THE
THE CW
THE CW SAN DIEGO. GO, GO. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE. WE WANT TO BRING YOU THE FACTS, NOT
FEAR ABOUT THE CORONA VIRUS AND
A NEW STUDY FROM UC SAN DIEGO
HEALTH FINDS A LOSS OF SMELL
AND TASTE AS A VALIDATED KOBE
19 SYMPTOM IN PATIENTS WITH
HIGH RECOVERY RATE. JOINING US
ON THE PHONE TO SHARE MORE ON
THIS NEW STUDY IS DR. CAROL YAN
FROM UC SAN DIEGO HEALTH. DR.
YANG. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE AND THANK YOU FOR
EVERYTHING YOU GUYS ARE DOING
THERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
HAVING ME. SO THIS STUDY WAS
JUST PUBLISHED WE'RE TALKING
APRIL 12TH HERE. BASED ON THIS
STUDY THE PERSON HAS SMELL AND
TASTE LOST. THEY ARE 10 TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO HAVE KOBE AT 19
INFECTION. I MEAN HOW DOES THIS
HELP IF WE KNOW THIS
INFORMATION? YEAH. NO, IT'S
REALLY INTERESTING FINDINGS
THAT WE THOUGHT OURSELVES. WHAT
WE'RE SEEING IS THAT IN THIS
PATIENT POPULATION OF OTHERWISE
FAIRLY MILD SYMPTOMS WHO COME
IN WITH FEVERS AND COLD LIKE
SYMPTOMS AND SOME FLU LIKE
SYMPTOMS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE SMELL AND TASTE LOSS ARE
MUCH HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF BEING
COVERED POSITIVE COMPARED TO
THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE IT. SO IT
POTENTIALLY MIGHT BE A GOOD
INITIAL SCREENING TEST EVEN FOR
YOU KNOW, ONESELF TO THINK, YOU
KNOW, DO I HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF SMELL AND TASTE? WOULD
I BE SOMEONE WHO MIGHT CONSIDER
QUARANTINE MYSELF AND CALLING
MY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LIKE I
HAVE ALLERGIES? YOU KNOW,
SOMETIMES THINGS WILL TASTE A
LITTLE DIFFERENTLY TO ME WHEN
YOU KNOW, WHEN I HAD ALLERGY
SEASON STARTS. BUT YOU'RE
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
DIFFERENT HERE LIKE YOU'RE
HAVING A TOUGH TIME SMELLING
AND TASTING THINGS ALTOGETHER.
EXACTLY. YEAH. AND ESPECIALLY
WITH THE SPRING SEASON AND
ALLERGIES BEING VERY PROMINENT
PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES OFTEN
HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS LOST AS IT
IS. BUT THAT'S MORE OF A
GRADUAL LONG TERM THING. WE'RE
TALKING LIKE AN ACUTE
COMPLETELY PROFOUND VOLUNTEER
SLOTS WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN
SEEING. SO PEOPLE WHO CAN SMELL
AND IS COMPLETELY NORMALLY AND
THE NEXT DAY THEY REALIZE
EVERYTHING'S GONE AND ONE WAY
THAT YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
MENTIONING THAT THEY CAN CHECK
IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN USING
CAN'T SANITIZERS SO REGULARLY
YOU MAY NOTICE THEY CAN'T KNOW
THE ALCOHOL. INTERESTING. ALL
THE COOKING. AND THAT'S REALLY
INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS THAT I'VE
HAD. WELL, WHAT ARE OTHER
THINGS HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS THAT
SOMEONE YOU KNOW WOULD BE A
GOOD TEST FOR THEM TO TEST OUT
THEIR SNIFFER? YEAH. NO. GREAT
QUESTION. THINGS AROUND
THE HOUSE FRUITS ARE REALLY
GOOD. LEMON COFFEE IS A VERY
STRONG ODOR ENTER. AND THEN IF
YOU HAVE ANY REALLY ESSENTIAL
OILS LAYING AROUND THE HOUSE,
IT'S NOT ONLY A GOOD TEST TO
SEE IF YOU POTENTIALLY HAVE NOW
LOST BUT WE KNOW THAT ESSENTIAL
OILS AND JUST THE ACT OF
PRACTICING SMELLING EVERY DAY
CAN ACTUALLY HELP RECOVER YOUR
SENSE OF SMELL AS WELL. SO IF
YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO
THAT, IF THEY HAVE LOST THEIR
SENSE OF SMELL KUBRICK DONE
THIS STUDY A LITTLE BIT. YOU
KNOW, WE WILL HEAR ABOUT SOME
OF THESE STUDIES THAT SOMETIMES
HAVE A VERY LOW PATIENT COUNT
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT QUITE A
FEW PATIENTS YOU GUYS LOOKED AT
TO COME TO THIS DECISION HERE.
