chemosensory dysfunction

chemosensory dysfunction Chemosensory disorder ENT A defect of smell and/or taste, which has subtle influences on a person's quality of life Etiology Head trauma, URI, chronic nasal and paranasal sinus disease; psychological depression and thyroid dysfunction are associated with CD; estrogens ameliorate the CD seen in postmenopausal Pts; a specific type of CS, the burning mouth syndrome, is associated with extreme weight loss