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My 4yr old son has been having stools that smell like mothballs? i notice it more when he did not stool the previous day. he is on vitamin and zantac (ranitidine)
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Mothball smell: The smell may be due to the foods or vitamins your child is taking.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Eat mothballs?: Did he eat any mothballs? If not have you changed the vitamins or is the zantac (ranitidine) new? My guess is that it would be the vitamins. Anything he eats can change the smell of the stool. I have not had anyone mention that from zantac (ranitidine).
Answered 9/29/2016
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