loss of taste
Tongue goes numb
Loss of taste is the diminished or absent ability to perceive flavors, whether from illness, injury, or aging.
COVID-19 made the phrase suddenly common: Loss of taste was my first symptom.
The condition often accompanies loss of smell, since the two senses work together.
Figuratively, loss of taste means declining aesthetic judgment: His later work showed a real loss of taste.
- blandLacking distinctive qualities
- flavorlessHaving no taste
- numbLacking physical sensation
- tongueOral muscle for taste
- COVIDCoronavirus disease abbreviation
long COVID · symptom · side effect · smell · sense of smell · anosmia · metallic · dull · eating · food · appetite · zinc · medication · chemo · illness · recovery · sensation · palate
- sensory disorderscolor blindness, blindness, visual impairment, numbness, partial blindness
- pandemiclockdowns, COVID-19, outbreak, epidemic, COVID
- illness symptomsfever, chills, aches, headache, cough
- COVID-19COVID-19, spike protein, mRNA vaccines, omicron, variants
- illness aftermathlong COVID, sequelae, complication, organ damage, chronic fatigue
- sensory lossblindness, deafness, numbness, anosmia, color blindness