Hypergeusia Explained

Hypergeusia is a taste disorder where the sense is abnormally heightened.[1] [2] It can be associated with a lesion of the posterior fossa and Addison's disease; where a patient will crave for salty and sour taste due to the abnormal loss of ions with urine.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Definition: hypergeusia from Online Medical Dictionary .
  2. Web site: Dorlands Medical Dictionary:hypergeusia .
  3. Noda S, Hiromatsu K, Umezaki H, Yoneda S . Hypergeusia as the presenting symptom of a posterior fossa lesion . J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry . 52 . 6 . 804–5 . June 1989 . 2545829 . 1032046 . 10.1136/jnnp.52.6.804-a.

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