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smell like poop all of the time

for almost yrs now, i"ve had problems with my bile.  never, ever feels hungry, and only have a bm one a week and that's after taking a laxative, yet i never feel constipated.  long story short.  i smell like poop all of the time.  i bathe twice a day sometimes in bleach water.  the last three weeks my stomach is bubbly and i feel like it's diarreah but when i go to the bathroom nothing comes out.  and i vomitt very bitter greenish/yellowish stuff.  i am always surrounded by flies or nets or some other insect.  i have lost a husband, two jobs and was told that i need to get this taken care of before i come back to church.  i have had my colon checked. after i had a bm (hard or diarreah) take a shower for sometime an hour.  when i sit down i feel like i"ve sit on something wet.  please help me.  i want to go home for christmas.  But i don't want to repeat last years episode.  my granddaughter vomitted because i smelled bad
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Hi. Same here. I just came across MyShreddies but haven't tried it yet. It's too expensive. I badly need someone to talk to. Please. If you can read this, I created an account on Chatterpillar (mobile app - anonymous chatting group), my username is FI Wilwan. Please contact me there.
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This is an old thread but for anyone else dealing with this problem, I have this as well and think I may have found the cause of this. If you read most people's stories, most of ours all start the same way: started by eating unhealthily/drinking too much alcohol, then became constipated, then as soon as we heard that first comment on bad smell started to suffer from extreme social anxiety (the anxiety always makes the smell worse). And a lot of us have the strange symptom of having a sweaty rear/"moist anus" feeling.

When my odor first started this thing was like literally overnight before someone made the comment "it smells like someone s*** themselves". During that time I was: overeating and mostly eating junk food, on medication that caused constipation as a side effect, suffering already from extreme stress from abusive job environment.

My symptoms were: -severe constipation, even had trouble urinating; -rear would feel sweaty all of a sudden even when it wasn't hot; -mucus in bowel movements; -extreme painful bloating, especially worse after stress or in the mornings after waking up; -at first I could detect the odor in weird moments and it smelled like backed up feces... After a while I could smell the fecal odor coming off my body "in waves" when under stress; -constant bad breath that smelled like feces, no matter how often I brushed or had mints

Like most of you said... Doctors and family members claimed they never smelled anything. No matter how many doctors I saw for this they'd give me the same answers. Some wrote me prescriptions for schizophrenia thinking I was hearing delusions all the time.

No here's where it get's interesting. Please read if you're suffering from this!

After finally getting my intestines totally cleaned out (through water fasts a few days and saline solutions)... Taking up exercise and assuming all the built up waste was properly sweated out -- my odor went from a near constant strong feces smell -- to more like flatulence lol.

This odor was only present (at first) at my work... the source of so much anxiety and stress for me. The weird thing is -- with the flatulence odor, not the feces smell -- I was still able to go to the movies, restaurants, long (like 3-6 hours) plane rides with zero reactions. Isn't that odd. And then when I made that connection it reminded me: family and doctors claimed they could never smell me.

This second odor ONLY came out during times I was under lots of stress and anxiety. Please think about this. If you've been told the same thing by family and doctors - your odor probably isn't a constant one but only comes out when you're extremely stressed. Friends can lie to be nice yeah, but family and doctors feel a responsibility to be honest with you regarding this. Please take it to heart.

I found out through many bad reactions that when I'm undergoing a lot of anxiety (mostly it's from me thinking "I smell so bad I need to get out of here") I somehow leak excessive or maybe just a really foul gas, until I finally calm down again. While most people do react like "it smells bad in here" -- there have been more than a few people who have outright been honest and said "Someone keeps passing gas". One of my family who I told before about having this odor issue, they claimed to never smell me ; but during this one event I was extremely stressed out - and after the party they actually went to me and said they were able to smell it for the first time. They described it as not a constant odor, but as if every once in a while I was passing extremely bad (but again - not constant) gas that kind of filled up the room lol.

