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Rancid butter odor
An unusual odor, reminiscent of rancid butter, arising from a person may be a sign of a genetic metabolic disorder causing an excess of some odiferous chemical substance.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
16 year experience in family medicine
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A 30-year old female asked:
Symptoms 2 to 3 days: odor after boyfriend comes inside (he's fixed), discharge the consitency of butter, random spotting after sex. No STDs both.?
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A 22-year old male asked:
I keep smelling a smell of butter. My girlfriend cant smell it, and I've tried everything. I've showered, sprayed air fresheners, and nothing works.
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A 24-year old female asked:
My urine sometimes smells strongly of buttered popcorn. Why?
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A 61-year old female asked:
Why is my pee smells like butter popcorn?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Why does my urine smell like butter?
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A female asked:
Why does my urine smell like buttered popcorn?
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A 42-year old asked:
What does it mean if your pee smells like butter?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Tmi warning! Embarassing but I smell like buttered pop corn and sometime ammonia "down there" I've never been sexually active. I wash with poise daily?
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A 35-year old male asked:
My urine smells like peanut butter is there any concern to worry about?
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A 18-year old female asked:
The taste and smell of peanut butter gives me nausea, is it a allergy or is it simply a dislike of peanut butter?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Why does my discharge smell like butter? Also it looks kind of white and chunky in my underwear. Not an std, I got tested, came back negative.
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A 29-year old male asked:
Clindamycin script ended week ago.Now certain food tastes/smell chemicals.(ammonia)perfume smells terrible. Foods are peanut butter soda some meat.Is this normal or reason for concern? Seems smell rel
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A 55-year old female asked:
My bowel movements have the texture of peanut butter and have to be manually pushed out. What would cause this? They also have a very foul smell.
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A 34-year old male asked:
Started taking a multivitamin and now my urine smells like buttered popcorn. Don't want to stop taking it because it is helping my fatigue. Should I be worried?
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A 32-year old asked:
What causes body odor?
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A 36-year old asked:
What causes bad body odor?
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A 38-year old asked:
Does gangrene cause an odor?
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A 29-year old asked:
Does urine have a strong odor?
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A 36-year old asked:
Why don't I have any body odor?
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A 35-year old asked:
Gross. Musty odor "down there"?
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A 33-year old asked:
What can cause a sour body odor?
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A 45-year old female asked:
I have body odor after showering?
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A 43-year old asked:
Increased vag odor during ovilation?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is there a diet to reduce body odor?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Do people with diabetes have an odor?
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A 46-year old asked:
What are good ways to reduce body odor?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is the best way to cure body odor?
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A 41-year old asked:
How early is to early to have body odor?
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A 41-year old asked:
Is there a safe way to reduce body odor?
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A 42-year old asked:
What are the causes of body odor to form?
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