in its absence. Because of this, the recovery time for anosmia caused by CoV2 can occur within a few weeks, while typical viral anosmia generally lasts for months. Goals: Understand the specificities of the olfactory affections caused by SARS-CoV2 infection. Keywords: SARS-COV2; anosmia; neurons. GJMR-F Classification: NLMC Code: WV 300 SmellAbnormalitiesCausedbySarsCov2InfectionALiteraryReview Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Global Journal of Medical Research: F Diseases Volume 22 Issue 1 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-4618 & Print ISSN: 0975-5888