Metallic taste in mouth when at the limit

[geopat]

Anyone know what this is and what causes it?
Thanks

 

[Norm]

http://www.livestrong.com/article/322820-metallic-taste-in-the-mouth-during-exercise/

 

[geopat]

Mmm that is scary...mini heart failure.

 

[Norm]

Indeed, although that is only one of the causes. Alternatively, you could be pregnant, for instance. I think that dehydration is another thing that can trigger the metallic taste.

You say it's when "at the limit", how are you measuring that limit? Could it be that you are a tad over the limit?

 

[Becs]

is it after you've coughed up phlegm? if so it could be exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (which is what that article is describing) - happens in most race horses.

Are you on any medications - some can give you a metallic taste?

 

[ColinJ]

is it after you've coughed up phlegm? if so it could be exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (which is what that article is describing) - happens in most race horses.

How do you know that a race horse has a metallic taste in its mouth ...?

 

[Becs]

How do you know that a race horse has a metallic taste in its mouth ...?

in 20% of cases blood pours out of both nostrils! But most cases just have evidence of minor bleeding on brochialveolar lavage (washing out the lungs and collecting the fluid to look at under a microscope). Tends to occur more often if there is a respiratory virus present

 

[ColinJ]

in 20% of cases blood pours out of both nostrils! But most cases just have evidence of minor bleeding on brochialveolar lavage (washing out the lungs and collecting the fluid to look at under a microscope). Tends to occur more often if there is a respiratory virus present

Yikes!

I have coughed up small amounts of blood a few times on the bike, but I'd be pretty worried if it was pouring out!

 

[Norm]

Yabbut, you might also struggle to get horse shoes with SPD's.

Which is a strange way of saying that the cardio set up of the average horse is different to that of the average cyclist.

 

[Linford]

is it after you've coughed up phlegm? if so it could be exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (which is what that article is describing) - happens in most race horses.

Are you on any medications - some can give you a metallic taste?

My sister worked on a racing yard for a while, and one of her charges had this happen a few times in the races. Not nice, but then looking at the size of a TB's heart, and the speed it pumps at on a gallop, I'm surprised that they don't suffer from strokes on the racecourses.

 

[Norm]

C'mon, Linfy, do keep up. I said that at least 2 seconds before you did.

 

[Linford]

You watch the same program then on the thoroughbreds Norm

 

[Norm]

Nope, we've had a couple, though not in over 20 years now, but watching one coming over the line as Becs describes, leaking all sorts through it's nostrils, is something that does kinda stick in the memory.

 

[Becs]

Yabbut, you might also struggle to get horse shoes with SPD's.

Which is a strange way of saying that the cardio set up of the average horse is different to that of the average cyclist.

Mammal is a mammal Norm, although horse's are much better athletes than humans and do have much more powerful hearts than people (normalised to heart size) everything's still connected up the same, and the lungs are usually the limiting factor of VO2 max in both species (if I remember rightly). It obviously is seen in people if it is described in a livestrong article!

 

[brockers]

I thought it was normal. Pretty much everyone notices this the first time they race.