Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) merupakan penyakit menular pada sistem pernapasan yang disebabkan oleh jenis coronavirus baru ditemukan yakni Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Gejala ditimbulkan dapat berupa sesak napas, sakit tenggorokan, nyeri kepala, mialgia/artralgia, menggigil, mual/muntah, kongesti nasal, diare, abdomen, hemoptisis, konjungtiva, anosmia dan...

A very rare side-effect of amlodipine is dysguesia. A review of the literature produced only one case. We report a case about a female with essential hypertension on drug treatment with amlodipine developed loss of taste sensation. Condition moderately improved on stoppage of the drug for 25 days. We conclude that amlodipine can cause dysguesia. Here, we describe the clinical presentation and r...

BACKGROUND Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic, intraoral burning sensation seen mainly in middle-aged and post-menopausal females, without identifiable oral lesions or abnormal laboratory findings, but often associated with psychogenic disorders such as depression. The latter can have a range of causes, including hormonal. OBJECTIVE Since there may be connections between BMS, psychogen...

Taste is a large part of our everyday lives and is commonly taken for granted. Damage or dysfunction to the taste system, such as damage to structures or dysfunction in the taste pathway could be detrimental to people’s quality of life and nutritional intake. This literature review looks into the etiology, assessment process, and treatment of each category of taste dysfunctions: Hypogeusia, Age...

A new specific ageusia was found in human subjects for monosodium L-glutamate (MSG). Four tests were successively applied to discriminate non-tasters and hypotasters from tasters. (i) NaCl and MSG thresholds, and (ii) suprathreshold sensitivity were evaluated using the up-and-down procedure. Only 73% of 109 subjects common to both tests demonstrated a sensitivity for MSG significantly higher th...