A member asked:

Mom has coughs and sneezes after the cough sometimes, has tasting problems can't taste food, its been 3 years salty food makes her tongue numb, what's wron?

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Taste bud issue?: Chronic illnesses, causing oral thrush (candida) can cause lack of taste. Sounds like she has diabetes, since she takes metformin. Have he improve her diabetes control. Drug withdrawal can cause this too. Smoking might be a cause also.

Answered 2/21/2014

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