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What Causes Sulphur Smelling Bowel Movement After Eating Eggs?
I have a four year old daughter who has Down Syndrome. Her health is great but if I feed her eggs then her stool smells like sulphur extremely bad. I stopped feeding her eggs and the smell never came back. Eight months later, I started giving her eggs for breakfast again...the smell returned quickly. I stopped again, the odor went away. Her daycare researched something called METHYL________ .....I can t remember the whole word, but it listed a number of foods not to give kids with this problem...the top food was eggs. Is it the whole egg? Or could she still have the yoke or egg whites seperately? She loves eggs....but can t have them. What is the name of the METHYL____________? I need to research this more. Thanks!
Sulphur like smell in stools is probably due to error of metabolism of amino acids. I suggest you to get investigation for inborn error of metabolism for amino acid. In this group of diseases, body is unable to metabolize amino acids in diet. Thus, some items need to be omitted from diet to avoid indigestion and thus bad smell in stools.
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Dr. Shailja Puri, Pathologist and Microbiologist
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What Causes Sulphur Smelling Bowel Movement After Eating Eggs?
Hello, Sulphur like smell in stools is probably due to error of metabolism of amino acids. I suggest you to get investigation for inborn error of metabolism for amino acid. In this group of diseases, body is unable to metabolize amino acids in diet. Thus, some items need to be omitted from diet to avoid indigestion and thus bad smell in stools. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Shailja Puri, Pathologist and Microbiologist