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Question Title: ammonia smell during sweating

Forum: The Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Forum
Topic: Digestive

What would cause the body to smell like ammonia while sweating?

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dear Kim,
I am afraid that i do not know what can cause an ammonia-like smell while sweating. Some patients with end stage liver disease have a unique smell called "fetor hepaticus" which may be related in part to ammonia.

HFHSM.D.-rf

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Question Title: ammonia smell during sweating

Forum: The Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Forum Topic: Digestive

Forum: The Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Forum
Topic: Digestive