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These doctors are treating COVID-19 smell loss by sticking plasma-soaked sponges up people’s noses

Whether the therapy works — and if so, exactly how it works — isn’t fully understood. Nor is the reason why COVID impairs the sense of smell to begin with.

To treat Nancy Damato's loss of smell due to COVID-19, sponges soaked in platelet-rich plasma were placed in her nose by Jefferson Health physician David Rosen.
To treat Nancy Damato's loss of smell due to COVID-19, sponges soaked in platelet-rich plasma were placed in her nose by Jefferson Health physician David Rosen.Read moreErin Blewett