Taste dysfunction: management

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Taste dysfunction: management. Sugar, Citric acid, Sodium chloride, Caffeine or quinine. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Taste tests

  • Sugar
  • Citric acid
  • Sodium chloride
  • Caffeine or quinine 

Gustatory tests

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Treatments of dysgeusia

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References

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  4. Syed Q, Hendler KT, Koncilja K. The Impact of Aging and Medical Status on Dysgeusia. Am J Med 2016; 129:753.e1-e6. 
  5. Heckmann JG, Lang CJ. Neurological causes of taste disorders. Adv Otorhinolaryngol 2006; 63:255-264. 
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