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Salty/sodium taste in mouth? for one day i have this salty taste either from my tongue touching saliva or the saliva salty. what could cause this?

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Dr. Robert Trager answered

DIET: Possible foods that contain lots of sodium excess sweating.

Answered 4/4/2015

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