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Studies show that 45% of people with coronavirusesNever have any symptoms, leaving many of us wondering if we are silently plugged with Covid-19. Of course, you do not need us to tell you that the obvious way to determine if you have had the coronavirus by getting aantibody test. But given the questionssurrounding their precisionYou also search for other signs. According toThomas Russo, MD,Head of Infectious Disease Division At the University of Buffalo, there is a subtle symptom on all others who point to Covid-19:loss of taste and smell.

The presence of this symptom is what the doctor would call a "high probability" for COVID-19. "Thisloss of taste and smell-What is not absolutely unique - it's a bit unique to this new coronavirus, "Russo said.

In fact, the symptom is such an indicator that it would be inclined to trust it as a sign of the disease even more thanTest Results. "Even if [patients with these symptoms] took place and had an acute infection test and it was negative, I would say it's probably false negative because these tests are far from 100% sensitive," said Russo.

If you had this sensory symptom in combination with others, especiallyFever, Fatigue and headaches-Russo would say it's a probable bet you had the virus. "If you really have a very suggestive clinical syndrome, [as]combination of symptomsBut has not been tested, it would suggest that you are probably infected, "he says.

According to recent research, loss of taste and smell are also symptoms that persist in Covid-19 patients.American scientist reports that some patients have been left behindwithout their sense of smell for 30 days or more. And Utah Jazz PlayerRudy Gobert, the first professional athlete to test positive for COVID-19 early March, recently stated that his "taste came back, but thethe smell is still not 100%"Notting that he was said by the doctors he could takeone year come back fully.

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Russo emphasizes that even if you lose your sense of taste and your smell and that you are pretty sure you had Covid-19 at one point, it does not mean that you should behave as if you are protected by A magical field of force ofImmunity coronavirus.

"We do not know exactly the degree of protection that the anterior infection will allow it," he says. "People who have had prerequisites should always follow the public health rules because there is always a small but finished - and, at this point, I theoretically say they can have incomplete protection." To see what some coronavirus symptoms may indicate, discoverIf you have this symptom Covid, you probably will not end up in the hospital.