Metal Taste in Mouth--High Iron

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In a message dated 12/29/01 10:44:21 PM Central Standard Time,

Rabbitbrain@... writes:

> taste metal in my mouth

>

> When I first began to get really sick I felt as though I had liquid metal

> in my mouth. We had no idea what caused it at the time. It came on suddenly

> when I was drinking some milk. I associated it with pesticide exposures at

> the time.

>

> One of the protocols I have been on involves taking Biaxin. During that I

> noticed that my bowel movements had an odor of metal. I think some form of

> penicillin may help excrete metals. I began having high iron after the

> birth of a second child, at a time when I was not sleeping, eating much

> food high in iron. I don't think I have hemachromatosis, but then who knows?

>

> Does anyone know why someone gets high iron relative to high mercury? SJ