Multidisciplinary clinical approach by sharing oral examination information to treat a diabetes patient with dysgeusia

Kazuyuki Matsunaga; Yasuko Yoshida; Makoto Takemaru; Keisuke Yamashiro; Ikuko Monden; Ken Inohara; Saki Nakagawa; Eriko Maeda; Kanako Nakahama; Tatsuo Kohriyama; Shogo Takashiba

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2111

Multidisciplinary clinical approach by sharing oral examination information to treat a diabetes patient with dysgeusia

Clin Case Rep. 2019 Mar 22;7(5):877-880. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2111. eCollection 2019 May.

Authors

Kazuyuki Matsunaga^{1

2}, Yasuko Yoshida¹, Makoto Takemaru¹, Keisuke Yamashiro², Ikuko Monden¹, Ken Inohara^{1

3}, Saki Nakagawa^{1

2}, Eriko Maeda¹, Kanako Nakahama¹, Tatsuo Kohriyama¹, Shogo Takashiba²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology Brain Attack Center Ota Memorial Hospital Fukuyama, Hiroshima Japan.
² Department of Pathophysiology-Periodontal Science Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan.
³ Keishu-kai Inohara Dental and Rehabilitation Clinic Fukuyama, Hiroshima Japan.

Abstract

Taste alteration is one of the complications of severe diabetes. It is important in diabetes treatment to assess taste alteration and perform dietary counseling, therapeutic exercise, and oral care. In this case, multidisciplinary clinical approach by medical staff was successful for a severely diabetic patient with dysgeusia.

Keywords: candidiasis; diabetes; dysgeusia; median rhomboid glossitis; multidisciplinary clinical approach.

Publication types

Case Reports