Selective Taste Control of Meals to Tackle Problematic Food Intake due to Long-term Dysgeusia after a COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report.

Coronavirus disease 2019 is an ongoing global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 is highly contagious with high morbidity and mortality. Globally, as of 29 October 2021, there have been 245.373.039 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 4.979.421 deaths, reported to WHO, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history.

COVID-19 has a varied clinical presentation. Nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, smell and taste dysfunction, sore throat, headache, pharyngeal erythema, upper respiratory tract infection, tonsil enlargement and fever all could be the presenting symptoms of COVID-19. Patients with COPD, cardiovascular disease and hypertension are at higher risk of severe illness and ICU admission. COVID-19 can involve symptoms and medical complications that last for months after initial recovery, which has come to be called Long-COVID or COVID long-haulers

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