Why do I have an extremely salty taste in my mouth?

cynthiaj777

Ever since dinner last night, I have had an extremely salty tasting mouth. Last night it was to the point that it was making my lips hurt and dry. Today, ever since breakfast, all I can taste is salt (had apple sauce and later string cheese and after the cheese, it started tasting salty). Has this ever happened to you?

Why would my mouth taste really salty when I haven't had something really salty like boiled peanuts for example?

edinphx

Might want to change your thread title j.k.

meggonkgonk

Might want to change your thread title j.k.

No srsly, I'm like dying in my cube right now.

erickirb

might be the disastrous day yesterday. Way too much take out which is full of sodium.

elainegsd

I took a look at your food diary, look at the sodium level for dinner last night, it is seriously out of line with the rest of your day. My guess is that your body is trying to process that sodium spike. Drink lots of water and the taste should go away in a day or so.

cynthiaj777

Might want to change your thread title j.k.

Yeh, I'm expecting some "that's what she saids"

qtwells82

Might want to change your thread title j.k.

No srsly, I'm like dying in my cube right now.

:laugh: must admit...it makes you more curious to read the topic

Bigpelly8

RJ is gonna have a field day with this!!

I'm sorry, I've never heard of that before. Sorry I can't be more help but this is what google had to say.....

There are a few possible explanations for your problem. Before discussing these possibilities, I'd like to point out that a salty taste truly does originate in the mouth (or brain) -- the nose can be ignored in this discussion. This may seem obvious to you, but it's an important point. Smell and taste are inextricably intertwined, so many "phantom tastes" are, in fact, "phantom smells." The list of possible explanations for "phantom smells" is quite different. In your case, we can ignore these possibilities; a variety of odors can simulate sweet, bitter or sour tastes, but I do not know of any odors that simulate a salty taste.
So ... if your mouth is where the action is, what could this be?

The chemical composition of saliva may change in response to hydration. (In other words, are you drinking enough liquids?) If you are chronically dehydrated, you may have saltier saliva. Take a close look at what you drink. Some folks drink only caffeinated beverages and alcoholic beverages. Caffeine is a diuretic -- it makes you urinate -- so a steady diet of coffee, tea and caffeinated soft drinks will leach water from your body. Alcohol is even worse in this regard. The salinity (salt content) of saliva may also change in response to medications and salivary gland disease. A number of noninfectious and infectious diseases can afflict the salivary glands; examples of each, respectively, are Sjogren's disease and bacterial sialadenitis.

Postnasal drainage can often have an odor and a taste. Bacterial sinusitis, for example, can cause bad breath and a foul taste in one's mouth. I would not be too surprised if a patient reported this taste as "salty." Postnasal drainage secondary to nasal allergy (allergic rhinitis) might also be salty. Usually folks with postnasal drainage are aware of their condition. If you are not "full of mucus," then this is an unlikely explanation for your problem.

Tears are very salty. The tear ducts drain into the nasal cavity; once tears enter the nasal cavity, they drain down the back of the throat. (People constantly produce tears, by the way; you don't have to cry to have tears!) This is really unlikely, but perhaps you are overproducing tears.

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cynthiaj777

I took a look at your food diary, look at the sodium level for dinner last night, it is seriously out of line with the rest of your day. My guess is that your body is trying to process that sodium spike. Drink lots of water and the taste should go away in a day or so.

I used to cook with soy sauce all the time, and I was always over by 1,000s, and I've never had it happen.

Is that a normal way of processing salt especially since I don't normally go over by that much anymore since I stopped cooking with soy sauce so much?

Just never had it happen, and I was wondering if it was maybe a precursor to a medical condition?

smuehlbauer

I almost spit when I read the title of your post!
(Pun intended!)

NightOwl1

The spike is sodium sounds like a logical explanation, but remember, we're not doctors, so don't take any of this as qualified medical advice.

cynthiaj777

:laugh:

I almost spit when I read the title of your post!
(Pun intended!)

Ahh...that's foul, and if it were the case, I'm sure my mouth wouldn't still taste salty!

byHISstrength

I also looked at your diary...did you really eat 6 Tablespoons of ketchup? could that have been a mistake?

foxyforce

hahaha

cynthiaj777

I also looked at your diary...did you really eat 6 Tablespoons of ketchup? could that have been a mistake?

Honestly, I have no idea how much a tablespoon of ketchup is because I never eat those types of things because they are full of calories. However, I made a dipping sauce for the artichoke, so I just guessimated. Maybe I didn't? And I had one chicken tender with some ketchup that was left over from dinner Saturday night....so maybe I didn't have THAT much ketchup?

Another question: I was up like 4 lbs this morning: so I'm assuming I did have too much sodium intake and my body is holding on to water? Doesn't the body retain water with too much sodium intake?