Anyone get a weird metallic like taste after you covid shot?

[PA_jen]

Got my first Moderna shot today. YEAAAA!

Sat for the 15 minutes no issues after. 15 minutes after (30 mins post shot) that I started getting a weird taste in my mouth.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

1. I figured it was because I was biting a metal pen when the nurse stuck the needle in my arm.

I'm a shot-whimp.

[The Wielding Truth]

4. No. Just a sore arm. No symtoms from either first or second shot. Pfizer

[SheltieLover]

2. Congrats!

I've had both Pfizer vaccines but no weird taste in mouth.

Once, many years ago, I did experience this metallic taste while on Biaxin (Clarithromycin) & talked to doc about it. He said it was normal.

Are you signed up with CDC's V Safe reaction tracker? Takes about 1 min/day for 5 days.

https://vsafe.cdc.gov/

[crickets]

12. Thanks for the link! I am happy to add to the data pile

that may speed vaccines to formal approval. (Current is emergency approval.) It was easy and fast!

[SheltieLover]

13. Yw!

It is a great system, imo! Hits the common symptoms & has text box for odd stuff!

[elleng]

3. No, just Pad Thai,

and plan to have it again! (Ez-Thai on route to/from Shot spot!)

[CentralMass]

5. :-)

[femmedem]

6. It's a rare but not unheard of reaction to any vaccine, according to this article.

https://www.popsugar.com/fitness/metallic-taste-in-mouth-after-covid-19-vaccine-48227041

[PA_jen]

7. Thanks. I was getting nervous.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

19. I don't think I ever had a "side effect" to any drug, legal or otherwise, in my life.

My boyfriend says I have the constitution of Elvis...

But I once took a Lunesta sleeping pill my friend had laying around and I spent the next 24 hours with a taste in my mouth like sucking on a penny. It was the weirdest thing ever...

[Donkees]

8. Some People Report a Metallic Taste in Their Mouth After the COVID-19 Vaccine - but Why?

What's far less common - and, in fact, not even included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's list of possible side effects - is a metallic taste following vaccination.

John A. Sellick, Jr., DO, MS, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at University at Buffalo-SUNY, explained that a small number of people experience altered taste with almost all vaccines, and COVID is no exception. "We've given tens of thousands of doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and the number of people who have reported [a metallic taste] is in the handful range," Dr. Sellick said, referring to his own experience administering and overseeing vaccinations.

Tania Mucci-Elliott, MD, clinical instructor of infectious disease and internal medicine at NYU Langone, also said that a handful of cases of metallic taste have been reported. "[It] seems to be transient, just lasting a day or two, and it seems to be rare," Dr. Mucci-Elliott told POPSUGAR.

https://sports.yahoo.com/people-report-metallic-taste-mouth-164917655.html

The experts explained that it's unclear why some people experience this symptom after being vaccinated. However, there's probably no reason to be concerned. "I suspect it's part of a 'vagal' response - the same one that gives you sweats, flushing, and lightheadedness in anticipation of an injection [or] procedure," Dr. Sellick said.

Of course, it never hurts to err on the side of caution. If you experience a metallic taste in your mouth after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, "there's no harm in reaching out to your doctor and letting them know," Dr. Mucci-Elliott said. At the very least, it may put your mind at ease.

-->Timing is also crucial in this case. If your taste is altered as a side effect of the vaccine, it should happen immediately following your shot. "If it happens days later, especially if in combination with loss of smell, it's a fairly solid sign of SARS-CoV-2 infection," Dr. Sellick told POPSUGAR. At that point, you should contact your primary-care doctor and get tested for COVID-19.

[Silent3]

17. It's the Bill Gates microchip

Don't worry about it.

[doc03]

9. I got my shot in the right arm and my left

arm was sore. The most painful shot I have had was the shingles shot.

[ananda]

10. Same.

My arm hurt, but the pain with Shingrix was far worse.

[Yonnie3]

11. My lady told me that food didn't taste right

She didn't say metallic taste. It resolved after a few days.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. No

I only had a fever the night after the second shot.

[Blue Dawn]

15. Yes, my husband did.

He told me that right after he received his first Moderna shot that he had a metallic taste in his mouth....and he said it lasted about 10-15 minutes.

[Deuxcents]

16. Me, too

Got my first shot today..Moderna..I just thought I was imagining things. Second one on the 20th. Hope all good.

[Blue Dawn]

18. Yes!

He gets his second shot on April 19th, so I hope all goes well for both of you!