Taste Loss Persuasive Speech

Hello, Brittany! It's funny that you say you'd choose to lose your sense of taste. At first I thought that losing that part of yourself wouldn't be that difficult; after reading this article about a women who lost her sense of taste for about five weeks, I changed my mind. It sounds incredibly depressing to have to lose your sense of taste. After visiting her M.D., the women found out that it was possible she had loss]t it due to an oral antifungal medication she had taking previously. "The antifungal drug terbinafine (also known as Lamisil), often used to treat nail infections, can induce full or partial taste loss in up to 2.8 percent of people who take it. Certain medications for sleep, blood pressure and cholesterol can also interfere with
taste. Some mouth, ear and nose infections, minor surgery such as a tonsillectomy and, rarely, gastric reflux disorder or a head injury may cause problems, as well." Soon after, she began to taste again; coming in bursts of flavor. Reading this chapter and article have been truly enlightening.