Relationships between subjective taste sensations and electrogustometry findings in patients with taste disorders

Relationship between subjective taste sensations and taste strip test in patients with taste disorders with and without burning mouth syndrome

“…Additional questions were asked when the patients reported the experience of BM symptoms ( Supplementary Table S1 ). 12 , 16 The patients were asked to answer the intensity of BM symptoms such as burning, aching, stinging, itching, and numbness and were evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS) ranging from 0 (no symptoms) to 10 (worst severity imaginable). The highest VAS score among them was considered VAS A.…”

“…Regarding symptoms of taste disorders, the patients were asked to answer the following statements ( Supplementary Table S1 ). 13 , 15 First, they were asked to choose either “recognize easily (score 2)”, “recognize somewhat (score 1)”, or “recognize not at all (score 0)” to the following statements used in previous studies: 12 , 13 , 15 “I can detect sweetness in cocoa, cakes, or candies”, “I can detect salt in chips, or salted nuts”, “I can detect sourness in vinegar, pickles, or lemon”, and “I can detect bitterness in coffee, beer, or tonic water”. The patients were then asked to choose types of taste disorders they had from the following statements: “I feel the taste was distorted (dysgeusia)”, “I sensed the taste even though there was nothing in the mouth (phantogeusia)”, “I feel the taste was exaggerated (hypergeusia)”, “I feel the taste was decreased (hypogeusia)”, “I cannot feel the taste totally (ageusia)”, and “I feel the taste normally (normogeusia)”.…”

“…In a previous study, the difference in taste disturbances between patients with and without burning mouth (BM) symptoms was investigated; patients with BM symptoms reported they recognize taste qualities better and showed lower EGM thresholds than patients without BM symptoms. 12 However, results from taste function tests using each taste quality are also required to understand the taste problems of patients based on the presence or absence of BMS.…”

“…To increase the efficiency and accuracy of the diagnostic process in patients with taste disturbances, information on the relationship between self-reports and objective test results is necessary. In several studies, the relationship between the questionnaire and the taste function test results using EGM, 12 taste solution, 13 or taste strip test 14 was reported. However, this relationship in terms of BMS as an influencing factor using taste function tests allowing both qualitative and quantitative evaluation has not yet been reported.…”

Sensory Ataxic Guillain-Barré Syndrome with Dysgeusia after mRNA COVID-19 Vaccination

“…Taste disorder is classified into ageusia, hypogeusia, hypergeusia, dysgeusia, and phantogeusia. Although the precise mechanism underlying dysgeusia is unclear, elevated taste thresholds are observed in ageusia, hypogeusia, and dysgeusia ( 5 ), indicating that taste disorders constitute a spectrum of impairment in the facial and glossopharyngeal nerves. In fact, taste disturbance in GBS is usually accompanied by facial palsy ( 6 ).…”