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Chronic salty taste

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Nov 15, 2025 | Replies (73)

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@gwenzen, my mother told me that years ago she encountered a metallic taste in her mouth. I don’t recall it, but my mom has an extremely good memory. She said it lasted about a year and left. My mom also has episodes of phantom smells. So do I, though none this year. This gives me hope.

I recall that I started using a certain facial cream with sunscreen shortly before the taste thing started. I have stopped and switched to one without sunscreen just in case. We’ll see if any change.

Yes, I did read about Burning Mouth Syndrome shortly after my issue started. I realized it might be related, but since I didn’t have burning……….

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@celia16 Wishing you the best. Metallic taste can be a vitamin deficiency ( I forget which one) but you probably know this. None of my vitamin levels were abnormal tho.