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Diminished taste
Dysgeusia is an abnormal sense of taste, where a person misinterprets taste signals. This may be seen after chemotherapy, among other conditions.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
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A 38-year old asked:
How come I have diminished taste after wisdom tooth removal?
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A 73-year old male asked:
An excess of what supplements could cause a diminished sense of taste?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Do my daughter and I have Covid-19. We both woke up with severe diminished sense of taste and smell.
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A 32-year old male asked:
Causes of diminished sense of taste w/ normal sense of smell? Can distinguish between sweet, salty, bitter, etc., but lost the true "taste" of foods.
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A 19-year old female asked:
Is it normal to have a bitter taste in my mouth after tonsillectomy? And diminished sense of taste when eating food? I am 2 weeks post op and wondering when I'll be able to taste my food again?
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A 36-year old male asked about a 61-year old female:
My Mother is experiencing decreased taste.
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A 33-year old asked:
Weird cold symptom, stuffed nose decreased sense of taste?
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A 25-year old female asked:
How does a tooth infection cause your sense of taste to be decreased?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I've had a bad taste in my mouth that even bothers my lips and it has decreased my appetite as well. What could it be?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I woke up feeling bad with headache, decreased urine output and bitter taste in mouth.continues with pain from spider bite shouldi return to ed?
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A 30-year old female asked:
extreme pain in first morning urination. Dark colored urine. Metallic taste, nausea, decreased output. stents on both sides from kidney stone?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I have a scalloped tongue, feeling of cotton mouth, and decreased taste. I just ended azithromycin a week ago, along with Diflucan 4 days ago. Is this a concern? No white patches but a small coating on tongue/discolored.
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A 37-year old asked:
I don't taste anything, what's wrong?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Food Doesn't Taste Good it taste like acerbic?
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A 44-year old asked:
What to do that food tastes really gross to me?
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A 41-year old female asked:
What will happen if you just taste a dab of Vick rub?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Lately everything i eat tastes like metal what could be the cause of that?
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A 38-year old asked:
Leukemia taste changes?
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Loss of taste symptom of ?
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A 63-year old female asked:
How can cholesterol be decreased ?
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A 30-year old asked:
When i cough it tastes salty, why?
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A 37-year old asked:
Why do my burps always taste so acidic?
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A 56-year old asked:
Laryngitis and peppery taste, what should I do?
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A 48-year old female asked:
All food and drink tastes salty , why could this be ?
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A 49-year old female asked:
Ch50 of 4.5 , is this decreased or elevated for female?
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A 44-year old female asked:
My husbands skin tastes weird-tangy/metallic ? Is there something wrong?
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A member asked:
I feel shakey inside and keep gettin a funny taste in my and my tounge feels funny what is this?
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A 31-year old asked:
How do actiq lolipops taste?
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A 44-year old asked:
Does amoxicillin have a taste?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Tongue has dryness and no taste?
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