Hi, I have a problem with all food suddenly tasting horrible. Even when I breathe through my mouth, the air tastes weird, a bit metallic, and yesterday I could not eat a mildly peppered clear soup because to me it tasted extremely spicy. I had a salmon burger the night before that tasted like mold. That was the first thing I noticed, but I ignored it then. Milk tastes like chemicals. Water tastes strange too. Tried to eat some fried vegetables, those did not taste right either. Bread and butter is tolerable, but I can t keep eating just that. I heard that this can be related to dental problems. My gums have been bleeding a LOT worse than usual lately.
Hello, Thank you for consulting with Chat Doctor. This kind of taste alterations are observed when there is some kind of disease in the mouth for example Red or White lesion, which might occur because of some immune problem or habit of smoking or tobacco chewing. So better that once you should visit a dentist for proper examination of oral cavity and get it treated. The bleeding of gums can occur because of infection of gums called as gingivitis for which you have to get complete cleaning of tooth and gums done with dentist. Hope it will help you.