“Dysgeusia is a change in the perception of taste one has due to a stimulus,” explains Barbara Bawer, MD, a family medicine ...

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That weird metallic taste is super common in early pregnancy. Here's what causes it – and easy fixes that can actually help.

My kidney doctor says that this shouldn’t cause the problem, but the time coincides with the bad taste. This is reducing the quality of my life in a huge way. — J.S. ANSWER: Bad taste in the mouth (we ...

After getting the COVID-19 vaccine, certain symptoms are common. In clinical trials, 84 percent of people who received the Pfizer vaccine reported a reaction at the injection site, and 63 percent ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am an 80-year-old widow. Five months ago, I started having a metallic taste in my mouth, a sore tongue and a dry mouth. My first thought was that it might be a bad tooth or filling, ...

As if it wasn't enough that COVID-19 can mess with one's sense of taste and smell, Paxlovid – an antiviral used as treatment – can cause a bad aftertaste. Paxlovid diminishes the severity of COVID-19 ...

While exercise has a positive effect on the mind and body, sometimes intense exercise can cause strange physical symptoms. Adam Taylor, a professor of anatomy at Lancaster University in the UK, ...

Chemotherapy is an effective way to treat cancer, but it comes with many side effects. One that isn't talked about a lot is changes in sense of taste. Experts say chemo can cause food to taste ...

Question: I read your article regarding certain metallic tastes people experience in their mouth. I have had a frustrating problem with a bitter taste in my mouth for the past year. I've seen many ...