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Why am i excreting so much oily from my body lately?

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Have your thyroid : Checked overactive thyroid makes you hot and you sweat a lot.

Dr Jacobson agreed

Answered 10/10/2013

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