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Taste issues
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So, I have had an issue for awhile now that I can't fully taste things. Some facts:
1. I can taste things on the side of my tongue but basically not at all on the flat part.
2. I have/had no sense of smell issues (as far as I can tell).
3. I have never had a positive case of COVID or symptoms of COVID.
4. My doctor did a brief examination but saw no signs of infection on my tongue. He did suggest going to my dentist for a follow-up up. I don't mind doing that, but it might be months before they can get me in.
It's odd in that I can taste aspects of food - like I just had a cherry and I can taste the "tartness" but not the actual fruit flavor. To further add to it, sour things are much easier to taste than others.
Finally, I've noticed a slight burned/irritated feeling on my tongue but I don't know if that's because I've been overzealous with tongue scraping to try and fix the issue or something else. No part of my tongue looks different than any other part.
It's really very baffling.
1. I can taste things on the side of my tongue but basically not at all on the flat part.
2. I have/had no sense of smell issues (as far as I can tell).
3. I have never had a positive case of COVID or symptoms of COVID.
4. My doctor did a brief examination but saw no signs of infection on my tongue. He did suggest going to my dentist for a follow-up up. I don't mind doing that, but it might be months before they can get me in.
It's odd in that I can taste aspects of food - like I just had a cherry and I can taste the "tartness" but not the actual fruit flavor. To further add to it, sour things are much easier to taste than others.
Finally, I've noticed a slight burned/irritated feeling on my tongue but I don't know if that's because I've been overzealous with tongue scraping to try and fix the issue or something else. No part of my tongue looks different than any other part.
It's really very baffling.
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COVID is a cause of dysgeusia and anosmia, but it's hardly the only one. Anything that inflames the olfactory receptors can prevent you from smelling properly. In addition, bacteria and fungi also do not need to cause an overt infection to mess up your sense of smell - overgrowth in a phlegmon or abscess can cause local bad breath that may overwhelm your sense of smell in the posterior nasal cavity and cause it to habituate to strong smells, making it less capable of picking up on subtle flavors. This smell may be so local that you don't have halitosis others can recognize. GERD can also do this.
Your senses of smell and taste can also be suppressed by factors altering appetite. Certain drugs and foods can also alter taste and flavor. Lack of certain vitamins and minerals like zinc can impair your taste.
An ENT specialist or an ornithologist can do an in depth examination of your sinuses and taste mapping, but there's not enough investigation into more common things to make it worth the money, especially if it's been stable for a while.
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
And did anything else change when "awhile" started?
It's funny because I remember a year or two ago I was eating string cheese and commenting to my wife it tasted bad - not rotten, but off. She stated it tasted fine and I realize now I was stupid and didn't put 2 and 2 together.
I also notice things lose taste if I keep eating them - for example, grapes. The first few I can taste fine (on the side of my tongue) but after about a dozen or so the flavor is very muted.
I was able to get a referral for an ENT but the earliest they had was September 25th, so I'll most likely be continuing to deal with this for a bit longer.
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It was an autocorrect from otolaryngologist but I was kind of wondering if anyone would pick up on it
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.
I'm guessing no but are you a smoker?
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Also, it might explain why I'm chronically tired - I just assumed that was weight gain and lack of exercise and not being able to sleep well.
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I have not noticed any tingling in my tongue.
This number of flavors can diminish without you noticing a change in your overall sense of smell, much like your ability to hear a broad array of frequencies diminishes without you noticing that you're more deaf. If it happens slowly enough, your brain is trained to ignore the deficit so you don't get stressed out about it. If you test your smell by sniffing coffee or whatever, can you really be sure it smells as strong as it did 10 years ago? With that slow of a change, you can easily lose thousands of flavors over time without noticing that your sense of smell has weakened overall.
Doc: That's right, twenty five years into the future. I've always dreamed on seeing the future, looking beyond my years, seeing the progress of mankind. I'll also be able to see who wins the next twenty-five world series.