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Why would an 87-year old man's stool start smelling like peppermint? he's a well-controlled diabetic who takes no medicine for it or for anything els
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The smell: of stool is dependent on diet and gut bacterial flora. I am not away of what will cause the pepperment smell. Could only guess a change in diet or change gut bacteria flora or bacteria overgrowth
Answered 11/27/2017
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