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2 yr old daughter's urine has a strong odor. it doesn't really even smell like normal urine, it is difficult to describe. what could cause the odor?

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Drinking water?: Is she drinking enough fluids? Strong odor might be due to insufficient fluid intake. Urinary tract infection could be another possibility. Follow up with her doctor if strong odor persists.

Answered 1/17/2017

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Waste odor: The urine is one f the main ways we eliminate our body wastes. Urates, the main waste product of protein breakdown, causes a pungent odor that is greater if concentrated due to poor fluid intake.Vitamin products, supplements, other ingested products also spill into the urine & create odors.Bacterial action on any of these wastes also yield odors.

Answered 1/18/2017

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