Taste and Smell Disorders

Our senses of taste and smell give us great pleasure. Taste helps us enjoy food and beverages. Smell lets us enjoy the scents and fragrances like roses or coffee. Taste and smell also protect us, letting us know when food has gone bad or when there is a gas leak. They make us want to eat, ensuring we get the nutrition we need.

People with taste disorders may taste things that aren't there, may not be able to tell the difference in tastes, or can't taste at all. People with smell disorders may lose their sense of smell, or things may smell different. A smell they once enjoyed may now smell bad to them.

Many illnesses and injuries can cause taste and smell disorders, including colds and head injuries. Some drugs can also affect taste and smell. Most people lose some ability to taste and smell as they get older. Treatment varies, depending on the problem and its cause. (NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Also called: Smelling Disorders, Anosmia, Dysosmia, Ageusia

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

Taste

Taste; the faculty of taste, distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds.

Tasquinimod

A quinoline-3-carboxamide linomide analogue with antiangiogenic and potential antineoplastic activities. Tasquinimod has been shown to decrease blood vessel density but the exact…

TASP1 wt Allele

Human TASP1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 20p12.1 and is approximately 373 kb in length. This allele, which encodes…

TASP1 Gene

This gene plays a role in both proteolysis and transcriptional regulation.

Task

An assigned piece of work, usually with a time allotment.

Tasisulam Sodium

The sodium salt of an acyl-sulfonamide with potential antineoplastic activity. Selectively toxic towards tumor cells, tasisulam appears to induce tumor cell apoptosis…