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What Causes Bad Odour On The Body?

Hi, I m a very clean 25 year old female and I ve recently begun to smell awful, sometimes fishy and other times, like fecal matter. I ve been to several gynecologists as well as general practitioners; I ve had a brain scan, all sorts of blood tests, a stool test, and even a test for the very rare trimethylaminuria to try and determine the source of the smell to no avail. I m becoming increasingly desperate for solutions and I m not sure what my next course of action should be. What would you suggest/is there anything I haven t explored that could be causing the symptoms I ve described?
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Good day and thanks for your question. If you are actually smelling fishy all the investigations you did would have point out the problem. But they all came out normal and okay. So that means you are okay, probably you are suffering from anxiety/body dysmorphic disorder/hypochondriasis. I would suggest you put your mind off it, use good smelling perfumes. If that doesn't help I'll suggest your next course of action should be to see a psychiatrist for proper evaluation. Please do not do anything funny, just see a Psychiatrist.
Hope it helps. Thank you.
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What Causes Bad Odour On The Body?

Good day and thanks for your question. If you are actually smelling fishy all the investigations you did would have point out the problem. But they all came out normal and okay. So that means you are okay, probably you are suffering from anxiety/body dysmorphic disorder/hypochondriasis. I would suggest you put your mind off it, use good smelling perfumes. If that doesn t help I ll suggest your next course of action should be to see a psychiatrist for proper evaluation. Please do not do anything funny, just see a Psychiatrist. Hope it helps. Thank you.