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Mucus Taste Like Plastic

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Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal MD

I have noticed my smell and taste has been gradually going away. Now sometimes I smell like hot melting plastic. Today when I came home it smelled like lighter fluid. It's so bad I run around... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shailja Puri Wahal ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr.     Jnikolla MD

I have bronchitis . I was on doxycycline that cleared up the dark yellow mucus. I still have a bad mucus taste and smell on my breath. I just started taking prednisone . will the bad taste and... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jnikolla ( Pulmonologist)
Dr. Jasvinder Singh MD

For several months now, all the food I eat tastes like plastic. What could that be a symptom of? I have not changed medications or mineral supplements. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Jasvinder Singh ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Olgeta Xhufka MD

There is a clear plastic like film growing on my face hands and buttocks. It peels away leaving the skin underneath sticky and like gunk is all over it. Im dizzy, weak and it often feels like im... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Olgeta Xhufka ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Sumit Bhatti MD

other issues like fever , weight loss etc. I don't get any mucus or blood while coughing. sometime while coughing, I smells blood taste. I don't get cough once I sleep. could you please advise me what... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sumit Bhatti ( ENT Specialist)

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Dr. KAPIL WAJAPEY MD

A black plastic handle melted in the dishwasher I used a plastic cup that was washed not realizing it had a bad plastic taste until I drank from it so I swallow contaminated tea I have the... View answer

Answered by : Dr. KAPIL WAJAPEY ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Het Ram Bishnoi MD

I m coughing up thick yellowish/green mucus. Sometimes it has flecks of blood. And I have this weird burnt plastic taste after coughing. I recently pulled a muscle and was given flexeril and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Het Ram Bishnoi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.       Harry Maheshwari MD

my tongue has had that plastic taste and feel, like when you drink from a cheap plastic water bottle, for a couple weeks. At first I thought it was the calcium I just started taking, but now I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harry Maheshwari ( Dentist)
Dr. Senthilnathan Subramanian MD

I can taste like blood maybe in my throat and I have a lot of mucus in my throat also. And when I spit out the mucus I don t see any blood but I can taste it kinda I m not sure what it is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Senthilnathan Subramanian ( Ayurveda Specialist)
Dr. Dr. Nupur K MD

Hi. As of late I have been experiencing a taste in my mouth that is not normal. The only way I could describe it is plastic, but it is moreso. I would say it leans more towards tasting like rubber. I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Dr. Nupur K ( General & Family Physician)