Monday, 1 July 2019

Dysgeusia

Disease class: Taste disorders

Also known as

  • Parageusia

Definition: A perception of taste which is inappropriate to the stimuli. There is often a perceived unpleasant taste.

 

Causes

  • Pregnancy
  • Iatrogenic
    • Drugs
  • Infection
  • Trauma
    • To tongue
    • To nerves
  • Malignancy
  • Epilepsy
  • Ear pathologies

Physiology of taste

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