Before thinking this thing is incurable and tmau, PLEASE consider your anxiety around others is causing IBS symptoms like unfelt leakage of gas. And if family and doctors say they can't smell anything - take it as a sign the odor is not constant on you, but only comes out certain times. Maybe the gas / smell will linger in the room for a while yeah - but it's not all the time.

Get any constipation, loose stools, incomplete evacuation under control. Preferably train your body to completely evacuate in the morning before you need to leave your house. Then start giving anti gas pills a try. See if you have any improvement. The anti gas pills are helping me, so I really believe this to be a gas issue as long as I'm not constipated. On days I have difficulty eliminating I have started using enemas and have seen improvements. Most nights I take small dose of psyllium husk powder to prevent loose stools (which cause more gas). But when my anxiety levels get really bad people will occasionally still comment. So I'm actually going on anti anxiety medications soon to get this under control.

There's still hope. Don't waste your money on miracle herbs and pills, chlorophyll etc. Concentrate on keeping your intestines clean and anxiety levels low. It will take some time to return to normal but it can be done.
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I forgot to mention my symptoms with the second odor. They're different. Maybe some of you are experiencing the same?

Symptoms:
-WHEN STRESSED a strange feeling in intestines near the rear like air escaping or stomach grumbling (this I feel is gas leaking out, most of the time I cannot feel them but when this feeling happens is usually when someone near me will comment "ugh someone just cut one")
-another thing when stressed is I start burping... I think the anxiety is causing IBS or in general issues with impaired digestion, thus making the smell worse/more gas. That or I was just swallowing more air.
-difficulty completely eliminating all waste/loose stools. (if some pieces were still stuck in the rectum after going - the odor was stronger. Using enemas several hours before needing to leave the house is helping but I wish it wasn't necessary)
-if constipated - mucus in bowel movements. If you look up images online it will be mislabeled as "candida". It's not candida you're passing - it's mucus. Show a picture to your doctor and ask them if you don't believe me. Mucus can happen with IBS or plain old constipation. It simply means there's inflammation in your gut so you need to find out what's causing it.
-if I haven't eliminated stools completely there will be this popping sound/sensation near my stomach. When everything comes out like it's supposed to the popping sound/gas doesn't happen.
-odd not everyone will have this. Not a pilonidal cyst but I believe I may have some type of infection in my buttcrack. It doesn't look patchy/flaky like a normal skin yeast infection. But it's like this straight red line from my anus to my buttcrack. Antifungals and hibiclens aren't getting rid of it but it does bubble if I dab peroxide on it.
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Sounds like disease called hpv. Chck into it
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HI do you live in Florida
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Hi there , i have a 6 year old son, who started commenting on my breath since he turned 3..and he would run away from my kisses. This really hurt me and got me desperately thinking about a cure to my bad breath. I found 3 cures and now my breath mostly smells fine. The first cure was to get rid of a tilted wisdom tooth, which created a tiny space between my teeth where tiny food particles got lodged and couldnt be cleaned thoroughly, the bacteria started growing rapidly and I could all the time smell a bad smell even after 20 minutes of brushing. The second cure was to reduce the intake of dairy products from my diet and to focus on steamed or boiled food rather than fried and cold food, ice cream was out, so were raw vegetables, I tried to boil them or steam them before eating and this controlled my flatulence as well as helped me in reducing weight as well as improved my breath further. Apparently if dairy food doesnt suit a certain body type, eating it can be hazardous for the digestive system, and it will not get digested properly and rot in the intestines causing flatulence and bad breath and a bloated feeling, you dont even benefit from the nutrition in dairy food. This includes, milk, yogurt, anything made our of these. I started making a conscious effort to avoid all sorts of food that were made of milk or yogurt, it was tough but after a month, i started feeling better and my breath issues were reducing considerably. Thirdly, I have started brushing after almost every meal, especially immediately after eating breakfast, this keeps my breath fresh for atleast 5 hours. Also, I never realised that the mouth stinks after passing poop as well...this is something i found out after marriage, when my husband commented on my bad breath before going to bed and I couldnt understand since I had just brushed my teeth, and i didnt have a regular bad breath problem at that time. But then I started thinking and I realised that if I pooped after brushing my teeth, my mouth started stinking of poop. But if I brushed after passing poop, my mouth smelled fresh later on. Hence, you may want to try out these tips to improve your breath problem...and today my son doesnt complain about my bad breath too often, except that after an hour of having a meal, i do need to brush my mouth to stop the food bacteria from growing. Best of luck to all
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You may wonder if you are the only one that  eats too much or you may see your friend that eats more than you do yet they are alright but,this is what you'll honestly wanna read,it's a piece of advice that seems weird but works , if you follow it strictly,i'm very sure it will work.1st:reduce the proportion of your meal,the 2nd and the most important is that you must confess Jesus Christ as your lord and personal saviour and then with faith,claim his promise according to Hosea 14:6,7 everyday until you see changes.If you find this helpful,pls feel free to tell others.
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Dont feel bad I smell like poop all the time too. I make people vomit or get diarrea.i have bacteria overgrowth with spores. I wasnt able to get married my life passes me by and i cant have a good social life. I to cant go to jobs or many public places. I suggest fasting its what helpsme a little.
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Hello. Have you been cured?
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Oxypowder will due the trick to get your colon clean gently. Look up Dr. Jennifer Daniels Candida report if you visit YouTube look up Montreal Healthy Chick and The Detox Dudes. They have a lot of information that is backed up. Don't worry we'll all get through this.
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Has it ridden you of the smell
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I have a similar problem but im not hurting anywhere. Its the air and those who come across me. So business is dificult nobody wants to get nauseous and pepto bismol addicted.
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Sometimes I have that smell too its not a mice odour or
Sometimes I have other odours around me .its very embarrassing
I must say a really can't take it anymore sometimes it drives
Me crazy I feel like am nobody I don't have any friends
My self esteem got very low i feel very depressed fatigued
Tierd and week at times i have to leave school because of it
But theres still hope just go to church pray or read your Bilbe
At home
.never give up hope theres allways a better tommorrow
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Oxypowder, Dr. Jennifer Daniels Candida report, Montreal Healthy Chick and The Detox Dudes. Look all these things up and keep your faith up
Has this worked for anyone?
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Did he heal you?
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from what i heard a lot of these are caused by bacteria, parasites, infections, or candida.

