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What Causes Bad Stink After Alcohol Consumption?
My husband stinks really bad after drinking, I can start to smell it after even just 1 beer. Why is this? He has been drinking for many years, and this just started happening the last few months. What is going on? He is 37, 5'5", 185 lb, and he has been drinking heavily for about 20 years
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Depends on the smell. If it is alcohol smell, then some people absorb it and breathe it out fairly fast. If it isn't alcohol, then the alcohol is a stimulant of sweating. In everyone. But some people have more sweating and more odor especially if heavy.
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