2006-07-13 17:03:54 · 11 answers · asked by minue 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
"Bromhidrosis, osmidrosis and fetor" are all medical terms for general bad body odors, and overlap those associated with poor hygeine. A fascinating review by Wingfield Rhemus, M.D. (first source) swings the studded mace of medical science against the fragile whiff of BO.
Different odors have different medical names depending on the specific cause. Often, the name of the odor is derived from the name of the disease, "ozenous odor", for instance, for "ozena", a disease associated with putrfaction inside the nose and associated with a truly horrid smell. The reverse sometimes happens: medical disorders may be named for smells: an example is the peculiar odor which results from specific metabolites builing up in "maple syrup urine disease" or in "fish odor syndrome". (No, fish odor syndrome has nothing to do with hygeine or genitals- its a metabolic disorder associated with excretion of trimethylamines in urine.)
Patients with advanced liver disease, kidney failure, or diabetes all stink, each for their own reasons. Patients with Diogenes syndrome may actually cultivate a bad body odor.
Sometimes medications make for a body odor, as do Topamax and pericyazine.
2006-07-13 18:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by hobo_chang_bao 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-28 22:30:15 · answer #2 · answered by Lacey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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what is the medical term for a person with extremely bad body odor even though they practice good hygiene?
2015-08-19 03:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by Emmott 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The body gets rid of excess protein by secreting it in perspiration. Remember animal protein contains fat and what you are smelling is the excess that the body is trying to get rid of. The smell is the body's way of alerting the person to the problem. If you are the person or you are friends of the person, ask him/her if they really eat a lot of meat.
I once took a shirt to the cleaners. The owner asked me if I used a lot of protein. I am a vegetarian, so I said no initially. He said to me: "You must be eating something that is laden with protein because your perspiration is staining your clothes." When I told my wife about the conversion--she is in the medical field--she said to me: "I keep telling you that even you feel you need to supplement your protein intake, you are using too many peanuts." I cut down and it made a big difference.
Boaz.
2006-07-13 17:14:23 · answer #4 · answered by Boaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-15 23:33:37 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the others, you are what you eat! i cook with alot of garlic! i can tell when i have eaten too much... also with meat fat... very true.
2006-07-13 17:36:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My college roommate.
2006-07-13 17:07:59 · answer #7 · answered by oychicabeb23 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-07-13 17:10:31 · answer #8 · answered by curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know there's halitosis(bad breath)?
2006-07-13 17:07:02 · answer #9 · answered by cannon_primed 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about a "stinkerologist". lol.
2006-07-13 17:14:27 · answer #10 · answered by tantum4 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