Results
taste of sensation, taste sensation, taste dysfunction, a loss of taste sensation, a loss of taste, olfactory dysfunction
OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION, DYSFUNCTION
This study included 36 patients who were equally allocated into two groups according to the treatment modality (18 patients each). There was 3(16.7%) males and 15(83.3%) females in group I, while there was 5(27.8%) males and 13(72.2%) in the Group II. The mean age of the cases in Group I was (38.22 ± 12.90) years, whereas, in Group II, it was (44.78 ± 16.67) years. There was no significant difference between both groups regarding gender and age (p > 0.05). All patients were analyzed, and a general description of all clinical features, comorbidities, and treatment received was recorded. (Table 
Intergroup comparison of demographic and clinical dataAge (years)Mean ± SDBefore treatment, taste sensation features were reported regarding loss of taste of sensation at diagnosis, the time elapsed since recovery (month), and associated Olfactory dysfunction. Ten patients in Group I (55%) reported a loss of taste sensation at the time of COVID-19 diagnosis, while in Group II, 13 patients reported a loss of taste at the time of diagnosis. In Group I and Group II, the time since recovery was 1.17 ± 0.53 and 0.93 ± 0.28 months, respectively. Six patients in Group I (33.3%) reported olfactory dysfunction associated with taste dysfunction, while nine patients in Group II reported olfactory dysfunction. There was no significant difference between both groups for all these parameters.There was a significant difference between both groups regarding the time elapsed until taste restoration (p < 0.001). Post hoc pairwise comparisons showed Group I to have a significantly higher percentage of cases 13(72.2%) restoring taste after one week. In addition, they showed Group II to have a significantly higher percentage of cases 13(72.2%) restoring taste after four weeks (p < 0.001). Similarly, there was a significant difference between both groups regarding the status of taste restored after one month (p = 0.041), with Group II having a significantly higher percentage of cases 7(38.9%) partially restoring taste, while Group I having a significantly higher percentage of cases 17(94.4%) having complete restoration of taste (p < 0.001). (Fig. 
Intergroup comparison of outcome parameters2-a Patient restore taste after 1week, 2,3,4 weeks2-b: Taste restored after one month complete or partial