title: Alterations in taste perception as a result of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
abstract: The present study evaluates the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on taste sensitivity, hedonic perception of taste, and food preferences. The studied groups included 197 people in total (79 in the study group; 118 in the control group). All patients from the study group were treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy due to chronic non-healing wounds. The control group consisted of healthy people, who did not receive hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The taste intensity, recognition thresholds, and hedonic perception were examined using gustatory tests. The aqueous solutions of sucrose for sweet, sodium chloride for salty, citric acid for sour, quinine hydrochloride for bitter, and monosodium glutamate for umami taste were used. The participants fulfilled the questionnaire to examine pleasure derived from eating certain types of dishes. Gustatory tests and analyses of the pleasure derived from eating in the study group were carried out before the first exposure to hyperbaric oxygen and then at the end of therapy, after at least 25 sessions of treatment. In the control group, examination of perception of taste sensations was conducted only once. The results of comparing patients with non-healing wounds with healthy people are characterized by reduced taste sensitivity. After participation in hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the improvement in perception of taste sensations and changes in hedonic evaluation have occurred among patients with non-healing wounds. In terms of food preference, a decreased desire for eating sweet desserts, chocolate, and crisps was observed in those patients who received hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
authors: Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, 3, Kasztanowa Street, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland. Electronic address: mhartman@sum.edu.pl.
authors: Magdalena
authors: M
authors: Hartman-Petrycka
authors: Dr. Stanisław Sakiel Centre for Burn Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, 2, Jana Pawła II Street, 41-100 Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland. Electronic address: knefle@wp.pl.
authors: Grzegorz
authors: G
authors: Knefel
authors: Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, 3, Kasztanowa Street, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland. Electronic address: agata.lebiedowska@gmail.com.
authors: Agata
authors: A
authors: Lebiedowska
authors: Dr. Stanisław Sakiel Centre for Burn Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, 2, Jana Pawła II Street, 41-100 Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland. Electronic address: asia_kosmala@o2.pl.
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Kosmala
authors: Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, 3, Kasztanowa Street, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland. Electronic address: ewakn@sum.edu.pl.
authors: Ewa
authors: E
authors: Klimacka-Nawrot
authors: Dr. Stanisław Sakiel Centre for Burn Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, 2, Jana Pawła II Street, 41-100 Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland. Electronic address: M.Kaw@poczta.fm.
authors: Marek
authors: M
authors: Kawecki
authors: Dr. Stanisław Sakiel Centre for Burn Treatment, Siemianowice Śląskie, 2, Jana Pawła II Street, 41-100 Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland. Electronic address: mariuszedward@interia.pl.
authors: Mariusz
authors: M
authors: Nowak
authors: Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, School of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, 3, Kasztanowa Street, 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland. Electronic address: bbf@sum.edu.pl.
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Błońska-Fajfrowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057181:Pleasure; D011803:Quinine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012970:Sodium Glutamate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013649:Taste; D055697:Taste Perception; D014945:Wound Healing
chemical_list: D019343:Citric Acid; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose; D011803:Quinine; D012970:Sodium Glutamate
keywords: Food preference; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Non-healing wound; Taste