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Fishy smell from Penis

I have noticed a foul fishy odor coming from my penis. This usually occurs after I mastrubate. I was wondering if there is something wrong. I think maybe it's due to dehydartion just not sure. I don't have the fishy smell after sex only after mastrubation.
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So really guys you have to wash your penis just like woman have to wash their vaginas otherwise you will get that fishy smell (Espcially if your prone to it like being prione to underarm body odor)  So after Sex and Masturbating get in the shower and wash your penis good, also if your not showering once a day you may naturally have that type of scent.  With men it's more about cleanliness and washing than with woman where the smell could be from a overgrowth of bad bacteria in the vagina or yeast infection.

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I just discovered that my boyfriend of 8 yrs penis recks of the same foul fishy odor being mentioned in this forum. It smelled so bad I could not blow him, not even suck the head. When I smelled it I just started crying because we have been together for 8 yrs and I've been blowing him as good as it gets for all these yrs and I've never ever smelled that foul nasty smell on his penis. He was fresh out the shower which made things even worst. I have studied nursing for yrs and being a female I knew right away that smell is bacteria of the penis and scrotum. I am very in tuned with my body and I get regular check up's and I do not have a UTI, STD, or any foul odors coming from my vagina. In fact, after he cums in my ***** I make an effort to wash and clean my vagina and I squeeze the *** out so it doesn't make my vagina smell. I am clean but yet my boyfriend's penis recks which means only one thing!!!! He probably cheated on me and didn't use no condom. Today June 15, 2015 is the end of our 8 yr relationship I am done. I refuse to put my health or life in jeopardy. That fishy smell is Bacteria and it could only be treated with medication from a doctor. So all of you men speaking of using powder and things of that nature is only feeding the bacteria. Stop using everything and go see a doctor. Not Dr. Goggle either ok!! Gd luck and wish me luck with moving on with my life.
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After I conducted a test about my sperm. My doctor told me that I have a low sperm count. i have taken all the medication and drugs she prescribed for me to take so that my sperm with increase but no avail.
Even my **** has a smell of fishy smells and whenever i went to school, everybody around me take to their fleet because the this particular smell.
I have spelt all my money purchasing one drugs and the other but the odor still persist. please can you help me out.
I am a Nigerian student.
Did also cause me low self esteem at school, church, market and even my environment, being around with my friends. Thanks for your positive reply...
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The smell is caused by bacteria that thrives under the foreskin. It is important to wash daily, using a mild cleanser rather than a regular soap, but this will not completely eliminate the problem in all cases. Don't try using any deodorants or body sprays down there, because they contain chemicals that can irritate the delicate tissue and actually make the problem worse by encouraging bacteria. Try using a penis health creme with vitamin A, which has antibacterial properties and is made for use on the glans and foreskin.
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No the correct answer is over growth of bacteria  its not a sexual bacteria it has to be treated with the medicine called flagyl its i think 14 pills take in 2 pills a day until there all gone even though the smell is gone still take all that medicine
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No the correct answer is over growth of bacteria  its not a sexual bacteria it has to be treated with the medicine called flagyl its i think 14 pills take in 2 pills a day until there all gone even though the smell is gone still take all that medicine
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This would seem to make sense. It is a while before i do masterbate seems like a week or 2 before i masterbate since I dont have sex every week.....The smell is still a little worry sum. I have tried to wash it away and get rid of it. Why does it saty around for days after.....After i have sex the smell is gone....I thought it was cuz i urinated after masterbating....This is actually good news.....will try to do experment....see how many days it takes before the smell come in...1 day 2 days or 3 days no sex then masterbate then see if smells is there. Thanks so much smello
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I'm sorry everyone, but I am laughing a little bit at the irony in all of this.

The smell everyone is referring to is TESTOSTERONE. After a particularly vigorous "romp" large amounts of testosterone are released into the body and then breaks down shortly after, giving the "manly smell". In some people it's "fishy" in others it's "musky". It depends on the person's own chemistry (and the person smelling it as well).

This is also the smell you get in the Gym, not because people are dirty or lack hygiene, but because they are EXERTING THEMSELVES physically. Exertion, fright, sex, etc... are all triggers which release various survival hormones into the body.

It's simply nature at work.

I laugh because our society is so brainwashed by feminism and a life of ease that the natural smell of a man is taken as a sign that something is wrong.

"The smell of testosterone in the air" and the "smell of fear" are not cute sayings, they are real smells triggered by a release of hormones and used to aid the survival mechanism.

Women are supposed to LIKE the smell of the male pheromones, and if your wife or girlfriend doesn't, its probably because they have too many male hormones of their own! (People who's bodies are saturated by certain chemicals cannot stand the smell of those chemicals, it's a biological process to make sure we don't overdose.)

I get the smell also, and so does everyone to varying degrees, its just that no one talks about it so you all think it's an STD. It's not. I promise.

Go smell a bull Elk. Human's are supposed to smell similar, no matter what AXE body spray commercials would have you believe!

(Source: Graduate student in Biochemistry and all-round smelly guy)

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I have the "tuna" smell myself. I have had it for a few months and find it odd because I have only been with my wife and never had problems. But I started wondering because we have been having problems and are now getting divorced. I am going to the doctor just in case. Ive stopped eating yeast products and masturbating, I also wash myself insaciously and still cant get rid of the odor. We'll see if It clears up.
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I have the same problem.  I smell the day after masturbating. The day after masturbation I have fishy smell and it does fill up the room as people will be like what's that smell.  Does anyone has cure for this.  I have gone to the doctor and both times he has said it is natural odor and shouldn't be worried.  So I'm changing my doctor.. but could anybody has any idea what this could be.. or somebody who had this issue fixed...
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Yeo I wouldn't worry bout it unless there are other symptoms it happens to lotsa people.......as for the other dude I am about 80% sure u have an STD red dots pain full to touch
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Go to the doctor,ASAP!!!!
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go to the doctor dude. it could possibly be a std
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oh my god dude I have exactly the same thing and I've been suffering with it for 8 years, I also noticed that even if i wash my penis after masturbation some sperm still comes out later and sits and turns into this fishy smell and totally covers the head of my penis with nasty tiny red dots that hurt like hell when you touch or put soap on, they feel like little cuts, and then it goes away after like 3 days. I don't get these symptoms if i have sex and I've been doing so much research and just can't seem to find an answer to this.
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