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Can alcohol cause bad taste in mouth days after drinking?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Not directly: since the alcohol would go away in hours not days. BUT alcohol can be associated with many changes: changes in gut motility/reflux which can lead to bad teeth, food going the wrong way and setting up for infection anywhere in the respiratory tract or gut irritation.

Dr Ogden agreed

Answered 4/24/2016

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