Pathum Sookaromdee1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2. 1. Private Academic Consultant, Bangkok, Thailand. Electronic address: pathumsook@gmail.com. 2. Dr DY Patil University, Pune, India.
Dear Editor,We would like to share ideas on the publication “Monitoring of cases of anosmia may help control the COVID-19 pandemic.” Miyake et al. concluded that “The adoption of a unified internet self-reported notification system of new cases of sudden dysosmia ….. this pandemic”. In fact, asymptomatic and atypical clinical presentation is not uncommon in COVID-19 and it is necessary that the practitioner has to recognize for the possibility.2, 3 Anosmia is a possible clinical presentation in COVID-19. Screening for anosmia might be difficult but it is useful for early detection of the case. A reporting tool might be helpful for screening. Regarding the self-reported notification system, an important consideration is on the reliability. In a developing country, a low educated people might disguise the clinical history and the reporting system is usually not useful. A non-subjective screening tool should be considered for anosmia screening.
Authors: Rachel Kaye; C W David Chang; Ken Kazahaya; Jean Brereton; James C Denneny Journal: Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Date: 2020-04-28 Impact factor: 3.497