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Smell at all times!

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User12345
User12345

1.I am a 18 year old male.

For the past year and a half my body has been producing a bad smell, similar to faeces. This smell seems to come from the anus and is worse when I eat a lot of salt the day before or red meat or spicy food. I have noticed that it is around me more when I am stressed such as in a lesson. I also find I am constipated most mornings and can only go when I have been waiting for at least 24 hours.

The problem started during a time of huge stress in my life (family and school issues). Also after a peroid of eating quite unhealthily and not having much exercise. However, since then i have a decent amount of exercise and eat healithily.

I have been to the doctor three times. The first time he prescribed something for constipation which didn't help at all. The second time he prescribed fibre sachets which made no noticeable change. The third time I realised that he though I had told him that the problem was with my faeces rather than the smell. He said he had never heard of the problem and asked me if I had been hearing noises or seeing visions (I haven't) and it seemed he was assuming it was a mental problem which it definetly isn't because people around me can smell it and sometimes even make comments. At the end he said he was going to speak to some colleagues and ring me later. I never received a call.

It has been destroying my social life and is hard to live with please someone point me in the right direction to solving this or at least give some advice.

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  • missemi173
    missemi173

    Posted

    Have you ever heard of Juice diets? it sounds like you might have a minor infection, or a backlog of junk in your intestines, or possibly a large amount of toxicity. Try doing a serious detox. Dedicate a week to drinking a lot of water, eating only organic fruits and veggies and whole brown grains, and drinking green tea and oolong tea. And look into juice diets. when you juice, you get a lot of nutrition and don't have to digest it like you would a piece of fruit, because the juicer takes all the fiber out. The nutrition goes right into your blood stream. it could help heal whatever infection or damage you have going on.

    You may want to go to a different doctor too.... sounds like your doctor doesn't want to admit that he doesn't know what's wrong. Ask around and do some research and see if you can find a gastrointestial specialist.

    As far as your social life, I totally understand. Tell your good friends whom you aren't willing to let disappear from your life that you're having some mysterious health problems and that you're going to try to communicate via interwebs or texting, but stay out of in-person conversations until you recover. If they're good friends, they'll support you, not leave you.

    Good luck!!

  • User12345
    User12345

    Posted

    Thanks for your reply, I am planning on starting a juice diet tomorrow and will make an appointment with a different doctor. However, I also read somewhere that high/low levels of acid in the digestive system can cause symptoms similar to mine.
  • missemi173
    missemi173

    Posted

    it is possible acid can have something to do with it... If you find that the problem is getting worse, definitely try cutting out acidic fruits and veggies and going for bananas and apples and basic fruits. Don't forget to take vitamins because if you don't have your fruits/veggies you can get malnourished.
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