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Department of ENT, Almora Medical College, Uttarakhand, India

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• Research Article   
  ENT Manifestations in COVID-19 Positive Patients
  Author(s): Vaibhav Kuchhal, Shahzad Ahmad, Priyanka Chaurasia* and Pradeep Rawat
  
  Aim: To study the status of ear, nose and throat in the patients diagnosed with the COVID-19. Materials and methods: This is a perspective study in patients admitted in the isolation wards of Dr. Sushila Tiwari Hospital Haldwani between March 2020 and July 2020. There were 465 symptomatic patients out of total 727 patients diagnosed with COVID19. Results: Since the COVID-19 pandemic has begun, many individuals have noted many ENT manifestations along with the other general symptoms like fever (395 pt)>cough (326 pt) >weakness/fatigue (190 pt)>difficulty in breathing (89 pt)>muscle ache (58 pt)>headache (56 pt) and diarrhea (24 pt). Among ENT manifestations throat symptoms were found most common including loss of taste in 74 pt. It was noticed that most commonly sweet and salt goes first .. View More»
  

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