I've been tasting salt all the time for a week.No change in diet, meds or cosmetics. Any ideas?
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This is a very specific complaint that needs to be worked up.  I disagree with the idea that dehydration or changes in the "way your salivary glands work" are the cause. I also disagree that tears can cause a salty taste.  If you produce excess tears, they run down your face...only the slow steady amount of tears normally produced collect and empty into the nose, and this quantity doesn't change.\n\nAlthough the more serious problems are unlikely, they are a BIG DEAL if you don't get them taken care of right away.  SO, there are a few possibles:\n\n1) As mentioned, postnasal drip can cause a subtle salty taste, but this is usually associated with allergy or upper respiratory infection symptoms.  If you have no other symptoms, I would not put my eggs in this basket.\n\n2) A leakage of cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) through the upper sinuses or the area of the nerves that sense smell (the cribriform plate).  There are a number of neurological conditions that can cause such a leak.  Most importantly, do you have headaches made worse by standing?\n\n3) a medication or dietary reaction are also possible.\n\nMost importantly, you should see your doctor and try to get in to see a specialist if this doesn't resolve in the next week.  This is more urgent if you are having headaches.
45005
EWWWWWW! It just looks like u ate a green something!  Get a tongue scraper from your drugstore! I promise all that buildup can be scraped away.   If no improvement see a Ears/Nose/Throat doctor stat!
120771
1. Relax\n2. See doctor and take medication\n3. Reduce salt intake and watch your diet\n4. Relax
424211
A friend of mine was on Topamax and she experienced tingling in her hands and feet.  She also had a change in her taste.  Anything with artificial sweetners tasted very metallic to her and she couldn't stand the taste of anything alcoholic.  She also suffered from weight gain (about 25 lbs).  All of the symptoms went away when she stopped taking the med.
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Firstly, keep a food diary for 3 to 4 days, noting number of calories and the amount of sodium consumed. Is your weight gain fluid or muscle mass, or fat? Think about thyroid metabolic testing - its probably too much salt, increasing muscle bulk (which is good), or the thyroid has not kicked-in post partum. Good luck!
624109
See a health advisor. It sounds to me as if you may be lacking some vitamins or maybe salt and potasimum, which is easily handled and not expensive.\nBut best from find out from an expert to be on the safe side.
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I sincerely hope that u dont listen to some of these wrong answers and see your doctor instead, definetly do not increase your salt intake unless a doctor tells you to.  Your diziness may be caused from high blood pressure and increasing your salt is a bad idea.  Also, i used to smoke and i quit cold turkey, i have asthma also and smoking only made it worse!  You may not feel the bad effects of smoking till later in life and that might be when u start having regrets that u smoked in the first place.  Trying to get up a flight of stairs now might not be a problem, but give it a few more years and you will be wondering why u are out of breath just going up one flight.  Its a really good idea to quit smoking now.  Your lungs still have a chance to re-cuperate themselves.  Also your headaches may be from the nicotine. And of course you should drink enough water to keep yourself hydrated.  At least 8 glasses per day. But definetly ask a professional.
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I don't even like salt, but when I have my period, I crave salt big time, I eat it right out of the bottom of the pretzel bag, and I can sure taste it.  It taste yummy.  And very salty.
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I have a Birmingham nasal douche - \n\nmake the water the same salinity as you would gargle with (and same temperature) - too salty is TOOOOOO salty\n\nMight just try warm water to gently flush out
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Do you eat sugar?   If so, stop........the pounds will drop.  Are you active?  If not.......get active.  \n\nIf you do not see a difference in one week or even 2 days.  I'll eat my words.
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eliminate salt from your diet.  also eliminate stress from your life and try to get more exercise.
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what do you mean by "salt"? There are hundreds of thousands of salts~~~\n\nsodium chloride for what you normally eat.
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Wow! You are the only other person I have heard ask that. I found I had severe headaches after eating things like potato chips & Fritos. I finally picked up on the salt. I had my blood pressure checked & it was fine. I cut as much salt from my diet as possible. At home we use unsalted butter, canned vegetables etc. Eating out I avoid salt where possible.\n\nMy headaches have gone from two or three a week to none in almost eight months.\n\nGood luck to you. I hope it is your problem too.
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could be a chemical reaction to processed salt (iodine...etc)...try switching to sea salt.
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*sigh* You aren't a freak for asking this, and for many it does taste good.  I really dont' know why, but I'll do my best! ☺  \n\n-\nBlood tastes good to you because you lack salt.  Do you like salty foods?\n\n-\nBlood tastes good to you because it was *hopefully* part of you at one time, so your body wants to bring it back in.--Your wastes were never part of your body and technically they never entered it.  *it is complex reasoning*\n-\nBlood tastes good because you lack iron.  Blood is filled with iron, so you will want to get more iron.\n-\nHope this helped!! ☻
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Before any diet check with you doctor, then it could be the pill because of the homonal changes it put one through, i had the similiar complain of nausea, no taste buds and gained lots of weights too besides the tongue is a powerful organ it tells us alot what is happening to our body so here again i suggest you check with your doctor it won't hurt so go i wish you well.
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salt is a flavor enhancer. whatever you put it on it brings out the flavor. salt by itself tastes terrible