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What Causes Nausea And Metallic Taste In Mouth?
Hi,
Last week I had some sort of virus it seemed (101 fever for 3-4 days on and off), and body aches during and a few days afterwards. Now, 10 days after I initially got sick, I have a metallic taste in my mouth, and have boughts of light-headedness, and waves of naseaua (today is day 3 of this)...is this just an extension of the virus or something possibly more serious?
Last week I had some sort of virus it seemed (101 fever for 3-4 days on and off), and body aches during and a few days afterwards. Now, 10 days after I initially got sick, I have a metallic taste in my mouth, and have boughts of light-headedness, and waves of naseaua (today is day 3 of this)...is this just an extension of the virus or something possibly more serious?
Tue, 8 Jul 2014
Hello
You are having some sort of VIRUS ( according to you and query ) and also there were body aches , fever .
These symptoms remained almost for 10 days .
Now you are having light-headedness and nausea.
In my opinion this is not due to any type of virus but these symptoms may be due to these reasons, these include.
1 Hyper acidity or gastritis caused by fever or the drugs taken for body aches and fever . These drugs produces hyper acidity and this is main cause of NAUSEA & LIGHT-HEADEDNESS . Since these symptoms are troublesome, so take some antacid syrup ( if it contains oxetacaine , better) but if there is severe nausea then you may need drugs like proton pump inhibitors like pantaloc- D once or twice in day . Also avoid greasy , oily , spicy foods . It might also help to avoid drinks containing caffeine in them ( like coffee or tea ) .
2 Tension or anxiety may develops such symptoms caused by after effect of virus fever.
In my opinion this is not a cause of concern , rather try to divert your attention toward other things . These symptoms ( common after fever ) subsides within next 5-7 days . Good luck.
You are having some sort of VIRUS ( according to you and query ) and also there were body aches , fever .
These symptoms remained almost for 10 days .
Now you are having light-headedness and nausea.
In my opinion this is not due to any type of virus but these symptoms may be due to these reasons, these include.
1 Hyper acidity or gastritis caused by fever or the drugs taken for body aches and fever . These drugs produces hyper acidity and this is main cause of NAUSEA & LIGHT-HEADEDNESS . Since these symptoms are troublesome, so take some antacid syrup ( if it contains oxetacaine , better) but if there is severe nausea then you may need drugs like proton pump inhibitors like pantaloc- D once or twice in day . Also avoid greasy , oily , spicy foods . It might also help to avoid drinks containing caffeine in them ( like coffee or tea ) .
2 Tension or anxiety may develops such symptoms caused by after effect of virus fever.
In my opinion this is not a cause of concern , rather try to divert your attention toward other things . These symptoms ( common after fever ) subsides within next 5-7 days . Good luck.
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