Do you feel like you can taste the spare change in your pocket? These days, it can be concerning if you lose your sense of taste, but even more alarming when you are left with a metallic taste in your ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Does your mouth taste like you’ve been munching on old coins? There’s a medical name for that: ...

Our taste buds only detect four basic flavors: salty, sweet, bitter, and sour. But what about when your mouth tastes like metal? This is a pretty common phenomenon known as dysgeusia, according to a ...

Khaberni - An unusual taste in the mouth, whether bitter or sour, is not just a fleeting annoyance, but may represent an ...

Do you wonder what is causing you to taste blood in your mouth? There are many possible reasons, including certain medications, ear surgery, infections like COVID-19, iron supplements to treat anemia, ...

As if it wasn't enough that COVID-19 can mess with one's sense of taste and smell, Paxlovid – an antiviral used as treatment – can cause a bad aftertaste. Paxlovid diminishes the severity of COVID-19 ...

The NHS has issued a warning to people experiencing a "metallic" taste in their mouth, urging them not to dismiss the symptom. While there are "lots of possible causes", some may require more ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I have a problem that has continued for about three months now. I have a metallic taste in my mouth that affects the flavor of most everything I eat. Sometimes, when I eat certain foods ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am an 80-year-old widow. Five months ago, I started having a metallic taste in my mouth, a sore tongue and a dry mouth. My first thought was that it might be a bad tooth or filling, ...