Abstract

The COVID infection continues its march across the planet and has already affected us in many ways. Along with acute infection, people continue to struggle with the long-lasting symptoms following the acute period described as a long-covid syndrome. The interest in various conditions and the risk of long-term consequences due to SARS-CoV-2 infection is still ongoing. The dysfunctions in olfactory and taste are related to SARS-CoV-2 infection and might occur in 21,5% of people. Different factors were described which may facilitate the taste loss, such as a lack in the character and quantum of the saliva, pro-inflammatory cytokines, ACE inhibitors’ use, systemic diseases, zinc deficiency, and excessive use of some chemicals etc., and have been poorly understood so far. We described an atypical course of COVID respiratory disease. The woman was diagnosed with a respiratory COVID infection. She had a lingering taste perversion for 28 days, headaches, and some mental disturbances such as mood and personality changes. The woman was under the close supervision of the family doctor until full recovery. The standard screening tools were useful for the assessment of comorbid to COVID anxiety, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbances, dysautonomia and fatigue, as well as for cognitive impairment or self-violent behavior prevention.