Why do I taste onions when I haven't eaten any?

A dry mouth allows bacteria to thrive. Bacteria that live in the mouth can make compounds that have sulfur. These compounds are especially stinky. They can smell like rotten eggs or onion, for example.
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Why do I have the taste of onions in my mouth?

Food: The breakdown of food particles stuck in the teeth can cause odors. Some foods such as onions and garlic can also cause bad breath. After they are digested, their breakdown products are carried in the blood to the lungs where they can affect the breath. Dry mouth: Saliva naturally cleans the mouth.
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Why do I taste onions even after brushing?

A bad taste after brushing and flossing can be caused by taking certain kinds of medication that dry out the mouth by reducing the flow of saliva. A dry mouth often creates a bad taste that lingers even after brushing and flossing.
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Does food taste weird with coronavirus?

It can take time for your sense of smell or taste to recover. You may find that foods smell or taste differently after having coronavirus. Food may taste bland, salty, sweet or metallic. These changes don't usually last long, but they can affect your appetite and how much you eat.
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What do you do for dysgeusia?

Sometimes, good oral hygiene, including flossing, brushing, and regular use of mouthwash, can alleviate the effects. In fact, if overgrowth of oral bacteria is the cause of your dysgeusia, taking care of your oral health can permanently resolve the problem.
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Is dysgeusia serious?

Dysgeusia is bothersome and can interfere with your quality of life. In most cases, your sense of taste will return to normal once the underlying problem is treated. To reduce the effects of dysgeusia, drink plenty of water, stop smoking and practice excellent oral hygiene.
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Is Dysosmia serious?

The collective evidence has indicated that a severe dysosmia can be associated with a worse cognitive outcome and with neuropsychiatric complications such as depression (Cavaco et al., 2015).
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What is COVID tongue?

What are COVID tongue symptoms? In that same British study by the British Journal of Dermatology, the following symptoms were noted: Lingual papillitis (inflammation of the small bumps on the tongue's surface) Glossitis with indentations (swollen or inflamed tongue) Aphthous ulcers (mouth ulcers)
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Can you get COVID-19 twice?

Yes, you can get COVID-19 more than once. “We're seeing more reinfections now than during the start of the pandemic, which is not necessarily surprising,” Dr. Esper says. He breaks down the reasons behind reinfection.
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How does COVID affect taste?

Losing taste and smell can be an early symptom of a COVID-19 infection. A complete loss of smell (anosmia) or loss of taste (ageusia) is rare.
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Can liver problems cause bitter taste in mouth?

6. Hepatitis B. Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver, and it can cause a bitter taste in the mouth.
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Why do I smell onions?

An olfactory hallucination (phantosmia) makes you detect smells that aren't really there in your environment. The odors you notice in phantosmia are different from person to person and may be foul or pleasant.
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Why does my breath smell like poop even after I brush my teeth?

GERD. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can cause bad breath, including breath that smells like poop. This is because your stomach acid flows backward into the esophagus.
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Why can I taste garlic when I haven't eaten any?

Phantosmia, as the name suggests, is the term for olfactory hallucinations, or phantom smells, that appear in the absence of any odour. These can manifest as 'normal' smells – for example, being able to smell garlic when there is no garlic present – but they can also be unpleasant.
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How long do you have immunity after having COVID?

Early on, researchers thought that natural immunity to COVID-19 only lasted for about 2 to 3 months before fading. As the pandemic continued, experts started finding evidence that natural immunity could last for almost a year after infection.
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How long does immunity from COVID last?

Several studies have found that people who've been infected with COVID-19 continue to produce antibodies to the virus for seven or eight months after recovery, which is a good sign immunity should last for a while. At some point after that, however, it's likely that immunity will start to wane.
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When are you no longer contagious with COVID?

Available data suggest that patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 remain infectious no longer than 10 days after symptom onset.
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Does tongue feel weird with COVID?

Adding to the not-so-common symptoms is COVID tongue. According to a research letter published in the British Journal of Dermatology in September 2020, a significant number of COVID-19 patients experience bumps on their tongue, along with inflammation and swelling.
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What are COVID toes?

COVID toes: One or more toes may swell and turn pink, red, or a purplish color. Others may see a small amount of pus under their skin. Sometimes, people who have COVID toes have other symptoms of COVID-19. Treatment for COVID toes: To reduce pain or itching, apply a hydrocortisone cream to the affected area.
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Is COVID tongue serious?

They sometimes find bumps or open areas called ulcers on their tongue. Additionally, many people with COVID tongue report experiencing a loss of taste and a burning sensation in their mouth. A 2021 study documented COVID tongue as a possible COVID-19 symptom.
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What are the symptoms of dysosmia?

People with dysosmia have a distorted sense of smell. This distortion can show up in several ways. Dysosmia may be temporary or last for months.
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Can people with dysosmia also experience taste changes?
  • Ageusia, loss of sense of taste.
  • Dysgeusia, distorted sense of taste.
  • Hypogeusia, declining sense of taste.
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How does Covid cause dysgeusia?

It is also possible that the tissue hypoxia in patients with COVID-19 who are clinically conscious and in a functional state may result in tissue injury that leads to the reported disturbance in taste. 25 Anemia and presumably the poor oxygen transport that ensues has been shown to result in dysgeusia.
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What does Cacosmia mean?

Overview. Cacosmia is a disorder of the sense of smell. It's a type of parosmia. It occurs when there's a problem somewhere along the pathway of smell. When this happens, a person is unable to recognize smells or interpret the odors of different substances.
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What should I eat if I have dysgeusia?

Go sour. Marinate meats in vinegar, soy sauce, or citrus juices, as sour foods stimulate the taste buds and saliva production. Other ideas: Add lemons to water, drink lemon or lime seltzer and lemonade, or suck on citrus drops. Switching to plastic dinnerware from silverware can also help.
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Does Covid make things taste bitter?

We have five basic tastes sweet, sour, salty, bitter and 'savoury' (called umami) which are not normally affected when we lose our sense of smell because they are detected with the tongue. However, there is evidence that in COVID true taste can be affected as well as smell.
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