Ageusia is an absence of the sense of taste.
Other taste disorders include hypogeusia (decreased ability to taste), dysgeusia (disordered ability to taste), and phantogeusia (perception of a pha...
Nature of symptoms (complete loss of taste? partial? loss of certain tastes? solids and/or liquids?)
Onset and duration
Precipitating events
Medications (new and old)
Recent infection (up...
Treatment of the underlying cause, which may require specific medication...
Related to the cause
Taste may take 6 months to 1 year to return.
36955009 Loss of taste (finding)
698002002 Loss of taste anterior two thirds of tongue (finding)
702531002 Loss of taste posterior one third of tongue (finding)
Ageusia is the absence of the sense of taste.
Loss of taste should be recognized as an early symptom of COVID-19 infection. Smell and taste disturbances in COVID-19 typically resolve in...
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