YES. SO WE LOOKED AT
ESSENTIALLY THROUGH THE MONTH
OF MARCH PRETTY MUCH ALL COMERS
WHO THOUGHT THEY MAY HAVE
CONCERN FOR SYMPTOMS OF KOBE
19. SO THAT WAS ABOUT ALMOST
FIFTEEN HUNDRED PATIENTS WHO
CAME THROUGH UC SAN DIEGO AND
OF THOSE JUST OVER 100 ENDED UP
BEING POSITIVE FOR THE CORONA
VIRUS AND THE REST WERE
NEGATIVE. SO WE LOOKED AT ALL
THEIR CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS
AND HAD THEIR SYMPTOMS AND THEN
WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF OUR
STUDY RESPONSE RATE WAS
DEFINITELY HIGHER AND
THE PEOPLE WHO HAD COPA 19
POSITIVE TESTS THEY THINK THESE
PEOPLE WERE VERY MOTIVATED TO
HELP OUT IN THE STUDY AND WE
REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
AND SO WE HAD CAPTURED 59
PATIENTS WHO HAD COVERED 19
POSITIVE TEST RESULTS AND A FEW
HUNDRED PATIENTS WHO WERE
KILLED AND 19 NEGATIVE. THEY
ALL REALLY HAD VERY SIMILAR
SYMPTOMS EXCEPT INCIDENTALLY BE
HIGH MALE TEETH LAST WAS SEEN
MUCH MORE COMMONLY AND OVER 19
POSITIVE PATIENTS AND SORE
THROAT. ON THE OTHER HAND WAS
ACTUALLY SEEN MUCH MORE
COMMONLY IN THE COLON 19
NEGATIVE PATIENT INTEREST JUST
KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WE
WEREN'T EXPECTING. AND DOCTOR,
REAL QUICK WE SHOULD JUST
MENTION THINGS KIND OF GO BACK
TO NORMAL QUICKLY RIGHT WHEN
YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE ON THE MEND
.YEAH. SO THIS IS VERY
INTERESTING AND FORTUNATE THAT
WE THINK THAT THIS MIGHT BE A
DIFFERENT KIND OF LOSS COMPARED
TO OTHER POST INFECTIOUS SMILE
LOSSES. ONE IS IT'S MUCH MORE
COMMON BUT ALSO PEOPLE TEND TO
RESPOND. YOU KNOW, AND RECOVER
FORTUNATELY WITHIN A FEW WEEKS
MOST PEOPLE DID SAY THAT
THEY'VE GOT SOME KIND OF
RECOVERY WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS
WHICH IS JUST GREAT TO HEAR.
DOCTOR, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR
TIME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT OF
PEOPLE FIGURE OUT WHETHER IN
FACT THEY DO OR DO NOT HAVE
THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT A
LOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO
THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW IF
THEY'RE NOT CHECKING OFF ALL
THE BOXES ON THE SYMPTOMS. SO
THANKS FOR THAT, DR. APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME