My son has had a great appetite, up until a couple days ago when he began saying that he'd lost his taste for eggs. I thought he meant that he was tired of them and he thought so, too, as he's been eating 6 a day. He would have eaten more, too, but I limited him to 6!
But, now he realizes that it's pretty much every food, so it's his taster that's off. "It's like part of my tongue isn't feeling things, so I only get the bad parts, only taste bitter." He noticed white stuff on his tongue, but it can be scraped off easily, so it can't be thrush. He says it comes and goes, things taste not so bad, then it gets worse, then better...but never good.
I googled and it appears that there are about a thousand possible reasons for loss of taste, but I'm inclined to think it's a vitamin deficiency, likely B12, as he is vegetarian, but I don't know.
His last blood test showed that he was low on iron, but "not scary low" and rather than go against SCD his dr said that he could just start eating a cup of steamed spinach everyday.
I'm waiting for the doctor to call back...and thought you guys might have some ideas or experience with this. My son is supposed to leave for camp in 3 days.
Thank you in advance!
But, now he realizes that it's pretty much every food, so it's his taster that's off. "It's like part of my tongue isn't feeling things, so I only get the bad parts, only taste bitter." He noticed white stuff on his tongue, but it can be scraped off easily, so it can't be thrush. He says it comes and goes, things taste not so bad, then it gets worse, then better...but never good.
I googled and it appears that there are about a thousand possible reasons for loss of taste, but I'm inclined to think it's a vitamin deficiency, likely B12, as he is vegetarian, but I don't know.
His last blood test showed that he was low on iron, but "not scary low" and rather than go against SCD his dr said that he could just start eating a cup of steamed spinach everyday.
I'm waiting for the doctor to call back...and thought you guys might have some ideas or experience with this. My son is supposed to leave for camp in 3 days.
Thank you in advance!