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  2. Dysgeusia - Wikipedia

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    Dysgeusia, also known as parageusia, is a distortion of the sense of taste. Dysgeusia is also often associated with ageusia, which is the complete lack of taste, and hypogeusia, which is a decrease in taste sensitivity. [1] An alteration in taste or smell may be a secondary process in various disease states, or it may be the primary symptom.

  3. Throat irritation - Wikipedia

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    Reflux episodes often occur at night and one may develop a bitter taste in the mouth. The throat can be severely irritated when acid touches the vocal cords and can lead to spasms of coughing. To prevent throat irritation from reflux, one should lose weight, stop smoking, avoid coffee beverages and sleep with the head elevated.

  4. Solanine - Wikipedia

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    Green colouring under the skin strongly suggests solanine build-up in potatoes, although each process can occur without the other. A bitter taste in a potato is another – potentially more reliable – indicator of toxicity. Because of the bitter taste and appearance of such potatoes, solanine poisoning is rare outside conditions of food shortage.

  5. Alimentary toxic aleukia - Wikipedia

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    Local and systemic symptoms can appear immediately or several hours after consuming a meal prepared with the toxic wintered grain. Local symptoms include a bitter taste in the mouth, which leads to a complete loss of taste, tongue numbness or swelling, a burning sensation in the mouth, and pain when swallowing. If no more hazardous grain was ...

  6. Burning mouth syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Dysgeusia (usually a bitter or metallic taste) is present in about 60% of people with BMS, a factor which led to the concept of a defect in sensory peripheral neural mechanisms. [12] Changes in the oral environment, such as changes in the composition of saliva, may induce neuropathy or interruption of nerve transduction.

  7. Hypogeusia - Wikipedia

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    Hypogeusia tied to oral cancer and tumors can affect sweet, sour, salty, and bitter tastes, but bitter taste hypogeusia occurs significantly more often compared to the rest of the tastes. Inhibition of gustatory papillae found in the base, often due to oropharyngeal tumors , is thought of to be the cause of this.

  8. Mad honey - Wikipedia

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    [11] [10] Mad honey is darker and redder than other honeys, and has a slightly bitter taste. [4] Due to its reddish color, it is sometimes called rose of the forest honey. [12] Mad honey is produced in specific world regions, notably the Black Sea Region of Turkey and Nepal. [13]

  9. Rumination syndrome - Wikipedia

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    There is seldom nausea preceding the expulsion, and the undigested food lacks the bitter taste and odour of stomach acid and bile. [2] Symptoms can begin to manifest at any point from the ingestion of the meal to two hours thereafter. [3] However, the more common range is between thirty seconds and one hour after the completion of a meal. [4]