The recovery time of the sense of smell in patients with neocoronavirus pneumonia is related to the severity of the disease, with milder cases usually recovering in 1 week, but severe cases may take longer to recover or even leave permanent sequelae.
In addition to fever, cough, sore throat, sputum, etc., the infection may also lead to loss of taste and smell. Usually, clinical symptoms will disappear and taste and smell functions will return to normal in about 1 week after the normal type of neocoronavirus infection is cured.
In some patients, it may take longer for taste and smell to return to normal, and there may even be sequelae of taste and smell loss, for which there are no data on how long it takes to recover.
Patients who may be infected with NCP need to be reported to the local JCPC in a timely manner and treated aggressively to avoid spreading the disease and missing the optimal time for treatment.