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Tasting And Smelling Blood. Worried About The Findings.

I ve been have this really gross blood taste in my mouth and I can smell it or taste it in my nose as if I m getting a nose bleed but when I check there isn t any blood at all but I can taste it in the back of my throat. This has been going on for 4 days now. Can I be lacking iron??
Thu, 12 Dec 2013
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Hello,
You have not written your age and sex ?
Anyway youshould get doen a ENT consultation done to ---
Get examined for any swelling or mass in the nose or any bleed .
Secondly get done a CT scan of nose and paranasal sinuses to see for any mass.
The change of sense of smell could be one of the reason if you do not find any blood
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Tasting And Smelling Blood. Worried About The Findings.

Hello, You have not written your age and sex ? Anyway youshould get doen a ENT consultation done to --- Get examined for any swelling or mass in the nose or any bleed . Secondly get done a CT scan of nose and paranasal sinuses to see for any mass. The change of sense of smell could be one of the reason if you do not find any blood