I am in the process of being diagnosed with a kidney problem as my right kidney is not draining properly and becomes quite distended causing a lot of discomfort. I have, in the last couple of days started having a salty taste in my mouth and wondered if this could be linked.
Hai, there is no such condition like salty taste in kidney impairment. But because of impairment in the kidney will increase the ammonia and other byproduct like urea, creatinine in the blood. That may cause some taste sensation (metallic taste) in the tongue. If you are expressing that taste change(metallic taste) in the way of salty taste then it can be linked with your kidney impairment. Thank you hope I answered your query.