Are taste disorders common?

Taste disorders are:

Defined as Reduced or disability to taste sweet, sour, bitter, or salty things.

Type of Taste disorders 

• Hypogeusia, a reduced ability to taste sweet, sour, bitter, salty,
• Dysgeusia is a condition in which a foul, salty, or metallic taste sensation
• Ageusia is the complete loss to detect any tastes,
• Some people who complain of a loss of taste are experiencing a loss of smell instead of a loss of taste.
• Using hot, spicy, or a variety of food mixtures may reduce the experience of the taste disorders

 Are taste disorders common?

15 % of the people are suffering from taste reduction, but most of them seek doctors help, as well as so many are confused between taste and smell disorder

Cause of Taste problems

• Congenital: it is rare to be born with taste disability
• Upper respiratory tract infection can affect the smelling sense
• Middle ear infection; because the small nerve which transfers the taste sense (corda tympani) passes into the tympanic cavity
• Head and neck radiotherapy affects the taste buds on the tongue
• Certain chemicals exposure, antibiotics, and other medication can reduce the taste ability of head trauma
• Some types of surgery to the ear, nose, and throat, may affect the taste
• Poor oral hygiene, and dental problems.
• Most cases of taste disorders are curable when the underlying cause is diagnosed and treated.