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I have bad body odor, which won't go away. is there anything that will help me?
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Metabolic testing: Sometimes persistent body odors that do not respond to frequent bathing may be secondary to secreting some metabolic substance. Ask your doctor to run some screening metabolic studies to see if that helps explain your unusual odor.
Answered 1/9/2013
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