Case study: Cases of two patients whose food aversions disappeared following severe traumatic brain injury

Abstract

Following traumatic brain injury TBI the complete disappearance of food aversions was observed in the cases of two patients. In one of the cases, a young female, this change in her food aversion was manifested several months after the TBI, from the time when she was able to eat normally. The other patient, a young man, exhibited the disappearance of his food aversion immediately after recovery from his unconscious state following TBI. These results indicate that the disappearance of food aversions was a consequence of TBI.