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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery

A person takes a lateral flow test to detect Covid
A person takes a lateral flow test to detect Covid. Doctors said the surgery enabled more chemical compounds that have a smell to reach the roof of the nose, where sense of smell is located. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Doctors in London have successfully restored a sense of smell and taste in patients who lost it due to long Covid with pioneering surgery that expands their nasal airways to kickstart their recovery.

Most patients diagnosed with Covid-19 recover fully. But the infectious disease can lead to serious long-term effects. About six in every 100 people who get Covid develop long Covid, with millions of people affected globally, according to the World Health Organization.

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