A bad taste in the mouth may be a sign of disease

Many people may sometimes feel a bitter taste in their mouth, but they don’t understand why this happens. As the saying goes: The nose smells fragrance and odor, and the tongue tastes the five flavors. The tongue is an important part of your body that smells good. If one day you can't smell anything when you eat, then life will lose its meaning. On the contrary, if you often feel something in your mouth, it may be a sign of some disease and you should be alert.

Bitter taste in mouth

Most people who have a bitter taste in the mouth have it caused by damp-heat, which is more common in the liver and gallbladder and stomach heat. It is usually caused by bile reflux, so you should first check whether there is any problem with the stomach and gallbladder. Some people who like midnight snacks or eat too much spicy food may also have bile reflux causing a bitter taste in the mouth. The elderly are also prone to bitter taste in the mouth due to poor gastric motility. Cancer patients often have bitter taste in the mouth. In addition, some mental workers, due to great mental stress and irregular eating and drinking rhythms, their gastrointestinal function is sluggish, and the food they eat stays in the gastrointestinal tract too long, which is also easy to cause a bitter taste in the mouth.

Mouth acid

According to traditional Chinese medicine, liver heat causes sour mouth, which is mostly caused by the heat from the liver and gallbladder eroding the spleen. Many people may also experience thin yellow tongue coating, abdominal distension after eating, nausea, and even chest tightness and rib pain. This indicates that you may have diseases such as gastritis or peptic ulcer. It is best to have further stomach examination immediately.

Spicy

People who have a spicy taste in their mouth or a numbing feeling on their tongue mostly have lung heat congestion or stomach fire inflammation, which is common in people with hypertension, neurosis, menopausal syndrome and long-term low fever. Most of them are also accompanied by symptoms such as cough, thick yellow sputum, and thin yellow tongue coating.

Sweet

Generally speaking, a hot spleen leads to a sweet taste in the mouth, so a sweet taste in the mouth is mostly caused by spleen and stomach dysfunction. Because digestive system dysfunction can lead to abnormal secretion of various enzymes, the amylase content in saliva increases, stimulating the taste buds on the tongue and causing a sweet taste in the mouth. In addition, diabetic patients have elevated blood sugar levels, and the sugar content in their saliva also increases, which often causes a sweet taste in the mouth and tongue.

Salty

A salty taste in the mouth is related to the kidneys, and is mostly caused by insufficient kidney yin and rising of virtual fire. Some are also accompanied by symptoms such as soreness of the waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, fever in the five parts of the body, chills and cold limbs, fatigue, frequent urination at night, etc. It is more common in chronic nephritis, neurosis, chronic pharyngitis or oral ulcers.

It is particularly important to emphasize that taste abnormalities are also related to many factors such as age, gender, mood, environment, diet, and oral hygiene. People who smoke, drink excessively, or lack sleep may also experience taste disturbances. Therefore, if you experience abnormal taste, it is best to go to the hospital in time for a doctor's diagnosis.