Why We Feel Bitter Tongue Pain?

When the body is less healthy, often all the food tastes bitter. Foods that are sweet though, it seems to be as bitter herbs so that your appetite is reduced.
Bitter sensation on the tongue do not usually attend alone. The symptoms are always present accompanies other conditions that dry mouth and breath odors.
To note, the food need to be diluted with saliva to be perceived by the tongue.Therefore, if the mouth is dry, the ability of the tongue to taste will also be reduced.
Excerpted from The Breath, Wednesday (05/05/2010), dry mouth is usually caused by reduced production of saliva for many reasons. Saliva means less oxygen is also reduced, thereby triggering the growth of anaerobic bacteria.
These bacteria produce sulfur gases in large numbers and cause bad breath is not good. The bacteria itself can also cause the sensation of bitterness on the tongue.
Some people have a tongue with a rougher surface, making it more susceptible overgrown with bacteria. Because of papillae or bumps on the tongue is greater, at first glance looks more white tongue and hairy.
According to Drs. Rob Danoff of Frankford Hospitals, quoted from MSN on Wednesday (05/05/2010), the ability of the tongue in the taste is also closely related to the ability of the nose in the smell.
This bitter tongue usually occurs when someone has the flu, fever, sinusitis, nasal infections, polyps, and allergic rhinitis. Although the tongue to function properly, the ability to taste flavors would be problematic because the nose can not smell well.
According to Dr. Rob, other factors that cause a bitter tongue, among others:

Medications (anti-thyroid, zinc preparations, antibiotics, drugs nerves, etc.)Radiation and chemotherapeutic drugsAging (decreased taste and smell function)Medical conditions (Bell's palsy, Parkinson's, diabetes, GERD, etc.)Injury to the mouth, nose or headOral hygiene is not maintainedFungal infections of the tongue or mouth areaCancer in the head or neck
While some of the ways you can do to prevent dry mouth as quoted by The Breath are as follows:

Avoid products that contain Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (found in some types of shampoos, detergents and toothpaste)

Reduce scented citrus juice (Tomatoes, Oranges, etc.)Avoid coffee and cigarettesUse a mouthwash for 90 seconds / day

Drink 8 glasses of water / dayDiligent in taking vitamin C every hari.Â