the cures vary from surgery, injections, medicine, etc. but for the most part diet plays a huge role.

cutting off dairy, sugar, and wheat will help tremendously. and i mean a lot, especially sugar and wheat since they like to feed on those a lot.

strict diet, exercise, probiotics, enzymes, and things to clean/help your digestive system like lemon water, "juice fasting", apple cider vinegar, liver/colon flushes, etc should help in time, but you have to be VERY strict and patient with it.

so yeah, following a very strict diet + exercise while going to a specialist(s) to see if it's another problem/figure out what it is exactly should help.
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Following on from my previous comment, I have been dealing with the centre for digestive diseases in Sydney.  I have discussed getting faecal transplants.  I was given doses of antibiotics and was told that if the antibiotics worked then the faecal transplant could be an option.  Unfortunately the antibiotics only helped for a few days, therefore I did not try faecal transplant.
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Sounds like a disease called hpv... Might wanna check into it
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try odafree its a fecal deodorizer. take it twice a day a and makes your waste odorless. it might help
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hey i have the same problem and male, let me know if you wanna talk somtimes, i have the exact same problem, i smell like poop and its all the time.....lets talk sometime
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sir i m  struggle with this disease since form last 10 year. I lost my job and social life .my father died due to my disease worried . I used aryuvedic herb and all doctor but no solution found. please suggest me any herb and where i can get this herb.
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Sorry, I keep thinking up new things that may help right after I finish posting my last submission. I dont know how many of you already use one of these but perhaps for those of you that dont know of it, this video might help. You dont necessarily have to buy this stool, sometimes I just crouch myself if I'm having difficulty passing out all of my stool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvJtsXGr2Vo
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I've also found this site that I think will help many of you. It gives you natural ways of dealing with a multitude of problems, from anal fissures to bad breath. I've been using this site for a multitude of issues and I think the recommendations are pretty useful the majority of the time. I hope this also helps. http://www.earthclinic.com/ailments.html?ltr=A#ailments
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Thank you
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Hi. Im really sorry anyone ever has to go through this. Its really horrible. It can actually cause psychological trauma in a way. I have also been suffering from having random fecal odors emit from my body. Recently I found this link and I think it has helped me a lot, it masks your fecal odors and your farts fairly well if you follow the directions. Its fairly affordable and comes from a french company, but you might have to wait a bit of time until it gets delivered to your home if you live in the U.S. I think everyone suffering from this problem should check it out and see if it helps. http://www.pilulepet.com/en/
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Gosh  you are so young and must be very hard on you knowing you're in your teenager years of social butterflies and popularity.  Teenagers can be very brutal.  May I suggest you and grandmother to stop frinking milk or eat any dairy and any food that contains choline,  which most food contains it. To seeIif that helps with the smell, then you can slowly add couple of items at a time to see how if affects you. In the meantime,  take 2 chlorophyll tablets and  xanathan to help reduce smells. Shower with actives charcoal soap. It's prety messy but so good for your body.  Good luck!
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To the young man contemplating suicide, please dont. I know this was an old thread but just in case you check back. I am a 37 yo woman who everyone thinks is 25.  People look at me and think healthy pretty stylish etc.
