is it usual in this hot weather for a persons skin to taste salty? my son was just licking some ice-cream off a finger and said it tasted salty, I suggested he licked the back of his hand and that was the same, has anyone else come across this
It 's a sign of quite severe impending dehydration.
First you lose water (fluid ) and then as this gets worse, you lose salt.
He needs to hydrate quickly, but at this stage,I would not give him salt by mouth.