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Hypergeusia

Hypergeusia is a taste disorder where the sense is abnormally heightened. 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.

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Hypergeusia is a taste disorder where the sense is abnormally heightened.12 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

Hypergeusia is the proposed term for Supertaster in scholarly literature.1

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  1. Hayes, John E.; Keast, Russell S.J. (2011). "Two decades of supertasting: Where do we stand?". Physiology & Behavior. 104 (5): 1072–1074. doi:10.1016/J.PHYSBEH.2011.08.003. PMC 3183330. PMID 21851828.
  2. Risso, Davide; Drayna, Dennis; Morini, Gabriella (2020). "Alteration, Reduction and Taste Loss: Main Causes and Potential Implications on Dietary Habits". Nutrients. 12 (11): 3284. doi:10.3390/NU12113284. PMC 7693910. PMID 33120898.
  3. Noda S, Hiromatsu K, Umezaki H, Yoneda S (June 1989). "Hypergeusia as the presenting symptom of a posterior fossa lesion". J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 52 (6): 804–5. doi:10.1136/jnnp.52.6.804-a. PMC 1032046. PMID 2545829.