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What Causes Urine To Smell Like Almonds?

I am on a diet and have lost almost 20 pounds over the past 4 weeks. The diet is all natural foods consisting of fruits and vegetables, and protein consisting of fish, chicken, and some steak. I am averaging about 1600 calories a day to achieve a weight loss goal of 3 lbs per week.

My urine smells of almonds. Is this normal? My guess is that it is keytones. No other problems, and I have a tremendous amount of energy, sleep well, etc.
Mon, 24 Oct 2016
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Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thank you for your query. I am Dr. Rommstein, I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can.
These symptoms are suggestive of uroinfection and this is common in your age and usually is manifested with pain during urination, fever and changes in urination frequency. Also, blood traces may be present in urine which can have odour or colour change. Other common cause are urinary stones. Diagnosis is established by doing urine analysis and urinoculture and after this antibiotic treatment may be started if necessary. If there is negative urine analysis then you should do ultrasound of kidneys to check for stones.
I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time.
Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.

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What Causes Urine To Smell Like Almonds?

Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thank you for your query. I am Dr. Rommstein, I understand your concerns and I will try to help you as much as I can. These symptoms are suggestive of uroinfection and this is common in your age and usually is manifested with pain during urination, fever and changes in urination frequency. Also, blood traces may be present in urine which can have odour or colour change. Other common cause are urinary stones. Diagnosis is established by doing urine analysis and urinoculture and after this antibiotic treatment may be started if necessary. If there is negative urine analysis then you should do ultrasound of kidneys to check for stones. I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time. Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.