Just Lost My Tastebuds?!?!?!?!?!?!?

"NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi, All:

Is there a condition where one loses one's sense of a particular taste?

No joke, I'm serious -- since this morning I seem to have lost my taste
buds for sweets...uh, what I mean is that I don't seem to actually
*TASTE* the taste "sweet"!!!!

As a matter of fact, I seem to taste "salty"...LOL, I know this all
sounds funny, but I'm serious! I'm eating the rest of the Entenmann's
Louisiana Crunch cake this morning and it didn't taste sweet like last
night when I had it first.

REPLY

TOUNGE SCRAPPER???

First, please check to make sure that no one
in the family has licked the sugar off overnight.
One way of telling is to see whose toothbrush is wet.

By the way, do you know what a tounge scrapper is?
I will ask my dental buddies to explain.

Joel

Then just now I'm eating my Lil' Debbie's

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brownies and they don't taste sweet either! If anything, they tasted
very, very vagauely "salty"...weird!!!!! All I had after the cake
last night was salad and beef shish-kebob...I know sometimes one taste
"obscures" another (or combines chemically to produce a different taste
sensation), but I've never heard of actually losing a taste!

I can't remember anything like this at all, ever, before...I'm about to
head out to lunch, and I'm gonna see how it goes...I ain't talking
about getting sick of sweets, I mean that I can't actually taste
sweetness! Holy moly!!!

NYC XYZ said:

Hi, All:

Is there a condition where one loses one's sense of a particular

taste?

Quoted message said:

No joke, I'm serious -- since this morning I seem to have lost my

taste

Quoted message said:

buds for sweets...uh, what I mean is that I don't seem to actually
*TASTE* the taste "sweet"!!!!

As a matter of fact, I seem to taste "salty"...LOL, I know this all
sounds funny, but I'm serious! I'm eating the rest of the

Entenmann's

Quoted message said:

Louisiana Crunch cake this morning and it didn't taste sweet like

last

Quoted message said:

night when I had it first. Then just now I'm eating my Lil' Debbie's
brownies and they don't taste sweet either! If anything, they tasted
very, very vagauely "salty"...weird!!!!! All I had after the cake
last night was salad and beef shish-kebob...I know sometimes one

taste

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"obscures" another (or combines chemically to produce a different

taste

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sensation), but I've never heard of actually losing a taste!

I can't remember anything like this at all, ever, before...I'm about

to

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head out to lunch, and I'm gonna see how it goes...I ain't talking
about getting sick of sweets, I mean that I can't actually taste
sweetness! Holy moly!!!

You may have heavy metal poisoning... heavy metal literally, ie.
copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc.... not rock band/metalica. What do
you do for a living, have you recently done any painting, auto body
work, anything where you may have been exposed to metalic dust/fumes.
Btw, they call those bands heavy metal because anyone who likes that
noise has their taste in their ass... you may have your taste in your
ass too. Also, do you smoke, and I don't mean just tobacco, any kind
of smoke. You do realize that taste is a sensory perception determined
in the brain... overdosing on certain elements will short circuit the
ability to discriminate between the four basic tastes... you may have
over dosed on multivitamins/nutritional suppliments, are you taking any
new medications, especially OTC.

Sheldon

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NYC XYZ said:

Hi, All:

Is there a condition where one loses one's sense of a particular taste?

No joke, I'm serious -- since this morning I seem to have lost my taste
buds for sweets...uh, what I mean is that I don't seem to actually
*TASTE* the taste "sweet"!!!!

As a matter of fact, I seem to taste "salty"...LOL, I know this all
sounds funny, but I'm serious! I'm eating the rest of the Entenmann's
Louisiana Crunch cake this morning and it didn't taste sweet like last
night when I had it first. Then just now I'm eating my Lil' Debbie's
brownies and they don't taste sweet either! If anything, they tasted
very, very vagauely "salty"...weird!!!!! All I had after the cake
last night was salad and beef shish-kebob...I know sometimes one taste
"obscures" another (or combines chemically to produce a different taste
sensation), but I've never heard of actually losing a taste!

I can't remember anything like this at all, ever, before...I'm about to
head out to lunch, and I'm gonna see how it goes...I ain't talking
about getting sick of sweets, I mean that I can't actually taste
sweetness! Holy moly!!!

Have you started any new medications lately??????

If not, get thee to a neurologist.
--
K.

"NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi, All:

Is there a condition where one loses one's sense of a particular taste?

No joke, I'm serious -- since this morning I seem to have lost my taste
buds for sweets...uh, what I mean is that I don't seem to actually
*TASTE* the taste "sweet"!!!!

As a matter of fact, I seem to taste "salty"...LOL, I know this all
sounds funny, but I'm serious! I'm eating the rest of the Entenmann's
Louisiana Crunch cake this morning and it didn't taste sweet like last
night when I had it first. Then just now I'm eating my Lil' Debbie's
brownies and they don't taste sweet either! If anything, they tasted
very, very vagauely "salty"...weird!!!!! All I had after the cake
last night was salad and beef shish-kebob...I know sometimes one taste
"obscures" another (or combines chemically to produce a different taste
sensation), but I've never heard of actually losing a taste!

I can't remember anything like this at all, ever, before...I'm about to
head out to lunch, and I'm gonna see how it goes...I ain't talking
about getting sick of sweets, I mean that I can't actually taste
sweetness! Holy moly!!!

Check below and if this continues see your doctor.

