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Fish Odor Syndrome/Trimethylaminuria
Published in Charles Theisler, Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
This syndrome results in body odor analogous to rotting fish. This is due to a genetic inability to convert trimethylamine into the compound choline and carnitine to trimethylamine N-oxide. This results in an excessive excretion of trimethylamine (TMA) in the urine, sweat, and breath of affected individuals. The odor interferes with relationships, social life, and career. Some individuals with trimethylaminuria experience marked depression and social isolation as a result of this condition.
How do I smell?
Published in Alan Bleakley, Educating Doctors’ Senses Through the Medical Humanities, 2020
Fruity odours on the breath, for example, signal a diabetic crisis. Foul breath may indicate a respiratory tract infection or undiagnosed sleep apnoea, where breathing stops and starts while sleeping, making the mouth very dry. While tolerable body odour is normal, a strong smell could indicate a skin disorder. A number of internal health problems, such as liver and kidney disease and hyperthyroidism, may lead to symptoms including body odours through excessive sweating. Recognising and treating this is one thing, naming it is another – again, shall we stigmatise?
Drug Products with Multiple Components—Development of TCM
Published in Shein-Chung Chow, Innovative Statistics in Regulatory Science, 2019
The Chinese diagnostic procedure for patients with certain diseases consists of four major techniques, namely, inspection, auscultation and olfaction, interrogation, and pulse taking and palpation. All these diagnostic techniques aim mainly at providing an objective basis for differentiation of syndromes by collecting symptoms and signs from the patient. Inspection involves observing the patient’s general appearance (strong or weak, fat or thin), mind, complexion (skin color), five sense organs (eye, ear, nose, lip, and tongue), secretions, and excretions. Auscultation involves listening to the voice, expression, respiration, vomit, and cough. Olfaction involves smelling the breath and body odor. Interrogation involves asking questions about specific symptoms and the general condition including history of the present disease, past history, personal life history, and family history. Pulse taking and palpation can help to judge the location and nature of a disease according to the changes of the pulse.
Thermoregulatory effects of guava leaf extract-menthol toner application for post-exercise use
Published in Pharmaceutical Biology, 2021
Titeyut Wongsanao, Wipavadee Leemingsawat, Vipaporn Panapisal, Thanomwong Kritpet
Sweat strain after a workout could adversely affect the skin. Further, bacteria might transform sweat stain accumulated on the skin into body odour. GMT application decreased post-exercise perspiration; therefore, it may resolve problems associated with excessive sweat on the skin, especially when there is no time for regular body cleaning. The current findings showed that lowered post-exercise perspiration did not influence heat dissipation and did not affect cardiovascular mechanism compared to baseline and placebo. In summary, natural GMT could offer an alternative means for improving post-exercise self-hygienic practices. In addition, it may alleviate skin problems associated with sweat strain commonly seen nowadays in our busy lifestyle.
Intake of New Zealand Blackcurrant Powder Affects Skin-Borne Volatile Organic Compounds in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Published in Journal of Dietary Supplements, 2022
M. E. T. Willems, M. Todaka, M. Banic, M. D. Cook, Y. Sekine
Therefore, the aim of the present study was to examine the effect of anthocyanin-rich NZBC powder on emission of VOCs from the skin in middle-aged and older adults. For example, in middle-aged and older adults, body odor is associated with emission of 2-nonenal and likely due to a change of the anti-oxidant defense system with aging. It was hypothesized that emission of 2-nonenal would be reduced with intake of blackcurrant anthocyanins by lowering lipid peroxidation. However, this study is also explorative in nature and aims to examine whether a rich anthocyanin-containing supplement can change the emission rate of skin VOCs with unclear origin in middle-aged and older adults.
Review of epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of common primary psychiatric causes of cutaneous disease
Published in Journal of Dermatological Treatment, 2018
J. A. Krooks, A. G. Weatherall, P. J. Holland
Patients with ORS present with the false belief that they have body odor, most often an odor reminiscent of stool, garbage, and/or ammonia reported from the armpits, feet, and breasts. Halitosis is also a common complaint (75%). Patients typically engage in repetitive behaviors to eliminate the alleged odor (95%) and avoid social situations due to shame and embarrassment regarding their perceived odor (∼75%). The syndrome is also typically accompanied by referential thinking (64%) and significant distress and functional impairment. The average age of onset is 21 years. Chronic course is reported in 54% of patients (5,70,71).