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Does the smell of bad breath that you get from having lactose intolerance have the same odor as the smell of bad breath from alcohol? if so why?

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Lactose intolerance?: Causes diarrhea; really should not cause bad breath, not without something else going on.

Dr Higginbotham agreed

Answered 10/11/2013

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