COVİD-19: İlk Semptom Olarak Koku ve Tat Disfonksiyonu

Aralık 2019’da Çin’in Wuhan kentinden kaynaklandığı düşünülen ve milyonlarca kişinin enfekte olmasına neden olan koronavirus bir pandemiye yol açmıştır. Enfeksiyonun ilk dönemlerinde sıklıkla görülen semptomlar ateş, miyalji ve öksürük olarak bildirilmiştir. Biz bu yazıda başlangıç bulguları olarak sadece koku ve tat alma fonksiyonunda kaybolma şikayeti ile gelen iki hastayı inceledik. Testleri pozitif çıkan ve pnömoni tanısı konan hastalarda öksürük ve ateş görülmedi. Sadece tat ve koku duyularının kaybolduğu hastaların mutlaka test ile taranması gerektiğini düşünmekteyiz.Anahtar Sözcükler: Kovid-19, pandemi, koku disfonksiyonu, tat disfonksiyonu

Olfactory and Taste Dysfunction as an Initial Symptom of COVID-19

The coronavirus assumed to have originated in Wuhan China, has infected millions of people since December 2019, resulting in a pandemic. Recent changes in symptoms are observed in Covid-19 positive patients, whose symptoms were reported as fever, myalgia and cough in the earlier cases. In this paper we presented two cases where the initial symptom was loss of taste and smell sensation. Both of these patients were diagnosed pneumonia though neither of them had cough nor fever. Considering the positive outcomes with medical treatment, we claim these patients with the only symptom, loss of smell and taste, should be tested for Covid-19.Keywords:Covid-19, pandemic, olfactory dysfunction, taste dysfunction

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