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In many cases, patients have described the odor to be that of something burning and rotten and have described it to be unpleasant and foul. The third step for the examiner is to determine the health history of the patient to take note of head trauma , accidents, upper respiratory infections , allergic rhinitis or chronic rhinitis. [ 14 ]
Qualitative smell disorders cannot be measured and are disorders in which there is alternation or distortion in the perception of smell. Qualitative disorders include parosmia (also called troposmia) and phantosmia. [2] Dysosmia is a qualitative olfaction disorder and includes both parosmia and phantosmia.
Bad breath, also known as halitosis, is a symptom in which a noticeably unpleasant breath odour is present. [1] It can result in anxiety among those affected. [1] It is also associated with depression and symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder. [1] The concerns of bad breath may be divided into genuine and non-genuine cases. [2]
Zeichner says that fungus on the skin, such as severe cases of athlete’s foot, can lead to a foul smell. Other conditions that may trigger foul-smelling body odor, according to Massick, include ...
The defining feature of ORS is excessive thoughts of having offensive body odor(s) which are detectable to others. The individual may report that the odor comes from: the nose and/or mouth, i.e. halitosis (bad breath); the anus; the genitals; the skin generally; or specifically the groin, armpits or feet.
One Redditor likened the odor of their sneezes to “metal and chemicals,” and another to “musk and dead animal.” (Lovely.) Some speculated that a stanky sneeze indicated a sinus infection ...
Gastroenterologists explain the most common causes of foul-smelling stool, like changes in gut bacteria, food allergies, celiac disease, IBD, and malabsorption.
Green, foul-smelling pus is found in certain infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The greenish color is a result of the bacterial pigment pyocyanin that it produces. Amoebic abscesses of the liver produce brownish pus, which is described as looking like "anchovy paste". Pus from anaerobic infections can more often have a foul odor. [8]