Sweet Taste In Mouth

[Rerun]

For the past week I've had this "sweet" like taste in my mouth.  It must be really bad in the morning because my dogs are sniffing at my mouth!!  I brush my teeth and it is back in about an hour.  I did chip a tooth last week and the dentist just filed it off.  None of my teeth hurt.  Any ideas??




EDITED: Merged with later topic of same name and Thread moved to "General Discussion" as it is dialysis-related  - Bajanne, Moderator

[jbeany]

How is your blood sugar?  The higher it is, the sweeter your breath smells.

[kitkatz]

I have been getting a tinny, terrible taste in the back of my mouth lately.  It happens in the afternoons mostly after lunch. Maybe we are just weird.

[Ohio Buckeye]

I think I remember a thread someone started about having
a sweet taste in the mouth.  I may be wrong but seems like
it was Amber maybe.  It was awhile back.  I have a sweet taste but I
always figured it was because of being diabetic.  Does seem to be
worse tho since I've been on dialysis tho sugar is under very good control.

[Rerun]

CRAP!  All I need is to be diabetic now!  Oh, well you guys seem to handle it!  Sorry for whining!

 

[jbeany]

By all means, whine, rerun!  None of us who has diabetes would wish it on anyone else.  But get your sugar checked, just in case.

[Sluff]

Rerun it is a symptom of diabetes.

[kitkatz]

Want to borrow my big stick to go pound on something?

[BigSky]

I have been getting a tinny, terrible taste in the back of my mouth lately.  It happens in the afternoons mostly after lunch. Maybe we are just weird.

At times I used to get this.  In my case it was because I was eating too many carbs and not taking in enough protein.

[okarol]

It might be thrush.

Uncontrolled overgrowth of Candida in the mouth may be caused by factors that reduce the natural resistance, such as illness, stress, long-term use of corticosteroids or medications that suppress the immune system, and immune disorders such as (AIDS).

It may also be caused by conditions that upset the balance of normal microorganisms in the mouth. This is most commonly associated with use of antibiotics, but it may also occur with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and with the hormonal changes associated with pregnancy or the use of birth control pills.

Oral thrush is most common in infants and toddlers, in the elderly, and in people who are debilitated or whose immune system has been suppressed by disease or medical treatments.

The goal of treatment is to control the growth of Candida. Antifungal medications (such as nystatin, clotrimazole, and miconazole) are given for 5 to 10 days. They are administered in the mouth (swallowing the medicine after "swishing" it around).

A single-dose oral medicine called Diflucan is available if these treatments do not work. Underlying conditions/disorders should be identified and treated.

[Rerun]

Thank you people.  I'll mention it to my doc the next time she flies by and try and get this figured out.

[Epoman]

Rerun it is a symptom of diabetes.

  Damn, straight to the point.

[Sluff]

Usually when the sweet taste is noticable to animals or others it is diabetes and possibly acidosis.

[Rerun]

Diabetic ketoacidosis
Frequent urination or frequent thirst for a day or more   No urination no more thirsty than normal
Fatigue                                                                Yes
Nausea and vomiting                                              No
Muscular stiffness or aching                                     Yes
Mental stupor that may progress to coma                   ?
Rapid breathing                                                      No
Fruity breath (breath odor)                                      Yes

I'll call my Nephrologist in the morning.  Thanks Sluff.

[kitkatz]

Be careful, a lot of those symptoms are symptons from being on dialysis.

[Rerun]

They are going to do a glucose test tomorrow at dialysis.  I feel alright....aside from the bad taste, mussle stiffness, ....

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[Sluff]

They are going to do a glucose test tomorrow at dialysis.  I feel alright....aside from the bad taste, mussle stiffness, ....

.

You may not notice the thirstiness because you are probably used to being thirsty anyways. I hope it's not anything too serious.

Guess we will find out later today.  Good Luck.

[goofynina]

They are going to do a glucose test tomorrow at dialysis.  I feel alright....aside from the bad taste, mussle stiffness, ....

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Rerun, did they run that glucose test on you?   

[Rerun]

They ran it after I had eaten a pop tart and a NePro drink and it was 150.  They said that was fine.  ??

I've got other symptoms going on like stiff mussels and joint pain and tingling and numbness in my fingers.  Like when I'm typing or driving. 

I don't know what this taste is.  It suck not living around family where I could ask someone to smell my breath!!   

[Sluff]

150 is not bad after just eating a poptartand drink.

That's good that it's not diabetes.

[Rerun]

150 is not bad after just eating a poptartand drink.

That's good that it's not diabetes.

I'm very relieved.  But this taste has to be coming from somewhere.  I'm almost use to it now!   

[goofynina]

But the #150 is out of the normal range,  i think the highest they like it to be is 110 or 115, at least that is what i remember from when i was first diagnosed.  150 isnt high to someone who has diabetes already but i think it would be considered borderline for someone who has never been diagnosed,  just talk to the doctor to make sure Rerun.  better to be safe than sorry

[Sluff]

Thats like this smell, that only I smell, is so strong sometimes it almost burns my nose.


Goofynina your right but I'm not sure if she just ate and drank it might be normal. Then again my normal is 360 after fasting so I don't remember what normal is. They probably should have checked Rerun after an hour to see if it was below 115 by then.

[jbeany]

A fasting blood sugar should be close to 100.  150 would be good after a sugary meal like pop tarts.  Even a healthy person has a varied range of blood sugars as they digest their food.

[Epoman]

150 is not bad after just eating a poptartand drink.

That's good that it's not diabetes.

I'm very relieved.  But this taste has to be coming from somewhere.  I'm almost use to it now!   

Maybe you are just to sweet for your own good.  Nah that's not it.