I just noticed this happening to me. I'm wondering about hormones. Have experienced more hot flashes than usual also I take thyroid medication which obviously affects hormone levels. I'm 61.
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What toothpaste is everyone using? Curious. Mine didn't start till I changed toothpaste
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This could be the result of a ZINC deficiency.
Try a zinc and/or multi-vitamin for 2 to 3 weeks.
Try a zinc and/or multi-vitamin for 2 to 3 weeks.
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Dear Doctor (s),
I am having this bizarre situation where my taste buds have gone on a vacation suddenly and i have lost all perception or sense of sweet or salt taste. Food seems absolutely bland. However i can feel / sense foods that are cold / hot and i feel the spice in food if the food is pungent or spicy. Also, my sense of smell is intact and sharp as ever. The feeling therefore is quite paradoxical. I can smell but cannot taste. Even in taste i can sense spice but not sweet or salty. Even there the peculiar part is that i can feel the taste at the back of my tongue, only the front or tip part of my tongue is affected.
I am having this bizarre situation where my taste buds have gone on a vacation suddenly and i have lost all perception or sense of sweet or salt taste. Food seems absolutely bland. However i can feel / sense foods that are cold / hot and i feel the spice in food if the food is pungent or spicy. Also, my sense of smell is intact and sharp as ever. The feeling therefore is quite paradoxical. I can smell but cannot taste. Even in taste i can sense spice but not sweet or salty. Even there the peculiar part is that i can feel the taste at the back of my tongue, only the front or tip part of my tongue is affected.
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same for me but I've had it 13 months now. It followed a bout of intestinal illness. No one knows what to do for me. Tip of tongue feels burned and numb and everything tastes like cardboard or wallpaper paste. ENT had no ideas. Acupuncture and Chinese herbs did not help (hundreds of dollars out of pocket). Zinc and Alpha lipoic did not help. Was tested for Sjogrens disease but tests were negative. I'm quite depressed about the situation. Chocolate, tastes like mud. The only thing that tastes most like it used to is alcohol in the form of beer or liquor. Wine tastes awful.
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When I eat sweet foods, they taste like someone poured salt on them. Why is that? I have noticed when eating desserts that they seem to taste like someone dumped salt as a joke. I can't eat them.
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Hey everybody. So I got the same condition a little over two months ago, seen my doctor who suggested it might be viral and it would go away in 3 weeks or less. Needless to say it didn't go away, no salt nor sweet tasting ability at all and a slight burning feeling on the tip of my tongue.
After some reading that led me nowhere, I decided to go for a long 2 day water fast, as it's well documented that it starts autophagy and I figured whatever cells were damaged would die off and be renewed. To my surprise I got like 50% of my sense of taste back, so after a week of regular eating I did another 30hr fast and I got all my taste back. Now I'm not sure if I was the exception, but if you're like me where the condition was pretty depressing, you should give it a try. First day is a little tough fighting the hunger off, I just drank black coffee every time I got hungry and focused on the possible result, the second day is easy as you don't feel hungry anymore. Best of luck and hopefully this helps some of you.
After some reading that led me nowhere, I decided to go for a long 2 day water fast, as it's well documented that it starts autophagy and I figured whatever cells were damaged would die off and be renewed. To my surprise I got like 50% of my sense of taste back, so after a week of regular eating I did another 30hr fast and I got all my taste back. Now I'm not sure if I was the exception, but if you're like me where the condition was pretty depressing, you should give it a try. First day is a little tough fighting the hunger off, I just drank black coffee every time I got hungry and focused on the possible result, the second day is easy as you don't feel hungry anymore. Best of luck and hopefully this helps some of you.
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