Taste & Smell Disorders

Smell and taste disorders can cause significant detriment to a patient’s quality of life. Patients may have different alterations of how their smell and taste are affected and these disorders may come from a variety of different sources.

Symptoms of a smell disorder can include:

  • Decreased smell (microsmia)
  • A foul sense only you can smell (parosmia/phantosmia)
  • Complete loss of smell (anosmia)

Smell disorders may be caused by

  • Inflammation of the nose and paranasal sinuses due to:
    • Chronic sinus inflammation
    • Nasal polyps
    • Allergies
  • Previous upper respiratory infection that may or may not be related to COVID-19
  • Trauma to the head and/or face
  • Certain neurological conditions
  • Exposure to certain chemicals, metals, or toxins

Symptoms of a taste disorder can include

  • Decreased overall sense of taste (dysgeusia)
  • Complete loss of taste (ageusia)
  • Altered sense of taste that is inappropriately sweet, sour, salty, bitter, or metallic (dysgeusia)
  • Unpleasant taste that occurs outside of eating (phantogeusia)

Taste disorders may be caused by

  • Infection or inflammation in the throat or mouth
  • Vitamin or mineral deficiency
  • Certain neurological, endocrine, or metabolic conditions
  • Exposure to certain chemicals, metals, or toxins

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