Dimitri

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/loss_of_taste.htm#possible

Possible causes of symptom: Loss of taste: The following medical conditions
are some of the possible causes of Loss of taste as a symptom. There are
likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Loss of smell - many cases of "loss of taste" are actually loss of smell;
see the various causes of loss of smell.
Causes of loss of taste bud function include:
Normal aging - causes reduced ability to taste or smell.
Tongue infection
Glossitis
Oral candidiasis
Excessive smoking
Poor oral hygiene
Tooth infection (type of Dental conditions)
Dental cavities
Ear nerve injury
Ear infections
Ear surgery
Anemia
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Folate deficiency
Zinc deficiency
Radiation therapy
Head injury
Upper respiratory infection
Oral cancer
Brain tumor
Brainstem tumor
Causes of unusual taste sensations include:
Ear nerve injury
Ear infections
Ear surgery
See also loss of smell

Conditions listing symptoms: Loss of taste: The following list of conditions
have 'Loss of taste' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This
computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt
professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
B
Bell's Palsy ... impairment of taste
H
Herpes zoster oticus ... tongue taste loss
S
Sjogren's Syndrome ... tasting difficulty
W
Wallenberg's Syndrome ... loss of taste

Put some honey on your tongue and see if that is still sweet.

Gail

"Joel M. Eichen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi, All:

Is there a condition where one loses one's sense of a particular taste?

No joke, I'm serious -- since this morning I seem to have lost my taste
buds for sweets...uh, what I mean is that I don't seem to actually
*TASTE* the taste "sweet"!!!!

As a matter of fact, I seem to taste "salty"...LOL, I know this all
sounds funny, but I'm serious! I'm eating the rest of the Entenmann's
Louisiana Crunch cake this morning and it didn't taste sweet like last
night when I had it first.

REPLY

TOUNGE SCRAPPER???

First, please check to make sure that no one
in the family has licked the sugar off overnight.
One way of telling is to see whose toothbrush is wet.

By the way, do you know what a tounge scrapper is?
I will ask my dental buddies to explain.

Joel

Then just now I'm eating my Lil' Debbie's

Quoted message said:

brownies and they don't taste sweet either! If anything, they tasted
very, very vagauely "salty"...weird!!!!! All I had after the cake
last night was salad and beef shish-kebob...I know sometimes one taste
"obscures" another (or combines chemically to produce a different taste
sensation), but I've never heard of actually losing a taste!

I can't remember anything like this at all, ever, before...I'm about to
head out to lunch, and I'm gonna see how it goes...I ain't talking
about getting sick of sweets, I mean that I can't actually taste
sweetness! Holy moly!!!

"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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You may have heavy metal poisoning... heavy metal literally, ie.
copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc....

I saw sometime back that those zinc nasal sprays are causing
people to lose their sense of smell.

nancy

Nancy Young said:

"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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You may have heavy metal poisoning... heavy metal literally, ie.
copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc....

I saw sometime back that those zinc nasal sprays are causing
people to lose their sense of smell.

Which would explain a general loss of flavor, because
smell is a tremendous part of flavor perception.
But sweetness is one of the fundamental tastes.

Unless the guy has recently suffered a blow to the head,
I would guess it is a brain tumor. Has he ever had cancer?
Most brain tumors are metastasized from cancers in
other parts of the body.

Ah-hah! This explains why so many people watch reality tv! All those
people suffering from all those diseases have lost their taste!

"salgud" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ah-hah! This explains why so many people watch reality tv! All those
people suffering from all those diseases have lost their taste!

Amen.

Could it be the effects of mercury fillings?

Joely

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote

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You may have heavy metal poisoning... heavy metal literally, ie.
copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc....

I saw sometime back that those zinc nasal sprays are causing
people to lose their sense of smell.

nancy

"Mark Thorson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Nancy Young said:

"Sheldon" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

You may have heavy metal poisoning... heavy metal literally, ie.
copper, zinc, cadmium, lead, etc....

I saw sometime back that those zinc nasal sprays are causing
people to lose their sense of smell.

Which would explain a general loss of flavor, because
smell is a tremendous part of flavor perception.
But sweetness is one of the fundamental tastes.

Unless the guy has recently suffered a blow to the head,
I would guess it is a brain tumor. Has he ever had cancer?
Most brain tumors are metastasized from cancers in
other parts of the body.

Mark,

Your patients would be scared ........

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NYC XYZ said:

Hi, All:

Is there a condition where one loses one's sense of a particular taste?

No joke, I'm serious -- since this morning I seem to have lost my taste
buds for sweets...uh, what I mean is that I don't seem to actually
*TASTE* the taste "sweet"!!!!

As a matter of fact, I seem to taste "salty"...LOL, I know this all
sounds funny, but I'm serious! I'm eating the rest of the Entenmann's
Louisiana Crunch cake this morning and it didn't taste sweet like last
night when I had it first. Then just now I'm eating my Lil' Debbie's
brownies and they don't taste sweet either! If anything, they tasted
very, very vagauely "salty"...weird!!!!! All I had after the cake
last night was salad and beef shish-kebob...I know sometimes one taste
"obscures" another (or combines chemically to produce a different taste
sensation), but I've never heard of actually losing a taste!

I can't remember anything like this at all, ever, before...I'm about to
head out to lunch, and I'm gonna see how it goes...I ain't talking
about getting sick of sweets, I mean that I can't actually taste
sweetness! Holy moly!!!

Well, right after my hysterectomy everything I ate tasted
salty and anything naturally salty like bacon made me gag.
My doctor said it was probably due to hormonal fluctuations.
It gradually went away over a week or so but every now and
then I eat something that I think tastes saltier than it
should and wonder if it's coming back for a visit. :-)

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
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