1Mrs Garson has an immune disorder that causes dry mouth and

1.Mrs. Garson has an immune disorder that causes dry mouth, and she complaines to her doctor that she\'s lost her sense of taste.How might her synptoms be explained?

2.Ryan had symptoms od excessive secretion of PTH(high blood calcium levels), and his phisicians were certain he had a parathyroid gland tumor.Yet when surgery was performed on his neck, the surgeon could not find the parathroyid gland at all.Where should the surgeon look next to find the tumorous parathyroid gland?

Solution

1. certain diseases such as Alzheimer\'s disease, Bell\'s palsy, hepatitis, oral cancer.

injury to mouth

nutritional deficiencies of zinc or vitamin B12

medicine

minor infection cold or flu

dry mouth

2. just beside the trachea and below the voice box.