hypogeusia

Treating hypogeusia, a rare condition where the sense of taste is abnormal.

However, many other patients develop permanent hypogeusia.

Improvement of uremic hypogeusia by zinc: a double-blind study.

Hypogeusia is a reduced ability to taste things (to taste sweet, sour, bitter, or salty substances).

Causes of hypogeusia include the chemotherapy drug bleomycin, an antitumor antibiotic as well as zinc deficiency.

True ageusia is relatively rare compared to hypogeusia - a partial loss of taste - and dysgeusia - a distortion or alteration of taste.

Dysgeusia is also often associated with ageusia, which is the complete lack of taste, and hypogeusia, which is the decrease in taste sensitivity.

Taste loss can vary from true aguesia, a complete loss of taste, to hypogeusia, a partial loss of taste, to dysgeusia, a distortion or alteration of taste.