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Tmi warning! embarassing but i smell like buttered pop corn and sometime ammonia "down there" i've never been sexually active. i wash with poise daily?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Vaginal odor: This usually represents infection. Another possibility is a forgotten tampon that is rotting. Either way you may need an examination and testing.

Answered 6/22/2014

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