Smelly Urine

[u0567059]

For the last month or so i have started to notice that my urine has been starting to smell really aweful like something has died, or rotten eggs. I'm a full time athlete and i drink lots of water and poweraid/ gatoride type drinks. I dont drink alcohol, or do drugs. My boyfriend and i are sexually active adn use protection everytime. Does anyone know what is wrong? or has any advice on what is going on?

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the forum!
Generally bad odor is due to infection, mainly by E coli. This can be diagnosed by urine culture. Strong fruity odor is due to uncontrolled diabetes. Urinary bladder infection and kidney infections do produce strong smelling urine. Another reason is dehydration. Strong ammonia smell is due to protein breakdown.
I would strongly recommend you to see an urologist. It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage.  Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[sweety79]

It could be an UTI (urinary track infection) and this requires antibiotics. Usually there are other symptoms like burning, frequency, but go to the doctor anyways. All you will need to do is pee in a cup. They can test it with a dip stick and sent out for culture.