9/11/08 - Logan Class of December 2011 - Home

Loss of taste or smell (sign of Zn def.) Simple In-office Testing. Zinc taste test—use 2% zn sulfate solution, positive if can’t taste. HCl reflex—tenderness 1 inch below and to the left of xyphoid to the left edge of the rib cage. HCl Chapman Reflex—tenderness in the 6th intercostal space on the left rib cage in the mid-clavicular line ... ................
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