Horrible taste in mouth not loss of taste

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Hello,

I just wanted your opinions please. My sense of taste has been off for a few days now. I can’t say I’ve lost taste, but I have a permanent horrible sour taste that I can’t get rid of. My sense of smell is fine. I am otherwise fine just very tired.

Would you get a test? I know tests are in short supply so I don’t want to get one if I don’t need it. I can’t decide if I’m overreacting as like I said I haven’t lost the sense of taste completely... it’s just a really horrible sour taste. I’ve tried to get rid of it with enhanced tooth brushing, mints etc but unfortunately it won’t go.

What would you do?

Tiredness could just be a flare of Fibromialgia but not normally this tired

Could you be pregnant?

I don’t think so. I really wish I could be as we have been trying but AF came last week.

Could you be pregnant?

I will get a test and rule that one out just in case there’s a slim chance but it was definitely heavy enough for AF

Sorry x posted! A weird taste in my mouth was my first sign both times! Hop you feel brighter soon, not sure re covid test as I think the guidance is loss of taste rather than altered taste?

I had that a while ago and I think it was either something to do with a new mouthwash (that I no longer use) or a metal crown that I've got a problem with.

I was going to suggest pregnancy too as that was one of my first symptoms. I also had a very AF-like implantation bleed that I just assumed was AF and so was quite shocked to find I was pregnant at 6 weeks.

I’d love to be pregnant but I think it’s unlikely. I’ll get a pregnancy test anyway just in case. I haven’t changed toothpaste or mouthwash or diet. Very confusing!

I thought my taste was off last week. I kept tasting a ‘detergent’ like flavour.

Then towards the end of the week I popped my water bottle, towel and headphones onto the exercise bike and I popped to the gym bathroom before starting my morning workout.

On coming out of the toilet, I spotted DH liberally spraying my bike (water bottle included) with anti-bac and cleaning it all down ready for my use.

Probably not very helpful for you, but could you be tasting ‘something’ that’s accidentally getting onto plates/ food/ bottles etc?

I believe the official advice would be to self isolate and test for the change in the sense of taste.

Have you had heartburn/indigestion? Could it be acid reflux?

The taste I had when pregnant was sort of metallic, I was never sick just this taste for weeks on end

No, don’t get a test. You don’t have any of the main symptoms.

Sorry ignore me - thought it was only a loss of taste... but to be fair the NHS does say a change to your taste as well

Gum problems?

We have all had awful colds, the worst cold I have had in a long time. I know it was a cold as we all had negative Covid tests - for two days I had a disgusting taste in my mouth and a few ulcers on my tongue.

It's probably a cold but you need to test.

I'm fairly certain I had Covid back in February. I had a weird taste in my mouth, kind of metallic, swollen glands, and a really sore nose & sinuses. It lasted a couple of weeks. No test, obviously, so don't know for certain. Definitely not pregnant (peri-menopausal).

Yes, the guidance is to isolate and test for a loss OR change of taste.

I have had a strange chemical after taste a couple of weeks now for different things that I have eaten, I cannot find a common thread though. And not everything tastes strange either. I took a COVID test last week and it came back negative. No other symptoms and fairly certain I am not pregnant. Even fresh dishes from the dishwasher smell odd. Really wonder what it is.

I'm sure I've read a thing years back where pine nuts had done this to someone.

Have you eaten any recently?

Have you eaten pine nuts? They can also cause strange tastes

Found this googling just now so I didn't dream it!

"Eating pine nuts can occasionally cause some people to experience a bitter or metallic taste lasting from a few days up to 2 weeks. This taste disturbance has been referred to as 'pine mouth' or 'pine nut syndrome'. Not all people who consume pine nuts become afflicted with the taste disturbance."

I had similar a few weeks ago, I could taste "something" and could smell a smell that no one else in the house did, I booked a test and got a negative result, better to rule it out and not risk spreading it if you do have it.

I get that pine nut thing. It’s absolutely grim!