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Does it mean anything when your sweat smells sickeningly sweet? like during the night you sweat, and in the morning you smell something sweet?
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Sweet sweat: hard to know for certain why, but if sweat taste sweet, it would be a good idea to see a doctor to perform a diabetes test
Answered 3/1/2015
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See PCP: See your PCP and be screened for diabetes. At least a hemoblobin A1c test but a 3-5 hour oGTT would be the diagnostic standard.
Answered 3/1/2015
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