Our message is,' If you have sudden-onset smell loss, in the absence of other explanatory history like a head injury, the chance of you being infected is high,' this is about raising awareness that smell loss is an early symptom of Covid-19.

John Hayes

It's really consequential to appetite and social relations, like people have lost their sense of smell may not be able to detect if they have body odor, and can impact diet too.

I had a patient call me the other day and ask what could be done and honestly, I don't have any good recommendations yet.