Parageusia

Parageusia
ICD-10	R43.2
ICD-9	781.1

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Mugilan Poongkunran M.B.B.S [2]

Synonyms and keywords: Bad taste

Overview

Parageusia is the medical term for a bad taste in the mouth. One common form of parageusia is a metallic taste of food.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

• Acute mercury inhalation

• Amatoxin-containing mushroom poisoning

• Crotalinae snake bites

• Scorpion sting

Common Causes

• Alcohol consumption

• Captopril

• Chronic rhinosinusitis

• Dental caries

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease

• Metronidazole

• Periodontitis

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning	1,3-Dinitrobenzene, amatoxin-containing mushroom poisoning, ants(black fire ant, red fire and tropical fire ant, antimony, bee sting, cadmium, chromium, ciguatera poisoning, clupeotoxin poisoning, crotalinae snake bites, hornet, lead poisoning, manganese, nickel, protoanemonin poisoning, scombrotoxic fish poisoning, scorpion sting, silver, wasp
Dental	Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, dental caries, gingivostomatitis, glossitis, noma(cancrum oris), oral candidiasis, oral hairy leukoplakia, pericoronitis, periodontitis, pulpitis and periapical abscess
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	5-fluorouracil, acetazolamide, allopurinol, amiloride, amphetamines, amphotericin B, amrinone, beta-lactam antibiotic, bleomycin, bretylium, captopril, carboplatin, chlorhexidine mouth wash, cisplatin, disulfiram, EDTA, enalapril, ethambutol, ethionamide, etidronate, fish oil and marine omega-3 fatty acids, glycopyrrolate, hydrochlorothiazide, hydrocortisone, hyoscyamine, interferon, iodine, isotretinoin, levamisole, lisinopril, methimazole, methotrexate, metronidazole, nifedipine, nitroglycerin, ofloxacin, penicillamine, perflutren protein type A, potassium iodide, spironolactone, sulfasalazine, terbinafine, tetracycline, thallium Sulfate, trichloroethylene, vanadium, vandetanib, ziconotide, zinc
Ear Nose Throat	Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, temporomandibular joint disorders, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer tonsillitis tonsillectomy
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	Amatoxin-containing mushroom poisoning, ants(black fire ant, red fire ant and tropical fire ant), antimony, bee sting, cadmium, chromium, ciguatera poisoning, clupeotoxin poisoning, copper toxicity, crotalinae snake bites, glaze, hornet, iodine, lead poisoning, protoanemonin poisoning, rattle snake poisoning, scombrotoxic fish poisoning, scorpion sting, solder, wasp
Gastroenterologic	Gastritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, inflammatory bowel disease, jaundice, liver disorders
Genetic	Cystic fibrosis
Hematologic	Jaundice
Iatrogenic	1,3-Dinitrobenzene, artificial saliva, chlorhexidine mouth wash, tonsillectomy
Infectious Disease	Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, chronic rhinosinusitis, dental caries, HIV, influenza, lung abscess, noma(cancrum oris), oral candidiasis, pericoronitis, periodontal abscess, periodontitis, pulpitis, periapical abscess
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic	Iron
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Oral hairy leukoplakia, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	Acute mercury inhalation, aluminium, copper toxicity, thallium sulfate
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Cystic fibrosis, influenza, lung abscess
Renal/Electrolyte
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Alcohol consumption, postnasal drip

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Causes in Alphabetical Order

• 1,3-Dinitrobenzene

• 5-fluorouracil

• Acetazolamide

• Acute mercury inhalation

• Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis

• Alcohol consumption

• Allopurinol

• Aluminium

• Amatoxin-containing mushroom poisoning

• Amiloride

• Amphetamines

• Amphotericin B

• Amrinone

• Ants(black fire ant, red fire and tropical fire ant)

• Antimony

• Artificial saliva

• Bee sting

• Beta-lactam antibiotic

• Bleomycin

• Bretylium

• Cadmium

• Captopril

• Carboplatin

• Chlorhexidine mouth wash

• Chromium

• Chronic rhinosinusitis

• Ciguatera poisoning

• Cisplatin

• Clupeotoxin poisoning

• Copper toxicity

• Crotalinae snake bites

• Cystic fibrosis

• Dental caries

• Disulfiram

• EDTA

• Enalapril

• Ethambutol

• Ethionamide

• Etidronate

• Fish oil and marine omega-3 fatty acids

• Gastritis

• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

• Gingivostomatitis

• Glaze

• Glossitis

• Glycopyrrolate

• HIV

• Hornet

• Hydrochlorothiazide

• Hydrocortisone

• Hyoscyamine

• Inflammatory bowel disease

• Influenza

• Interferon

• Iodine

• Iron

• Isotretinoin

• Jaundice

• Lead poisoning

• Levamisole

• Lisinopril

• Lithium

• Liver disorder

• Lung abscess

• Manganese

• Methimazole

• Methotrexate

• Metronidazole

• Nickel

• Nifedipine

• Nitroglycerin

• Noma (cancrum oris)

• Ofloxacin

• Oral candidiasis

• Oral hairy leukoplakia

• Penicillamine

• Perflutren protein type A

• periapical abscess

• Pericoronitis

• Periodontal abscess

• Periodontitis

• Postnasal drip

• Potassium iodide

• Protoanemonin poisoning

• Pulpitis

• Scombrotoxic fish poisoning

• Scorpion sting

• Silver

• Solder

• Spironolactone

• Sulfasalazine

• Temporomandibular joint disorders

• Terbinafine

• Tetracycline

• Thallium sulfate

• Tongue cancer

• Tonsil cancer

• Tonsillitis

• Tonsillectomy

• Trichloroethylene

• Vanadium

• Vandetanib

• Wasp

• Ziconotide

• Zinc

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Differential diagnosis of causes of parageusia

This can be a side effect of several medications, such as acetazolamide, metronidazole, or etoposide.

See also

• Dysgeusia
• Ageusia

References

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