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I can normally smell my period before it comes (although i don't track it). i can also smell others menstruating at times, despite no one else being a?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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Olfactory sense: I do not think this is abnormal. People have various degrees of olfaction. For example, I do not smell ketones well when I see patient in Diabetic Ketoacidosis. However, I have had other associates who smell very easily.

Answered 12/17/2016

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A member asked:

I can normally smell my period before it comes (although i don't track it). i can also smell others menstruating at times, despite no one else being a?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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