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- Title
A decade-long sour-taste sensation successfully treated with a proton-pump inhibitor.
- Authors
MANTANI, N.; ITO, K.; KOGURE, T.; HOSHINO, A.; KAWADA, E.; SAKAMOTO, H.; FUJITA, K.; TAMURA, J.
- Abstract
We report a case study of a 54-year-old Japanese woman who persistently suffered from a sour-taste sensation in her mouth for 10 years, and was treated with a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI). She found sour-tasting meals irritable, and after eating such meals the sour-taste sensation worsened. She also complained of eructation and regurgitation. Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy showed duodenal erosion, superficial gastritis, and erosive oesophagitis. After 2 weeks of PPI therapy (lansoprazole, 30 mg day−1) the sour taste subjectively decreased to 70%, and after 6 weeks the symptoms disappeared. In addition to increased sensitivity of the mouth, gastro-oesophageal reflux might have created her obstinate sour-taste sensations. It is suggested that in such cases PPI therapy should be attempted.
- Subjects
JAPAN; PROTON pump inhibitors; ANTACIDS; TASTE
- Publication
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 2005, Vol 32, Issue 10, p776
- ISSN
0305-182X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2842.2005.01492.x