Professor of the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University, Doctor of Biological Sciences Ancha Baranova linked the loss of smell with the duration of the postcoid syndrome in those who had been ill. informs portal URA.RU.
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According to Baranova, those who have lost their sense of smell due to COVID-19 suffer from its consequences longer. “Smell is the entrance to the nervous system. I think that in the case of the omicron strain, the virus passes faster from the nasopharynx, from those places where the entrance to the olfactory epithelium is located, to the lower regions, ”the specialist said. The biologist noted that there is still no data on the “covid tail” after the omicron strain, but experts hope that it will be less.
“The fact that there is less and less loss of smell during coronavirus is a positive, good sign. But we also have a negative sign, which everyone is very easy on. This is a very strong, crushing, severe fatigue that accompanies the disease from the first days, ”added the professor. She stressed that this factor is alarming, because metabolic exhaustion is difficult for people with “undermined resources” – the elderly and with concomitant diseases such as diabetes.
Earlier, immunologist, Ph.D. Nikolay Kryuchkov said that the omicron strain of coronavirus is most easily tolerated by young people without chronic diseases. He explained that this is due to the more active immunity in young people. In addition, the presence of diseases reduces the body’s resistance to stress and viruses, added Kryuchkov.
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