New onset of smell and taste loss are common findings also in patients with symptomatic COVID‐19 after complete vaccination

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader New onset of smell and taste loss are common findings also in patients with symptomatic COVID‐19 after complete vaccination Via The Laryngoscope Abstract Objective To investigate the clinical profile of patients who developed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after full vaccination. Methods Demographic, epidemiological and clinical data were collected through medical records and online patient-reported outcome questionnaire from patients who developed symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, confirmed by nasopharyngeal swab, at least two weeks after completion of vaccination. Results 153 subjects were included. The most frequent symptoms were: asthenia (82.4%), chemosensory dysfunction (63.4%), headache (59.5%), runny nose (58.2%), muscle pain (54.9%), loss of appetite (54.3%) and nasal obstruction (51.6%). Particularly, 62.3% and 53.6% of subjects reported olfactory and gustatory dysfunction, respectively. Symptom severity was mild or moderate in almost all cases. Conclusions Chemosensory dysfunctions have been observed to be a frequent symptom even in subjects who contracted the infection after full vaccination. For this reason, the sudden loss of smell and taste could continue to represent a useful and specific diagnostic marker to raise the suspicion of COVID-19 even in vaccinated subjects. In the future, it will be necessary to establish what the recovery rate is in these patients. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.