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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Taste and Smell Loss
TASTE
• Local: radiation therapy
• Systemic: cancer, renal failure, hepatic failure, nutritional
deficiency (vitamin B12, zinc), Cushing’s syndrome,
hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus (DM), infection (influenza),
drugs (antirheumatic and antiproliferative)
• Neurologic: Bell’s palsy, familial dysautonomia, multiple sclerosis
SMELL
• Local: allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyposis, bronchial asthma
• Systemic: renal failure, hepatic failure, nutritional deficiency (vitamin B12), Cushing’s syndrome, hypothyroidism, DM, infection (viral hepatitis, influenza), drugs (nasal sprays, antibiotics)
• Neurologic: head trauma, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease, frontal brain tumor
TASTE
• Local: radiation therapy
• Systemic: cancer, renal failure, hepatic failure, nutritional
deficiency (vitamin B12, zinc), Cushing’s syndrome,
hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus (DM), infection (influenza),
drugs (antirheumatic and antiproliferative)
• Neurologic: Bell’s palsy, familial dysautonomia, multiple sclerosis
SMELL
• Local: allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyposis, bronchial asthma
• Systemic: renal failure, hepatic failure, nutritional deficiency (vitamin B12), Cushing’s syndrome, hypothyroidism, DM, infection (viral hepatitis, influenza), drugs (nasal sprays, antibiotics)
• Neurologic: head trauma, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s disease, frontal brain tumor
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