More Serious Skin Problems. The main feature distinguishing chronic hives from more serious skin disorders is whether the welts are filled with fluid. If the red bumps are itchy, inflamed, and filled with fluid, the condition is most likely hives. If theyâre hard and filled with other material besides fluid, and if after a skin test the lesions have a brownish color, thereâs most likely an underlying problem.
In the case of salty taste, taste-active ingredients are salts of sodium, potassium and lithium. The most common of these is, of course, table salt, or sodium chloride. When the salt dissolves into the saliva, it separates into positive and negative ions. Only the positive ions (sodium, potassium or lithium) have an impact on salty taste.
1 Limited to or more pronounced on one side salty taste may be due to a disorder of the parotid gland, the problem of the teeth, ear infection, paralysis, Bell trigeminal neuralgia, herpes zoster (rash on the same side).  Dry mouth can be dehydration, medication side effects, SjÃ¶grenâs syndrome.