Knecht M, Hüttenbrink K B, Hummel T
HNO Klinik, Universitätsklinikum Dresden.
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1999 Jul 13;129(27-28):1039-46.
Disorders of the chemical senses are frequent. They can severely affect our lives. Appropriate testing is needed to determine the nature of the patient's complaints. Because many chemosensory disorders are secondary to a wide variety of diseases, olfactory or gustatory complaints may help in establishing certain differential diagnoses, e.g. in Alzheimer's disease. In turn, treatment of the underlying diseases may restore chemosensory function in these patients. Future developments appear possible in light of the availability of standardised tools for the assessment of chemosensory dysfunction.
化学感觉障碍很常见。它们会严重影响我们的生活。需要进行适当的检测以确定患者主诉的性质。由于许多化学感觉障碍是多种疾病的继发症状，嗅觉或味觉主诉可能有助于建立某些鉴别诊断，例如在阿尔茨海默病中。反过来，对基础疾病的治疗可能会恢复这些患者的化学感觉功能。鉴于有标准化工具可用于评估化学感觉功能障碍，未来可能会有新的进展。
