Hypergeusia

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Hypergeusia is a taste disorder where the sense is abnormally heightened.[1][2] It can be associated with a lesion of the posterior fossa and Addison's disease; where a patient will crave for salty and sour taste due to the abnormal loss of ions with urine.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Definition: hypergeusia from Online Medical Dictionary".
  2. ^ "Dorlands Medical Dictionary:hypergeusia".[permanent dead link]
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