Woke up with strange metallic taste which won't go away

[Lenny]

As the title says, i woke up this morning with an odd metallic taste in my mouth which is not getting better or worse. I've had breakfast and a cuppa, and some water.

Any ideas on what it is or why i suddenly have it.

Any ideas on what i can do to alleviate it. It's unpleasant.

TIA

[Tinks]

A metallic taste in the mouth is often a symptom of Diabetes.

[maybebaby2012]

Pregnant? not sure if that is something you want to hear or not? I've never had it personally, but heard that it is a sign..

[Lenny]

Thanks Tinks - Bloody hell. Hope it's not that.

Any other ideas?

Thanks maybebaby - not that i'd mind but it's not possible that i'm pg.

[Tinks]

It probably isn't. I think you'd have other symptoms if it was. You haven't been overly thirsty or anything lately?

[Rouge]

Did you get a blood nose in the night? Snored a lot? Sometimes you can cause nose bleeds by snoring. Pinenuts can also cause a metallic taste, I've had that before when I had a pasta that had too many in it. Keep an eye on it and go to the dr if it doesn't go away as Tinks mentioned it can also be the sign of something more serious.

[Lenny]

Due to absence of husband we ate store bought pizza last night. So, perhaps that's a culprit.
No tinks, not thirsty, but i've been naughty and i know i need to drink more water. I did have a large glass of red wine last night which is extremely rare for me.

Thanks guys.

[Cassius2]

throat infection can do it too. i remember when i was getting tonsilitis all the time it was one of the first 'clues'.

[Traveller]

a throat or stomach infection can cause this too. Drink lots of water and maybe you can flush the cause away.

[sangie]

It can be a side effect of some medications. Cold and flu tablets give me a metallic taste.

Definitely drink lots of water and I hope it goes away soon, its so yucky

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

When I was having petit mal seizures a few years ago, a metallic taste was one of the ways I knew it'd happened. Having said that, it generally wouldn't last all morning, not after eating and drinking. Maybe an iron problem?

[Phteven]

Zinc deficiency? The good news is that cocoa has zinc in it. I'm prescribing you an entire bar of dark chocolate all to yourself

You can also find zinc in lamb, oysters, pumpkin and watermelon seeds but chocolate is yummier.

[RhiChiChi]

Some red wines have sulphur added, perhaps that is it?

[luna moth]

Milk will make it go away. That's why you get milkshakes when you donate plasma at the blod bank, the anticoagulant causes a metallic taste.

[nothing2lose]

Are you about to ovulate?
I always get it before ovulation (especially if I am doing a stim cycle). It is caused by an increase in estrogen in your body.

[Lenny]

It's improved, but it's still slightly there. Hope tomorrow it's gone or i guess i will have to take it seriously and 'see' someone.

Should have ovulated about 4 days ago.
Not sure about Zinc, but will happily eat my weight in chocolate. Milk chocolate - cover the milk and the choc at the same time...

Thanks actually to everyone. I didn't realise it could be so many things!

[surprised]

Tooth or sinus infection?

Let us know how you go xo