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There is a vast list ofCOVID-19 warning signs This seems to continue to grow up by the day while more and more research on the emerging coronavirus. COVID toes with confusion, patients know a variety of symptoms when they contract the COVID-19 virus. But a new study revealed that there was a preconcutory sign indicating that the vast majority of coronavirus patients knew:loss of taste or smell. According to the study, published in the newspaperNatural medicine, 65% of people who have been positive for coronaviruses reported theloss of taste and smell as their first symptoms.

Conduct their research, King's College London scientists and the General Hospital Massachusetts examined the data of theSymptom Covid Symptom Application where people can follow their coronavirus symptoms. The application was found to be extremely "effective inPredict coronavirus infections Of the 2.5 million people who used it between March 24 and April 21, "according toThe New York Times. After analyzing the data, the researchers found that loss of taste or smell was the main prediction to know if anyone was going to develop Covid-19.

"We believe thatThe loss of smell and taste is a very common Cvid-19 symptom and in fact, occurs more often than fever and lasts longer-five days on average compared to two only for fever ", main authorTIM SPECTOR, MRS,Professor of genetic epidemiology At King's College London, said in a statement.

The researchers used a mathematical equation to predict the probability that a person was to have CIVID-19 based solely on their age, sex and a combination of theMost common symptoms: Loss of smell or taste, cough, fatigue and loss of appetite. The model could predict COVID-19 cases with an accuracy of nearly 80%.

Another CVIVID-19 patient study in KantonSspital Aarau in Aarau, Switzerland, which was published in the newspaperOtolaryngology-Head and neck surgery gave similar results. In these conclusions, 61% of CIVID-19 patients surveyed reportedFeeling of odorate reduced or lost.

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Although a loss of smell can often occur during a viral infection, a loss of taste is a less common symptom. "Lose sense of taste comes from a completely different nervous system, a different disease process, "Joseph K. Han, MD,Otolaryngology teacher At the Eastern Medicine School of Virginia, saidU.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT. But, in the case of coronavirus, these symptoms often come as a package.

So, if you start feeling your sense of smell or discoloration, consider being tested for coronavirus. And for more knowledge how the loss of smell could help diagnose COVID-19, checkThe symptom of coronavirus that predicts how bad your case will be.