Mysterious metal taste
Sunday, May 18, 2008 
For two weeks I had a strange metallic taste in my mouth. It was very strong in the morning, like having an aluminum spoon in my mouth. If I ate a piece of bread or drank a glass of milk, they tasted bitter. Food tasted unpleasant. I had lost the joy of taste!
I Googled it and most sites relate the metallic taste to gum problems, but I had just been checked by the dentist. The only other thing I could think of was that I had eaten tuna sushi at a new restaurant the night before I developed the metal taste. Maybe I had gotten a strange bacteria living in my mouth. Extra flossing, Listerine, and brushing did not get rid of the taste. Two weeks went by and the taste would not go away. At the supermarket I saw one of these new yogurts with probiotic cultures, consumed the whole thing in two days and the taste was gone. It’s been gone for a week now.
Does this make any sense?
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Reader Comments (6)
Not to be an alarmist but what you wrote alerted me. I was recently watching a medical mystery show (can't recall the name) and there was a lady whose brain was leaking fluids into her system, she had the taste you spoke of in her mouth. I would suggest that you at least consult a doctor, if the taste returns. The lady on the show had a terrible time getting a proper diagnosis, but the condition she had was absolutely life-threatening.( no, I can't remember what the malady was called either...so sorry!)
At the very least do a bit more research into that taste "phenomenon".
Best wishes~ Tracey
I hope you are all right!
M.
I would echo to see a doctor, but what you described has happened before to me as well, and the fact that yours was 'cured' by pro-biotic yogurt points to a candida albicans, or yeast infection. Men get them too--they are when the immune system is down and the yeast is encouraged by too much sugar, white flour, alcohol, etc. in the diet. it went away because you provided healthy bacteria to inhabit your system and kill them off just by sheer volume. that's my theory anyhow.
Thank you all for the well wishes (post and email). I saw my dentist, whom I find very knowledgeable, and he said it would be hard to know what caused the taste, but bacteria was the most likely explanation.
I have that same metal flavor now, I thikn I will try the yogurt, Thanks
If you ate sushi from a new restaurant the night before, I'd be thinking mercury. Stay away from that place!