1 Lack of fluid in the body

If you consider all the reasons, this is the most common. As you know, in order to function normally, the adult body should receive 2-2.5 liters of drinking water, and this is not counting the liquid obtained from food( soups, teas, coffee, etc.).Some people use water only when they are thirsty, and some even do without it, replacing water with other drink.

But the composition of saliva depends on whether the body receives the necessary liquid or not, and when the water deficit, it significantly changes - the taste of saliva becomes brackish.

Dehydration can occur against a background of severe diarrhea, vomiting, taking diuretics, using various methods of losing weight. In the last two cases, the outflow of liquids increases, which causes a lack of liquid.

In addition, there is a risk of dehydration in pregnant women suffering from toxicosis. In this situation, you need to get rid of the cause of dehydration and make up for the water deficit.

2 Possible diseases

If suddenly there is a taste of salt in the mouth, it can signal that the body developsany ailment, it can be:

1. Inflammatory process in the salivary glands. This can be the following ailments: sialedenitis( caused by infection or a violation of salivation), Sjogren's syndrome( "dry" syndrome - involvement of connective tissues), a number of bacterial infections( pneumococci, staphylococcus, streptococci), which causes the development of inflammation in the glands. Sometimes the infection is transmitted to the salivary ducts from the lymph nodes affected by stomatitis of tissues, painful teeth and gum sites. All this influences not only the quantity, but also the quality of the salivary secretions, the composition changes and, naturally, the taste.
2. Stones in the salivary ducts. Salivary stone disease is a fairly rare disease that is diagnosed in 1% of the population, with its mineral formations appearing in the salivary ducts. If the calculus is localized in the parenchyma, then the disease proceeds without symptoms and it can be detected only by accident, when diagnosing other ailments. Some symptoms appear only with an increase in the formations, patients begin to feel a swelling in the salivary glands and an unpleasant, brackish-bitter aftertaste, and then severe pain during swallowing.
3. Infections caused by pathogenic bacteria. Salty taste in the oral cavity may appear due to improper care of teeth and gums. If you do not brush your teeth regularly, then the mouth becomes an excellent medium for the reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms. Affecting enamel, bacteria contribute to the development of caries, the appearance of plaque and subsequently the formation of a more serious problem - tartar. The stone not only affects the condition of the teeth, but also loosens the gums, makes them extremely vulnerable to bacterial infection, the bacteria begin to multiply, hitting everything around, including the salivary glands. Violating their activities, they lead to a change in the taste of saliva, it becomes salty.
4. Diseases related to oncology. In this case, the salty taste of saliva does not give the disease itself, but its therapeutic treatment. The use of radiation therapy, anti-cancer drugs has an aggressive effect on all body systems, including taste buds, often damaging them, which becomes the cause of salty taste. Among the drugs that lead to this condition, we can note the following: Vincristine, Methotrexate, Cisplatinum.

3 Diseases of the nasopharynx

Often the following otolaryngologic diseases lead to salty taste in the mouth:

1. Sinusitis. This inflammation, affecting the mucous membranes of the paranasal sinuses, develops against a background of various infections and prolonged colds. Sinusitis is accompanied by abundant formation and accumulation of secretory fluid( mucus) in the nasal sinuses. Overflowing the reservoirs of the nose, it drains, using the back wall of the throat, and some of it gets into the mouth area, which causes a very unpleasant aftertaste.
2. Sinusitis. Inflammation of the maxillary sinuses also causes congestion of mucous formations, and a salty taste in the mouth appears for the same reasons as with sinusitis.
3. Disease accompanied by cough. Respiratory diseases are mostly accompanied by a cough. Often, with a dry, barking cough with wheezing, there is a meager separation of yellowish sputum, and with difficulty. Sputum has a thick consistency and a salty taste. More often it occurs in the prone position, when inhaled tobacco smoke, exhaust gases, in the heat. In addition, such a symptom is observed with croup, softened trachea walls, emotional overstrain.

4 Brain dysfunction

It is extremely rare for the symptoms of this condition to be added to the taste of salt in the mouth, however, such a phenomenon can be. Dysfunction may be associated with the following diseases:

• epilepsy;
• ischemia;
• vascular thrombosis;
• atherosclerosis;
• stroke;
• hypertension.

Brain activity can be influenced by the development of tumor formations. Violation of blood circulation in the brain can be caused by drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, long-term finding in an uncomfortable position( the problem of immobilized people), craniocerebral trauma, intoxication processes in the body. In fact, there are more reasons, and it is the brain that receives the first information, is responsible for the sensory and emotional state of a person. The brain is broken - it means that almost all the functions of the body are violated, including those associated with the taste sensations.

5 Other factors influencing the appearance of the

symptom There are other causes not related to various pathologies. These include:

1. Alcoholism. With the use of alcohol-containing beverages, a lot of changes occur in the body, including water-salt balance. In this case, lack of liquid and leads to the appearance of a taste of salt in the mouth.
2. Abundant lacrimation. Everyone who even rarely cries knows that the teardrop is very salty taste. And their allocation is not always connected with the emotional state of a person - sadness or joy, tears are released in the eye diseases, can be a reaction to dust, sun rays, wind, bright snow. In addition, tears are a common sign of allergies. With their abundant flow, they penetrate into the nose, mouth, leaving a salty taste.
3. Medications. There are a number of medications that cause unpleasant taste sensations. In this case, the drugs change the chemical composition of the salivary fluid.
4. Pregnancy. Pregnancy is a very interesting and difficult time for a woman. The body undergoes a lot of changes, often in future mothers there is dysgeusia - a violation of taste perception. Maybe men think that in pregnant women their strange tastes are only a whim, but in fact it is quite real and not uncommon phenomenon.
5. Eating harmful food. Often people have different tastes in their mouths, including salty, after consuming poor-quality food containing a large number of carcinogens, dyes and other chemical additives. If you eat a lot of acidic foods, you can feel a certain salinity in your mouth.

To avoid this phenomenon, you should give preference to healthy, natural foods.

The human body is a very delicate structure, responsive to any change. Sometimes ailments are accompanied by obvious symptoms, but in most cases these are subjective symptoms, for example, the taste of salt on the lips.

If this condition occurs for some time, you still need to see a doctor.