Taste Disorders - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Quality of life in osteoradionecrosis patients after mandible primary reconstruction with free fibula flap.

20 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the quality-of-life outcomes in osteoradionecrosis patients undergoing primary mandible reconstruction with free fibula flap, and to analyze the association between quality of life and demographic and medical characteristics ... Read more...

Self-care strategies to cope with taste changes after chemotherapy.

27 Feb 2009 PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe factors related to taste changes, to examine patients' use of a self-care suggestion sheet to manage taste changes associated with chemotherapy, and to identify potentially useful strategies for managing specific ... Read more...

Cancer chemotherapy: sometimes takes the pleasure out of eating.

30 Jul 2008 (1) In June 2006 the French National Cancer Institute published the results of a survey of eating difficulties among 1843 patients receiving cancer chemotherapy; (2) More than one-third of patients said they had less appetite than before ("far less" ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Taste Disorders - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Quality of life in osteoradionecrosis patients after mandible primary reconstruction with free fibula flap. 20 May 2009
• Self-care strategies to cope with taste changes after chemotherapy. 27 Feb 2009
• Cancer chemotherapy: sometimes takes the pleasure out of eating. 30 Jul 2008
• Cerebral processing of gustatory stimuli in patients with taste loss. 18 Jul 2007
• Factors associated with taste dissatisfaction in the elderly. 29 Jun 2007
• Taste perception in massively obese and in non-obese adolescents. 30 Dec 2006
• Aspects of taste and compliance in patients with cancer. 30 Dec 2004
• [Pre-depressive syndrome, the 7 precursor signs] 26 Feb 2004
• Lexical-gustatory synaesthesia: linguistic and conceptual factors. 29 Sep 2003
• Perceived taste disturbance in adults: prevalence and association with oral and psychological factors and medication. 14 Aug 2002
• De Gustibus: time scale of loss and recovery of tastes caused by radiotherapy. 29 Apr 2002
• [Disorders of taste and smell] 30 May 2001
• Perception of dry mouth in a sample of community-dwelling older adults in Japan. 27 Feb 2001
• [Pathology of taste: knowledge and prospectives] 29 Nov 1997
• The rose less sweet. 30 Oct 1995
• Psychologic aspects of patients with symptoms presumed to be caused by electricity or visual display units. 29 Sep 1995
• Taste and smell losses in HIV infected patients. 30 Jul 1995
• The effects of loss of taste and smell in a case of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. 29 Nov 1989
• Unpleasant taste--a neglected symptom in depression. 30 Oct 1989
• [Taste aversions in lung cancer patients treated with cytostatics] 13 Jan 1986

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Technical information about 'Taste Disorders'

Definition: Conditions characterized by an alteration in gustatory function or perception. Taste disorders are frequently associated with OLFACTION DISORDERS. Additional potential etiologies include METABOLIC DISEASES; DRUG TOXICITY; and taste pathway disorders (e.g., TASTE BUD diseases; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE DISEASES; and BRAIN STEM diseases).

Descriptor UI: D013651

Alternative terms: Taste Disorders; Taste Disorder; Taste Disorder, Posterior Tongue; Taste Disorder, Primary; Primary Taste Disorder; Primary Taste Disorders; Taste Disorders, Primary; Taste Disorder, Primary, Bitter; Taste, Metallic; Metallic Taste; Metallic Tastes; Tastes, Metallic; Taste Disorder, Primary, Sweet; Taste Disorder, Secondary; Secondary Taste Disorder; Secondary Taste Disorders; Taste Disorders, Secondary; Taste Disorder, Secondary, Bitter; Taste Disorder, Secondary, Salt; Taste Disorder, Secondary, Sweet; Taste Disorder, Anterior Tongue; Taste Disorder, Primary, Salt;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.751.861; C23.888.592.763.861;

History Note: 1973(1971)