odors from disease
there are many medical conditions that cause body odor and bad breath
most diseases result from or cause internal imbalance in the body
some diseases come with an increase in odor causing compounds which leads to a distinct odor
these odors are excreted from lungs, skin and digestive tract via breath, sweat and eliminations
other odors of disease and disorders can be caused by some medications
odor perception is subjective and depends on genetics and sensitivity of the nose
the table below includes some diseases and their commonly perceived odor descriptions
disease / disorder | odor description |
---|---|
acid reflux (GERD) | sour, rotting food |
neutropenia (agranulocytosis; granulocytopenia) | putrefying meat |
alzheimer disease | milky musk, rye bread, creamy yeast |
aplastic anemia | decaying blood |
arsenic poisoning | garlicky body odor |
autosomal agammaglobulinemia | mousy |
azotemia | ammonia |
bacterial vaginosis | fishy, rotting |
blood dyscrasias | decomposed blood |
bromidrosis | strong sweat |
bronchiectasis | rotting flesh, putrefying meat |
cancers | yeast or fungi |
cholera | sweet smelling feces |
cryoglobulinemia | decaying blood |
cyanide poisoning | almond |
diabetes | sweet, citrus and creamy pineapple, pear drops, ammonia |
diabetic ketoacidosis | sweet, fruity, decomposing apples, acetone |
diptheria | sweet |
emotional hyperhidrosis | strong sweat |
essential hyperhidrosis | strong sweat |
gastrointestinal hemorrhage | rotting meat |
gordmerella vaginalis ? vaginitis | rancid, rotting |
heerfordts syndrome | sulfur odor associated with bacteria overgrowth in dry mouth (xerostomia) |
hemophilia | decaying blood |
hemophilus parainfluenzae infection | mousy |
herpes simplex | decaying blood |
homocystinuria | sweet musty |
hyperaminoaciduria | dried malt or hops |
infectious mononucleosis | decaying blood |
isovaleriaan acidity | sweating feet |
lactose intolerance | soured milk |
liver cirrhosis | decayed wound |
liver insufficiency | dead mice, fetor hepticus |
liver failure | mousy, faintly sulfurous, fresh cadaver |
lukemia | decaying blood |
lung abscess | rotting flesh |
lung gangrene | rotting flesh |
macroglobulinemia | decaying blood |
maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) | maple syrup smelling urine |
methionine metabolism disorder | boiled cabbage |
mikulicz?s disease | sulfur odor associated with bacteria overgrowth in dry mouth (xerostomia) |
pancreatic juice putrefaction | hunger breath |
parkinsons | musky, acrid |
phenylketonuria (PKU) | musty, mousy sweat and urine |
pneumonia | foul breath |
polycythemia vera | decaying blood |
portosystemic anastomosis | mousy, faintly sulfurous, fresh cadaver |
pulmonary tuberculosis | rotting flesh |
renal / kidney insiffuciency | fish |
renal / kidney failure | urine, ammonia, stale urine |
rheumatic fever | sweet, acid |
salivary gland aplasia | sulfur odor associated with bacteria overgrowth in dry mouth (xerostomia) |
scalp fungal infection | mousy, musky |
schizophrenia | skunk |
scrofula | stale beer |
scurvy / vitamin C deficiency | putrid |
sinus infection | mothballs |
Sjgren?s syndrome | sulfur odor associated with bacteria overgrowth in dry mouth (xerostomia) |
small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) | sewage, garbage (waxes and wanes) |
smallpox | sweet pungent |
syphilis | fetid |
thrombocythemia | decaying blood |
thrombocytopenic purpura | decaying blood |
trichomoniasis | pungent fishy |
trimethylaminuria (TMAU) | rotten fish, rotten cabbage, garbage |
tirosinemia | cabbage |
tuberculosis (TB) | stale beer breath, wet brown cardboard and brine skin odor |
typhoid fever | baked bread |
von willebrand disease | decaying blood |
wegener?s granulomatisis | rotting blood |
yellow fever | a butchers shop , raw meat |
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