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Smell and Taste Disorders
What Are Smell and Taste Disorders?
The loss of the senses of smell (anosmia) and taste (ageusia) are the most common chemosensory disorders (smell and taste disorders).
The reduced ability to smell (hyposmia) or to taste sweet, sour, bitter or salty substances (hypogeusia) are also common.
In other disorders of the chemosenses, odors, tastes, or flavors may be misread or distorted, causing a person to detect an unpleasant odor or taste from something that is normally pleasant to taste or smell.
Smell disorders are serious because they damage the early warning system that can alert a person to such things as:
- Fire
- Poisonous fumes
- Leaking gas
- Spoiled food and beverages
Abnormalities in taste and smell can accompany or indicate the existence of diseases or conditions such as:
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Malnutrition
- Degenerative diseases of the nervous system such as:
Smell and Taste Disorders
Smell and taste disorders (anosmia and ageusia) are the most common of chemosensory disorders. Learn more from Stanford Health Care.
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