tasting blood when you bite your tongue, science?

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serenaserenaserena
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29 May 2014, 8:32 pm

What is the scientific reason for people tasting blood when they bite their tongue when they aren't really bleeding?


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31 May 2014, 7:56 pm

i don't like the taste of my blood. it tastes like i am licking a metal door knob


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01 Jun 2014, 2:08 am

AdamAutistic wrote:
i don't like the taste of my blood. it tastes like i am licking a metal door knob
My blood has kind of a metallic & maybe slight acidic taste.


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