A process that involves the cells of your tongue and nasal passages causes the smell of food to affect taste. The conjunction of the senses of smell and taste allows your brain to define a food’s flavor. Certain lifestyle choices, vitamin deficiencies and illnesses can decrease your perception of flavor.
Autism's severity ranges case by case, making cause and cure difficult to determine. ASD is often characterized by hypersensitivity to the five senses -- touch, sound, taste, vision or smell. Children with autism may also have ...
Loss of sense of smell, known as anosmia, and taste, known as ageusia, can stem from three main causes: obstruction of the nose, damage to the nose lining, or damage to the olfactory nerve or parts of the brain that deal with s...
Head congestion typically occurs with the common cold, sinusitis, upper respiratory infections and nasal allergies. These conditions cause swelling of the lining tissues of the nose and sinuses, which obstructs normal airflow. ...
The co-existing loss of taste and smell most often occurs due to a malfunction in the sense of smell that secondarily disrupts taste sensations. A variety of disorders and conditions can cause transient or permanent disruptions...
A metallic taste in the mouth is a form of dysgeusia, an abnormality of the sense of taste. There are many possible causes of having a metallic taste in your mouth, ranging from medicines to systemic disorders to environmental ...
