EVERYTHING IS SALTY

Introduction: The distortion of the sense of taste (dysgeusia) can be transient or permanent and have several causes, often associated with some central or peripheral neurological disorders. It may have a significant impact on the quality of patient´s life and may be associated with anorexia,weight loss, malnutrition and depressive symptoms. Case description: A 30 year-old female patient with dysgeusia is presented. She had no relevant personal history, but its current psycho,socio economic context was leading her to high levels of anxiety and depression. After seeking advice from various medical specialties and made multiple tests that revealed nothing, she accepted treat her anxious depressive disorder with noticeable clinical improvement. Comment: In primary health care, complaints of dysgeusia are vague and without apparent relationship to other diseases, so they are easily overlooked. Most taste changes have a benign course.However the doctor family should be aware of and take na active role in recovery,diagnostic and therapeutic management of change in taste.