Carrillo-Ruiz JD, Juarez-Montemayor V, Mendez-Viveros A, Frade-Garcia A, Bolanos-Jimenez R (2013) Skull stab wound from a metal railroad nail perforating the right frontal lobe. Brain Inj 27:973–977 Lead: Most often found in lead-based paint, paint dust and soil contaminated by peeling paint, this chemical element has a number of other sources, too, including water, pottery and some cosmetics.

The first extracranial branches given off are the posterior auricular nerve, nerve to digastrics, and nerve stylohyoid. The facial nerve then enters the parotid gland, dividing into terminal branches of the Temporal, Zygomatic, Buccal, Marginal mandibular, and Cervical branches. PathophysiologyBartholomew BJ, Poole C, Tayag EC (2003) Unusual transoral penetrating injury of the foramen magnum: case report. Neurosurgery 53:989–991

You may go for a galvanic facial twice or thrice a week, depending on your age. If you are in your 20s, you may try it once or twice in two weeks. Sugar-free gum or mints may help. Rinsing your mouth with a mouthwash made of baking soda, salt, and water before eating may help make food taste better. Pregnancy But if you notice a metallic or ammonia-like smell on your sweat, it may be due to what you’re not eating. Exposure to chemicals, especially lead, can cause a metallic taste in your mouth and lead to many dangerous complications. Van Borsel J, et al. (2014). The effectiveness of facial exercises for facial rejuvenation: A systematic review.Foreign body injuries carry a risk of acute and potentially life-threatening complications such as bleeding, airway compromise or neurovascular injury [ 11, 12, 13, 14]. While some retained foreign bodies may remain clinically silent for years or even indefinitely, there is a general risk of late sequelae, primarily in the form of infections, which can result in persisting impairment [ 7, 15, 16, 17]. Delayed complications include persisting pain, impaired wound healing and inflammatory responses with potential abscess formation, fistulas, necrotising fasciitis and foreign object migration [ 4, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23].

Maintain good oral hygiene, including regular brushing, flossing and tongue-scraping, to keep your mouth healthy. The detectability of wooden foreign bodies can be also be affected by their anatomical location [ 33, 48]. Even within the same imaging modality (CT and MRI), imaging characteristics will differ depending on the water/gas ratio of the compound. In a study by Pattamapaspong et al., the success rate in detecting fresh wooden foreign objects was higher in CT scans compared with dry wood objects which were more likely detected in MRI scans [ 35]. Mizel and colleagues analysed wooden splinters of various sizes soaked in saline water for a duration of 3 days or 5 months in an experimental setting used to mimic acute injury (dry) or chronically embedded (wet) wooden foreign objects in muscle tissue. Overall, ultrasonography and MRI were shown to be superior to X-ray and CT imaging independent of the soaking time [ 33]. Medicines that can cause a dry mouth, such as antidepressants, can also be a culprit of metallic taste because they close your taste buds, which can in turn impact your sense of taste. Over-the-counter vitamins or medicines

Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome

https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/physical-side-effects/eating-problems/taste-smell-changes.html Ramsay Hunt Syndrome is a Herpes Zoster oticus, whereby there is a unilateral facial palsy caused by reactivation of varicella zoster virus from the geniculate nucleus, the nucelus of the facial nerve. Clinical Features