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Re: What causes the metallic taste in a pregnant womans mouth?>

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 6 Mar 1999 20:47:55 -0600 (CST)


At Sat, 06 Mar 1999, Poet wrote: >Im wondering what the title says.. what causes the metallic taste some
>women experience during pregnancy and how soon after conception does
>this normally appear??

I can't answer for certain, but I remember reading long ago a case (non-pregnancy related; it was a man) of a man whose sense of taste had become altered so that everything tasted like garbage, causing him great distress since he ran a restaurant. Turned out it was a zinc deficiency, as zinc has something to do with the way tastebuds function.

Is zinc depleted during pregnancy? I've never been pregnant, so I'm not up on the details...

Michaela




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