Auteur(s) : Jourdain Ksénia
Composante : MEDECINE
Date de création : 30-06-2022

Description : Médecine générale, In march 2020, the link between SARS-Cov2 infection and sudden anosmia has been established and widely broadcast in the media, therefore making a nearly pathognomic symptom available for the general population. Anosmia generally occurs very early in the course of the infection, so the knowledge of this symptom enabled thousands of people to get tested rapidly and isolating themselves before contaminating their acquaintances. If in the majority of cases olfactory dysfunction due to the covid rapidly disappear, they can perdure several months in some patients. The objective of this work was to study the experience of these patients suffering from longer olfactory dysfunction. We interviewed fourteen alsacian patients on the impacts of their deficiency on their daily life, their health, their work and their quality of life in general. We were also interested in the therapeutic medical interventions, and in particular in olfactory training, modalities of its realisation and barriers to treatment adherence. We observed a considerable impact of the deficiency on the daily life of the respondents, in terms of food intake, mood, safety hazards. Few patients saw an Ears, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist about their troubles, or had medical follow-up. The adherence to the olfactory training protocol was mediocre
Mots-clés libres : Covid-19, Dysosmie -- Alsace (France), Médecine physique et de réadaptation, Dysfonctionnement cognitif -- Dissertation universitaire, 617.8
Couverture : FR