Loss of Taste. Could it be fever?
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looks like your on the beginnings of gingivitis..lasting bad breath is one of the symptoms.  When youre brushing..actually use a tongue scraper and start as far back as you can in your mouth.  Should help, along with like Listerine..for the bactereia
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Looks like you answered your own question. You know you don't drink enough water and you've described a lot of symptoms of being dehydrated.\nGet bottled water or regular tap water and put a few drops of concentrated lemon in it so it won't taste bad. Put them in bottles and chill in the fridge, whatever it takes to get the water down.\nGuzzle it!
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Ummmm.....the second question i cant help u with & i hope not to EVER be able to help  with. All i can say is u would need to be extremely cautious with that. Now the 1st question, the answer is no. Why would women from overseas taste any differently just because of the region?? Taste varies on levels of cleanliness, alcohol intake, food intake, if they are on any medicaton, etc.
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Go to the dr.it could be diabetes too,,,going by the sweet taste in your mouth,and numbness. Im a diebetic and sometimes i feel this way.
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Your problem may be with your stomach.  Do you get heartburn or sour stomach?  Do you have diabetes?  You may have acid reflux disease, or you might be burning fat and be acidotic.  If brushing and flossing don't work, talk to your doctor.  I don't recommend using mouthwash, as that can damage the inside of your mouth and cause further mouth odor.
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I would suspect chemical food poisoning possibly.\n\nhttp://www.webmd.com/content/article/54/61474.htm
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He probably had a sore throat from sinus drainage from a sinus infection.  There are lots of bugs that will actually hinder a person's sense of smell.  \n\nUnfortunately, when you can't smell, you don't taste things either, or they taste bad.   It can go on for a month after he recovers from a bug.\n\nTry to make him drink hot liquids.  Would he like ramen noodles with broth?  Kids usually like those long noodles.  Or a fun campbells soup with star or alphabet noodles.  \n\nKeep a humidifier in his room, or wherever he is.  Let him hang out in the steamy bathroom to moisten his nasal passages.  Will he not even touch pizza or spaghetti?  Usually that stuff has enough flavor it'll reach his tastebuds...at least with the acidity of the tomatoes.  Give him saline nasal drops too.\n\nIf he is losing weight, I would take him to the doc....otherwise just make sure he is getting all the fluids and calories that he can.
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they are inflamed taste buds. cause can be many things but usually if your body is trying to fight off an illness you'll get them esp if nausea is part of the illness
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I get this from time to time. Usually when I'm really run-down. Perhaps you need to take more iron with your diet, like red meat and dark green leafy vegetables. It could be other deficiency too, like protein or vitamin C deficiency. Other causes may be that you have mercury fillings in your mouth or if you have some internal bleeding becasue blood can have a metallic taste. Hopefully the reason for your metallic taste in the mouth is just as benign as mine: simple tiredness and you are worn-out. Get some rest and eat healthily!
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You poor thing!  :-)  It's also possible there could be a medical problem affecting your breath.  Here's a link to some basic info about halitosis.  Good luck to future smooching!
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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.
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I've noticed it too.  Also, the longer it's been since you've eaten a certain food, the better it tastes.  There are some dishes I only cook in the summer, and my first taste every year is heaven.  \nIt might be psychological--that it was worth the wait.  Or it might be that we've forgotten how it tastes.  Or maybe when we're hungry our sense of smell and taste is heightened.\nGood question.  I get tired of answering "how can I lose weight" over and over. :)
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Most of what you think of as your sense of taste is actually smell. If you pinch your nose shut can't taste much at all. So a clothespin could take away your sense of taste! However I doubt that was what you were looking for!\n\nSome people do experience "hypogeusia" or reduction in taste as a side effect of some medications. "ageusia" is the total loss of ability to taste and it too can be a side effect of a medecine.\n\nAccording to answers.com (link below) "Antirheumatic Drugs such as Penicillamine, Antiproliferative drugs such as Cisplatin, ACE Inhibitors, and other drugs including Azelastine, Clarithromycin and Zopiclone" can cause lack of taste as a side effect.\n\nI would reccomend seeing a doctor because some causes of taste loss are serious medical conditions. If it's not a medecine side effect it might be caused by vitamin deficiency, nerve damage, and by some diseases.
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yes, and also the water..possibly lowered your resistance to illness. plus heat fever happens...drink more water.
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1) The FIRST thing that comes to mind is the medicine or vitamins that you are taking.. when did the metallic taste start? Did you start taking any particular medicine at that time.. did you start taking Any particular vitamin at that time?\n\n2)A possible solution might be to eat some yogurt or buttermilk containing live cultures.  This will help restore a normal bacterial colony to the GI tract and get rid of the symptoms... I have heard of this being done before.\n\n3) Another thing that comes to mind but doubt if it is done nowadays.. long ago(not too long ago) dentists would do fillings with mercury and this would leave a metallic taste in the mouth....\n\nAll in All... take a look at the medicinal angle.. Did you recently start taking something new???  I wish there was a way to find out what you did to figure out what was wrong but with these Yahoo answers.. theres does not seem to be any way to follow up
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try ant-acids, they help with the sore, swollen taste buds. Also try a good mouth wash.