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Metallic Taste in the Mouth – Causes and Warning Signs

It is not unusual to experience strange tastes in the mouth even without eating or drinking anything. These abnormal tastes typically last for a few seconds or minutes and resolve. However, there are cases where there is a persistent abnormal taste and this could be a symptom of some underlying disease. A metallic taste in >> Read More ...

Salty Taste in the Mouth

A salty taste is one of the primary tastes in the mouth, along with sweet, sour, bitter and a savory taste known as umami. The various tastes a person experiences in life is a combination of these primary tastes. Although food and drink is the major trigger of the taste sensations, temperature, texture and other local >> Read More ...

Bitter Taste in Mouth After Eating, Meals (Food and Drink)

Persistent taste sensations after eating are more often due to foods consumed during the meal. Remnants of food particles adhere to the surface of the tongue, palate, between the teeth and crevices of the oral cavity due to chewing and swallowing. When these food particles mix with saliva in the mouth, it may activate the >> Read More ...

Dysgeusia | Causes of Strange Tastes and Taste Disorders

Dysgeusia is a broad term to describe any disturbance of the sense of taste. This may include : Ageusia : total loss of taste Hypogeusia : diminished taste sensitivity Parageusia : taste with no stimuli present Cacogeusia : foul taste sensations (causes discussed under Bad Taste in Mouth) is a type of parageusia. >> Read More ...