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help this metallic taste.
Hi, ok it is hard to know what category this goes under. I am in my mid 60's and Irish.
I have a metal taste in my mouth. I have had it for years.
I have had my teeth checked including caps removed, I have had blood tests and the gp insists the results were ok. I do suffer from depression and have had a couple of panic attacks which seem exacerbated by acid reflux and u can imagine this does not help.
I also have high cholesterol and on statins although that is a recent thing, and considered that it could be to much iron in the blood but I usually suffer from anaemia. I also have osteoarthritis which suggests it is not elevated calcium. I also suffer from migrane but not sure if a link.
The gp does not take me seriously.
Any idea's?
I have a metal taste in my mouth. I have had it for years.
I have had my teeth checked including caps removed, I have had blood tests and the gp insists the results were ok. I do suffer from depression and have had a couple of panic attacks which seem exacerbated by acid reflux and u can imagine this does not help.
I also have high cholesterol and on statins although that is a recent thing, and considered that it could be to much iron in the blood but I usually suffer from anaemia. I also have osteoarthritis which suggests it is not elevated calcium. I also suffer from migrane but not sure if a link.
The gp does not take me seriously.
Any idea's?
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Did the metal taste come on with menopause? I ask because some women have a metal taste in their mouth when pregnant, presumably related to hormonal change. Possibly you could get your hormones checked, and if they are way out of balance to the normal proportions in the body, maybe get a light dose (I'm not talking about hormone replacement therapy, but something very light and only for this purpose) to see if that what it is. Your doc would have to be sympathetic to this experiment, because hormone replacement therapy is controversial, supposedly doing more harm than good.
I do not want to scare you but look at the Chiari Malformation board. There could be a link there.
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