Yeah, I've googled the heck out of this.
Hypothyroidism can result in a loss of taste, but this isn't that (plus my thyroid was checked this spring, not to mention I don't have other symptoms).
I'm wondering if it's allergy related - so I started a stronger allergy med on Saturday, hoping it helps, should know in maybe a week.
But yeah, the internet said nothing - altered sense of taste due to medicine, chemical exposure, or chemotherapy. Those don't apply to me.
From Wikipedia:
Dysgeusia (
/dɪsˈɡuːʒə/ or
/dɪsˈɡjuːziə/) or
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. The distortion in the sense of taste is the only symptom, and
diagnosis is usually complicated since the sense of taste is tied together with other
sensory systems. Common causes of dysgeusia include chemotherapy, asthma treatment with albuterol, and zinc deficiency. Different drugs could also be responsible for altering taste and resulting in dysgeusia. Due to the variety of causes of dysgeusia, there are many possible treatments that are effective in alleviating or terminating the symptoms of dysgeusia. These include artificial saliva, pilocarpine, zinc supplementation, alterations in drug therapy, and alpha lipoic acid.
A nutritionist said to bump up my vitamin c, b, and take some zinc.
So I'm going to get going on that.