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Everything suddenly tastes like salt..any idea why?

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TheyBrokeMeToday · 01/05/2023 20:51

I only noticed in the last few days when having some things to drink (that I had had before, and they had always been lovely) that they tasted intensely salty to me. I've still got a general salty taste in my mouth and everything still tastes salty. Anyone else had this? Know what causes it?

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QuintanaRoo · 01/05/2023 20:53

Covid?

summerisontheway · 01/05/2023 20:56

If you google this symptom, several things will appear, some serious.

loudbatperson · 01/05/2023 21:01

Are you the only person who has noticed it? Could it be your dishwasher is leaving a salty residue on things.

DanceBeneathADiamondSky · 01/05/2023 21:02

I thought of dishwasher salt too, but if you're tasting it everywhere and not just off your own dishes maybe not

Pestispeeved · 01/05/2023 21:03

I had this with my second bout of Covid, everything tasted salty with a hint of vinegar.

Original poster
TheyBrokeMeToday · 01/05/2023 21:14

Definitely not the dishwasher, as it's happening eating in restaurants too. Zero symptoms of Covid, so not sure it could be that?

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QuintanaRoo · 02/05/2023 06:21

I didn’t have any covid symptoms when I had covid, plenty of people are totally asymptomatic. And altered taste is a symptom so you do have a symptom

pistachioicecream · 02/05/2023 07:07

How old are you? This was a random
peri menopause symptom for me. Stopped when I started HRT. Was very weird.

JuneOsborne · 02/05/2023 07:08

Could you be pregnant?

Sherrystrull · 02/05/2023 07:09

Covid.

PolliFlinders · 02/05/2023 07:20

Abcessed tooth?

KittyOuchies · 02/05/2023 07:23

Covid.

I had same.

Apple juice was so salty, I threw several cartons away thinking the batch was off.

No other symptoms.
Raging positive on test within seconds.

Gabby10 · 02/05/2023 07:34

I get this when I have a sinus infection x

orangeflags · 02/05/2023 12:03

Yes sinus infection

Precipice · 02/05/2023 12:05

I had this with a stomach bug about 12 years ago.

mindutopia · 02/05/2023 13:00

This is always one of my first COVID signs, along with dry mouth and throat. Everything tasted so intense and salty.

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