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Decreased taste. Ageusia = absence of taste. Hypogeusia - diminished ability to taste certain foods.

Dr. Heidi Fowler reviewed this

27 year experience in Psychiatry

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Mouth

Is Symptom of

Sinusitis
Allergy
Bell's palsy
Condition
Glossitis
Condition
Chronic sinusitis
Condition
Thrush
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Dihydroergotamine
Avastin
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