On physical examination, the patient had left facial nerve (FN) palsy (House Brackman Grade V) with
hypogeusia. Her ear canal, tympanic membrane, and audition were normal.
A white coating on the tongue, a yellow tint to the skin and a history of liver disorders may be noted and the sufferer may complain of constipation, lethargy, a dry mouth,
hypogeusia and a bitter taste in the mouth, and may appear to be irritable.
Therefore, it can be concluded that
hypogeusia, especially for sweet and salty sensations in Type 2 diabetics, even though the glycemic status of the subjects was within the normal limits.
The most common presenting symptoms include
hypogeusia (40.9%), diarrhea (35.4%), abdominal discomfort (9.1%), alopecia (8.2%), and xerostomia (6.4%) [3, 5].
In the CTN group, 1 patient experienced temporary postoperative
hypogeusia, and another developed a mild case of delayed facial paralysis; both patients recovered within 2 weeks.
However, there were reports of subjective residual
hypogeusia [75].
Patients with advanced disease will experience growth delay, mental slowing, poor wound healing, anemia, photophobia,
hypogeusia, anorexia, delayed puberty, and hypogonadism in boys and men (2).
Other symptoms such as
hypogeusia and xerostomia have also been described in the literature [6].
Then there is
hypogeusia, where the ability to taste itself is reduced and ageusia, which is the complete inability to taste.
Early studies demonstrated an improvement in
hypogeusia in chronic dialysis patients following supplementation with oral zinc capsules (Atkin-Thor et al., 1978; Mahajan et al., 1980), but no significant increment in plasma zinc levels or improvement in taste disturbance was observed in later studies (Matson et al., 2003).
Improvement of uremic neuropathy and
hypogeusia by dialysate zinc supplementation: a double-blind study.