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Unusual odors
Unusual odors are strange smells. Some people with neurological problems may notice unusual odors (that don't truly exist) if the part of the brain interpreting smell is affected.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have a strong unusual odor to my urine and it is also cloudy could this be serious?
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A 20-year old female asked:
What could be wrong with my body if my urine for several months now has had a strong unusual odor, and is cloudy? Can it be serious?
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A 32-year old asked:
I have an unusual odor when I urinate. What could that be?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Have a colostomy. Have new, strong, bad/unusual odor from stoma (2days now). Should i be concerned?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Figure out why I was having unusual odor coming from my lady parts. Well, I don't know how long it has been inside me, but I found a lost tampon. I'm having neck pain on and off with the odor for like 3wks and I lost some weight. What should I do?
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A female asked:
After every period i usually have to use a tampon to clear out any pink discharge that comes once it's over and it has an unusual odor. What is it?
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A 56-year old female asked:
Why would my urine have a very unusual odor? I have possible sarcoidosis in kidney per PET. No UTI symptoms. Very weak stream takes very long to void
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A 20-year old female asked:
36 weeks and I notice some flaking around my nipples & a very weird unusual odor coming from my nipple. No leaking of milk, why is this happening?
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A 39-year old asked:
What does it mean if i'm on my period and giving off an unusual vaginal odor?
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A 30-year old female asked:
8 months of unusual vag. Odor (fishy to sour) off & on. Treated by gyn for yeast infect. 4 months ago but odor returns. Thick white dischrg. No itching.
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A 35-year old female asked:
I've been having yellowish-green vaginal discharge, off and on, for two weeks. There is no unusual itch, pain, odor.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Why do I notice unusual vaginal discharge odor whenever I check it while passing stool? But when checked directly from the underwear or any time of the day (when not passing stool) it only has a mild scent to it?
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A 22-year old female asked:
What can cause a creamy white milk like vaginal discharge? No odor nothing unusual... Lmp 10/23/12 sexually active
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A 29-year old asked:
I have noticed that my urine has an unusual smell like fishy. What could it be?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Baby has unusual smell to her urine, almost a musty smell only at night and early morning. Is this normal? What is causing it?
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A member asked:
Can cloudy urine without smell or unusual color be a sign of ketosis?
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A 23-year old female asked:
About a couple months ago, I began having unusual frequent vaginal discharge with an odor. A couple weeks after the unusual discharging began, I .....
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A 19-year old female asked:
Opened shredded quesadilla cheese in the fridge, weve had it for months but ate it without really thinking about it. It tasted just fine, no weird smell or unusual color. Should we be concerned? Package said 5 days best use after opening?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Why do i experience itching and unusual smell to my vagina and swells?
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A 32-year old female asked about a 32-year old male:
I have an uncircumcised penis is it nornal have fishy odor when masterbaiting? It that b/c of the foreskin? No pain and no unusual discharge.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Period end 6 days ago. Sex the next day. Light pink spotting yesterday and today in morning. Unusual 4 me. No itching or odor. Poss causes 4 spotting?
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A 38-year old asked:
Isn't it unusual to to have a bad odor vagina discharge after giving a birth?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Urine smells strongly of curry. Still light colour. Have not eaten anything unusual/different.
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A 21-year old female asked:
Constant discharge coming out of my vagina. No pain or unusual smell. Usually white and liquid like. Discomfort from feeling wet a lot. Causes?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I sometimes get to see a unusual discharge in the 1st 2 weeks or 3rd week after my periods it's like Amasi milk but still white the smell is fine?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I have pain in one small spot just inside my vagina during sex My odour has changed as well but it is not unpleasant Why? I am 17 no unusual discharge
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A 28-year old female asked:
Since the past week I have been getting a very bad unusual odour from my vagina and discharge. The discharge looks normal and I am not experiencing any pain on my genitals?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I have this unusual greenish yellowish like discharge with some fisklike, egglike smell for more than 3 mnths now. In the early stages when it started, I just felt itchy and there was this white clumpy odorless discharge. Wat could it be & treatment?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What is wrong?! I have a lot more discharge than normal and it doesn't smell very pleasant. Also, i got my period about a week ago it only lasted about 4 days and was very light, which for me is unusual. It ended about 3 days ago and now i think its back.
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A 18-year old female asked:
The lips of my vagina itch , but it doesn't have an odor or weird unusual discharge . ?
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