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Suggest Home Remedies For Bad Taste In Mouth

I am 47 years old and having chemo for breast cancer. I have had 2 of four sessions. I seem to have the worst tast in my mouth all the time. Even after I brush and rinse, as soon as my mouth starts to salivate it gets gross. Everything I eat or drink tasts gross. Is there good home remodies out there? I did try the salt and baking powder. That did not seem to help much. According to my doctor we got all the cancer, we caught it early and the chemo is to try not to get it back. My cancer was hormone receptive so they have taken me off my hormone pills I have been on for the last 6 years. So now I not only have a gross tast in my mouth I am hot and sweaty all the time.
Tue, 9 Sep 2014
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Greetings madam.

It's unfortunate that you are being suffering from Breast cancer and on Chemotherapy.

Nobody can prevent it until & otherwise detected by regular screening at Hospital / Breast Examination(either Self at home/ healthcare professional at hospital ).

So Don't worry & create yourself unwanted disturbance to your mind.

Just Relax & divert your activity apart from thinking about that as treatment process is going on & it take care of the condition.

Then now coming to your problem, all chemotherapy have those side effects & it's difficult to avoid that.

I would like you to follow certain instruction as home remedial measure which are as follows:

For increase sweat:
-> Have only Cold shower while bath and avoid to the maximum a hot shower.
-> Maintain your personal hygiene & use proper soaps.
-> Excess Sweat are due to hormonal fluctuations of medication & to avoid that drink plenty of water viz., minimum 8 glasses/ day preferably boiled water.

For Bad taste in mouth:
-> Eat things like Salads, boiled vegetable curry , fruits, Soups or what ever nutritious food you like more , which provide you energy for combating your problem & never starve to make condition worse.
-> To avoid bad breath, i advice you to use mouthwash (containing povidone iodine) 3 times/day. If that taste of mouthwash is not ok for you try out Mouthwash containing Chlorhexidine.
-> Take other medication as prescribed by your doctor.

Hope i tried my best & helped you.
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Suggest Home Remedies For Bad Taste In Mouth

Greetings madam. It s unfortunate that you are being suffering from Breast cancer and on Chemotherapy. Nobody can prevent it until & otherwise detected by regular screening at Hospital / Breast Examination(either Self at home/ healthcare professional at hospital ). So Don t worry & create yourself unwanted disturbance to your mind. Just Relax & divert your activity apart from thinking about that as treatment process is going on & it take care of the condition. Then now coming to your problem, all chemotherapy have those side effects & it s difficult to avoid that. I would like you to follow certain instruction as home remedial measure which are as follows: For increase sweat: - Have only Cold shower while bath and avoid to the maximum a hot shower. - Maintain your personal hygiene & use proper soaps. - Excess Sweat are due to hormonal fluctuations of medication & to avoid that drink plenty of water viz., minimum 8 glasses/ day preferably boiled water. For Bad taste in mouth: - Eat things like Salads, boiled vegetable curry , fruits, Soups or what ever nutritious food you like more , which provide you energy for combating your problem & never starve to make condition worse. - To avoid bad breath, i advice you to use mouthwash (containing povidone iodine) 3 times/day. If that taste of mouthwash is not ok for you try out Mouthwash containing Chlorhexidine. - Take other medication as prescribed by your doctor. Hope i tried my best & helped you.