A doctor on TikTok has lifted the lid on what happens to your body when you can taste blood while exercising – and it’s actually all to do with your lungsDoctor explains what happens if you ever taste blood while runningFor some of us, going on a run or raising our blood pressure by other means can leave us with an odd taste in our mouth. And thanks to a doctor on TikTok, we’re now even more terrified to start exercising and get our blood pumping – because it turns out the taste is actually our own blood. TikTok user @lifeofadoctor shared a clip of a young girl out on a run who said she was “so unfit” that she could “taste blood”, and explained what was happening to her body. “When you start exercising, your blood pressure goes up. There are these tiny sacks deep within your lungs where blood runs through to get oxygenated, and when your blood pressure gets high, some of those burst open, releasing blood into your lungs.

Source: Daily Mirror September 22, 2021 15:11 UTC