In recent weeks several Nigerians have reported the sudden loss of the senses of smell and taste which are symptoms of coronavirus.
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In April, the World Health Organisation listed the loss of smell and taste as some of the less common symptoms of coronavirus also known as COVID-19. “I went to the NCDC COVID-19 testing centre in Abuja to test myself but they refused to attend to me. Some staff told me what I have presented is not really a symptom of COVID-19 because I have not travelled out and there is no record I have contact with a known COVID19 patient that tested positive.
But some health experts said the loss of smell and taste does not necessarily mean a person has coronavirus. They say the best way of knowing if a person has the disease is by testing for the disease. Many Nigerians who have recently complained of a loss of the senses of taste and smell have associated it with malaria.
However, Mr Ntadom said it was wrong to link the frequency of sensory deprivation to malaria without proper diagnosis. But with Nigeria’s limited testing capacity , here is little chance that people whose primary symptoms is the loss of taste and smell will be given prompt attention. Almost halfway into the ambitious 90 days’ target, the country is yet to cover 10 per cent of the two million.
Health minister, Osagie Ehanire, also did not give a definitive response when questioned over the current trend during the Presidential Task Force meeting last Thursday.Self-medication “It started with fever which I treated with basic malaria drugs which went away but then I started having a loss of sense of smell. I could not eat food properly.
“If someone like me could have these symptoms and test positive of COVID-19, what about people that have same symptoms and didn’t go for tests,” queried Mr Osuigwe who was recently discharged from the isolation centre inside Asokoro general hospital.“We have more people carrying this virus than we know because people who have a strong immune system can stay for 10 days and still be going around and sharing it.
“With this, they can look at if these symptoms have occurred in a significant proportion of cases in early stages. It then boils down to the preponderance of the availability of the test kits.
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