Metallic taste

Metallic taste

We will tell you about common complain.

What is the cause of the metallic taste?

A metallic taste in your mouth is a type of taste disorder known medically asparageusia. This unpleasant taste can develop suddenly or over longer periods of time.

To understand what causes a metallic taste, you must first understand how taste works.

By diagnosing the underlying cause, therefore, with proper treatment, the metallic taste in the oral cavity disappears and especially when the contributing factor is temporary. However you should definitely contact your doctor if the taste sensitivity disorder has taken a chronic form and has not resolved even after some time.

Of course, the loss of sense of taste is a serious discomfort, because a person can no longer afford to eat food, even the most delicious product against the background of paragliding loses its charm.

Loss of taste is often a contributing factor to weight loss, obesity or depression - the body is, in fact, deficient in essential nutrients.

Loss of sense of taste can quite possibly be a symptom of various diseases, for example, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's.

 

 

A metallic taste in the mouth may be formed due to the following factors:

  •  Medications
  •  Chemotherapy and radiation
  •  Cold, flu
  •  Allergy
  •  Sinus issues
  •  Central nervous system disorders
  •  Pregnancy
  •  Food allergies
  •  Middle ear and ear tube surgery
  •  Poor oral health

 

Source:
https://www.healthline.com/health/metallic-taste-in-mouth#medications