Extreme Salty Taste In Mouth For 20 Days! (Page 7) (Top voted first)

I'm a 51 yr. old female who woke up on April 7, 2011, with an extremely salty taste in my mouth. When I tried to drink water to wash it out, it was like drinking salt gargle water. Nothing I eat or drink makes it go away. I can't stand to put anything in my mouth that is salty because the salt taste already in my mouth makes it almost unswallowable. Prior to that day, I have only 2 regular medications that I take daily: Lisinopril 40 mg( increased from 20 mg in mid November) for high BPas well as HCTZ 25 mg(been taking Lisinopril for 8 years) and 1mg of ropinorole(generic for Requip) for RLS (taking for almost 6 years). I also take black cohosh twice a day for hot flashes and night sweats(last menstrual cycle was Sept. 2010). On March 18, I started taking a 10 day prescription for NOHIST for a sinus inflammation, as well as FLONASE and a cough medicine. I had taken both the Flonase and cough medicine years previously, but had never had the NOHIST before. I finished the NOHIST and had no other symptoms. I had also been following a nutrition plan since mid- February losing 2-3 lbs. per week, eating lots of protein, and walking 2 miles 3-4 times a week on a treadmill at the gym. I was feeling good and my energy levels were good. I had been drinking 5-6 glasses of water daily and then after the salty taste, I could hardly drink one glass. I ended up with a UTI because of the lack of fluids that I wasn't able to drink, and then had to take Cipro for 3 days and drink (salty) cranberry juice. Yuck! I also had lab work done and it showed a positive on the A & A and also a positive on the IGG. With those results, I was referred to a rheumatologist (which could take months to get in to see) and my primary care doctor changed by BP med to Triamatrene 75 mg and HTCZ 50 mg. Its been 5 days on the new BP med with no change yet. My willpower to make myself drink and eat is slowly eroding. I know that if I don't keep drinking that I could end up seriously dehydrated and in the hospital, with who knows what other problems. My doctor doesn't want to see me for 6 weeks and I still don't know when I will get an appt. with the rheumatologist!!! I have searched everything I can think of on the internet, without any hope of what it could be. I am a teacher and mother of three daughters who need me to stay out of the hospital! I hope that you can come up with a possible cause or direction that will find answers and soon! So I challenge you to find an answer, and in the meantime, drink a glass of water with about 5 TBS. of salt in it and drink it, at least 3 times a day and also swish it around in your mouth continuously and then swallow it!!!! The only time you won't taste it is when you go to sleep. And its the first thing that you consciously are aware of the instant that you wake up! Then think about having to do this for at least the next 20 days and then maybe you will have an idea of how I am feeling!!!!! Desperate!!!!!!!!!

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I to have been struggling with this for almost a month. In December all lab work and bp perfect. At the end of Dec I got this salty feeling and bp hit the roof. I was on a low does of amlodopine, so they doubled it, did not help so quad it. BP down for a few days but if I eat anything that is not a veg, the salt taste is unbelievable. BP so high had to go to er. So after repeat labs all good, just so thirsty and salty, the more salty the higher the bp. What could have happened and this is ruining me. I am an athlete who runs, bikes, swims and so out of character. 50 year old female

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I am a 73 year old male who is type 2 diabetic and have just finished my third lot of antibiotics for a very nasty chest infection. I have been suffereing for 7 weeks with this cindition and have had chest xrays which came back clear. The last antibiotic I was taking was Dioxycline for 14 days and previous to that two lots of Clomoxclave for 7 days. I take the usaull statins, Piogliczide and Allupurinol for a Hiatus Hernia. Since the second batch of antibiotics I have had a very strong salty taste in my mouth along with an over production of phelm. Everything I taste is very salty and because of this I am not eating or drinking as I should. Even very sweet items taste salty and I cant get the taste and phelm from the back of my throat. Neither the Pharmacist, Practic Nurse or my Doctor can explain this problem and I am losing weight and becoming dehydrated due to this condition.

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I had the flu with sinus congestion. I used OTC meds and a saline nasal spray. The distilled baby water that I used in the humidifier was a year expired. Whatever, the sinus congestion became a sinus infection. And I knew this when I woke up to a SALTY TONGUE which caused nausea on an empty stomach.

I found that our well water was salty - Aquafina sodium-free. But even Aquafina wasn't really tolerable. I downed a cup of Aquafina and countered the salt taste by chasing with no-salt walnuts/pecans.

I ate lettuce sprinkled with olive oil; and days later was able to add a can of tuna in olive oil. Frozen peas have no salt (sprinkle with salt-free walnuts and olive oil).

So I was finding foods to eat based on what can be manufactured without salt but which I would normally buy/eat in a salted state: i.e., baking nuts vs Planters nuts.

TUMS Smoothie was good for traveling.

I was given Nystatin anti-fungal for oral thrush (result of the Post Nasal Drip of the sinus infection) - that didn't help. The next doctor did Mary's Magic Mouthwash for Candida on my tongue (contains Nystatin) - that didn't help. Oh, its better; lots better, actually; but it's not back to normal yet. And I really think its better due to the sinus infection being better. And I hadn't taken multi-vitamins in the past year - that's the first thing I corrected when the flu hit.

Weird things: Baked potato was awful; sweet potato with coconut oil was good. My go-to fast-food is a Whopper hamburger with lettuce and mayo; but I can't eat a bagel with cream cheese.

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Did stopping the metafoim get rid of the salty taste

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I am so sick of this salty mouth 2 ent Dr dentist pcp started out as nasty.tastes then turn salty it's a month. I need help I to so sickening

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What is bio feedback?

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You might try seeing a Rheumatologist to see if it is a problem with your salivary
glands, A five minute biopsy with a surgeon can tell if there is a problem. The biopsy is done in front loser lip, painless. A dry salty mouth is classic for Sjogrens an autoimmune disease. The National Association has web sites with more information.

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Hahahahahaha... most if the time this is a build up of potassium in the body. . Thats the simplest explanation. . Beyond that, anything like this should be discussed with a primary physician. Also, Potassium In excess can cause heart problems.

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Ask God for the healing...and believe in His power to help you as this woman did. He will help, as Jesus healed me. No doubt in His glory. When you are well, do His work in return : )

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I have infrequently seen this. The etiologies in order of occurrence, are: 1 -toxicological
2-cancer in some part of the body
3-psychological
The most frequent toxins were found in natural substances such as herbs or vitamins. I suspect that these may have been adulterated or improperly stored.
There was no predominant cancer because of the relative rarity of this.
Psychological reasons were all found to be related to sex. (Isn't everything, though?)
We need a randomized controlled study with a larger sampling. I could not find one.
Hope this is useful to someone.

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