They dont know that I've been so constipated before, that for a number of days I was naseous, and I felt the food backing up into my stomach, until I finally started vomiting poop. Yes poop. Disgusting.
I dont smell and I dont have your exact same problem but 3 years ago I was diagnosed with Endometriosis which demands pain meds (opiates).  The opiates cause constipation like you would not believe.

I have read the most funny/horrendous stories of people trying to poop. No matter what the reason for constipation, it is dangerous.  I think they say after several days you should even go to the hospital. Depending on your diet and medications, your intestinal lining could be leaking toxins into your bloodstream (like Celiac's disease or a number of other similar issues).  Even if there is no leakage, that waste needs to come out.  

I have been reduced to living on laxatives and enemas, which carry their own set of humiliations and problems. I tried Amitiza without help.  I am back to enemas and laxatives.  My self esteem has never been the same since this issue.

Additionally, my father beat his type 2 Diabetes YAY! But now has ESRF (end stage renal failure), another form of the body not being able to get rid of toxins. He needs a new kidney or will die.    

If I can survive vomiting poop you can survive what your going through. Remember, its only temporary. Put on your headphones and ignore people, go into a different world. I am sorry you feel so bad. I have been there and you are not alone.
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Try this alkaline diet, because it worked wonderfully for a family member...
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-6243/How-to-Balance-Your-pH-to-Heal-Your-Body.html
http://www.bodhiyoga.net.au/how-to-alkalise/

All the best!
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Try on alkaline diet!
http://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-6243/How-to-Balance-Your-pH-to-Heal-Your-Body.html
http://www.bodhiyoga.net.au/how-to-alkalise/
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I don't know where this all came from. One day your living a normal life then your living a completely different life. One you would never see in your future... It's one thing to smell bad, but this problem could smell up a whole room. People looking at you touching there nose or coughing when you walk by, even people your friends with.  It does hurt your feelings, at this point I'm waiting for them to do it.  People making comments like when I get off work I'm going to go take a shower,,,Does'nt everybody!!!    Why do I need to know that....Awe I see!!!
I feel like when they say that there trying to send a subliminal message...
I'm clean I take shower's twice everyday. I take good care of my hygiene.
At this point  I don't really know what to do!!
I've just been dealing with the problem.
But, its just messed up I can't really enjoy the things I use to love to do.
I was a very social person, going to a nice restaurant to eat.. catching a movie at the show..I loved going to the pool hall but how can I do any of these things now.
I started to drink  more to not let the problem bother me when I do  go out on a Friday or Saturday.  Just imagine a nice looking well kept person getting out of a nice car and soon as they get near they smell awful.
A smell I can't smell....In a way I wish someone could describe the smell and how far they smell it so at least I could get a better understanding of my current situation. My friends would never say nothing about my smell, cause they think there hurt my feelings....If they constantly rubbing your noses all of a sudden since I came around, Guess what?  Your doing it anyway!!
The wetness in your under clothes comes and goes, and never being able completely wipe after a bm.
Now I only shopping now when stores first open so I can get in and out quick without a lot of people in there...
Yup my whole life has changed...I know there has to something were missing that could solve this problem.  Like the others I cut out cheese, dairy. I eat a lot more fiber, salads, but nothing works. I just recently got medical insurance, so after all this time I'm actually going to seek professional help. But, after reading through all the other comment's I'm not as optimistic as I once was before reading the comment's.....
I'm not a big writer so excuse my dialect, I'm speaking from the heart!!
God Bless Everyone that has going through this....Stay Strong!!

