{"id":952,"date":"2009-10-23T11:07:28","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T16:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/10\/23\/metal-taste-after-heart-surgery\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T14:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T19:14:21","slug":"metal-taste-after-heart-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2009\/10\/23\/metal-taste-after-heart-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"“Metallic Taste After Heart Valve Surgery?” Asks Robin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just received a set of emails from Robin about a metallic taste in her mouth after heart valve surgery. So you know, Robin is not the only patient to send me questions about this strange, surgical after taste.<\/p>\n

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In his first email, Robin writes, “Ever since my aortic valve replacement surgery<\/a> I have had a nasty metallic taste in my mouth.\u00a0 It gets especially bad if I eat anything sweet. The cardiologist theorizes that it is a by product of the heart-lung machine. Anybody else experience it? Anybody have any ideas of how to get rid of it? Thanks, Robin”<\/p>\n

Then, I received a follow-up note from Robin with a short-term remedy to this issue.<\/p>\n

Here is what Robin writes, “Since I last wrote to you I found a website that suggested gargling with water and a 1\/4 tsp of baking soda.\u00a0 It worked!!!\u00a0 It brought relief at least for a few hours.\u00a0 Ultimately, the bad taste did go away on its own, but the baking soda gets a great assist. Robin”<\/p>\n

Thanks Robin for sharing your remedy!<\/p>\n

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