Thanks!!!
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Hey guys to let you know I have been suffering with this condition nearly all my life in one form or the other, constipation, bloating, smelly farts, stomach gurgling, awful smelling whilst defecating, along with whole wet *** feeling  I would say for about the last ten years the ordour is being the most prevalent ongoing issue.
I did managed to stop it and I'll explain how I cheaply and for sometime effectivlely had it licked, at least that's what I thought at the time. Look guys I know just what you've been going through, it's a living hell. People you once spoke to you ignore you, the general public shun you, teenage kids will at times, make fun of you and shout out all types of abuse at any given opportunity.
Just a short sample of things doctors over the years have done. Many different types of laxatives, antibiotics, banding for piles, endoscopy, colonoscopy, shape test, many blood tests, stool test. If you guys can think of anymore I'll guess I have had it also, currently undogoing testing for TMAU but I suspect it will prove negative.
Am sure just like me you guys have tried many of these herbal products and non herbal products, costing ourselves a small fortune.
If you are like me and don't smoke and don't drink many of these doctors can't throw that one at you and say give that up.
I workout regularly I tend to also walk everywhere I can, not because am addicted to exercise it is just to avoid public transport so a six mile walk to my destination and then home again is something I'll do just to avoid the embarrassment, afterall of this I may now take up running first thing on empty stomach, something I've not yet tried but hoping it will kickstart somekind of hormonal/body balance, as you see when things are desperate we'll try anything.
Doctors are pretty much useless with this condition I even had to explain about TMAU to several before I finally got on a testing programme. Dietician are not much better either, sure they all understand the basics but most of the information they provide is already out on the internet. For those of you that have a sporting background like me you'll be used to knowing about your food groups. You may even want to try and printout a number of similar stories from other posters but you'll probably get shutdown for doing so, but it's only prove you are not alone with this condition and therefore please don't suggest it's all in my head., doctors.
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To conclude, I think many of us will experience a stoppage following our colonoscopy examination, why because we've been given hospital specific enema, they tend to clear us out much more effectively than enemas bought online or over the counter. So it maybe worth asking your doctor if they will give you such enema and then immediately follow it up with PAPAYA SEEDS and HONEY. Please if you are in any doubt Youtube this video with Dr Oz and this gastro doctor. Here's what happened to me I began trying this and by the third day I just felt this sudden drop in my abdomen and my stomach just stop being so bloated and the smell went away I was so overjoyed that I got complacent and began eating things I stopped eating years ago and am back in this living hell. I won't make same mistake again should the circumstances arise again. PAPAYA SEEDS, you can also try blending with other fruits into a smoothie. Here's what you should feel when drinking a slight warm feeling as it enters your throat, it is said to kill parasites, now just maybe if we then follow this up with friendly bacteria supplement tablets and not those yogurts as I think they lack the high enough cultures to be effective. Look a life hidden is really no life at all. So maybe if we all pull together we can perhaps end this thing once and for all, who knows these doctors might finally get on board and stop treating us all as though it's just an isolated case of ..........whatever gets them to see the next patient with more easily to diagnose medical school standard  patient issue. Best of luck to you all
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