smell like poop all of the time

[stinkyinky]

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

[Icantbelievethisshiiii]

how long have you been doing this? Do you have to stay on the gluten free diet forever?

[LoneStarGuy]

One reason you may not be able to smell it yourself is because of 'sensory adaptation'. This is from howitworksdaily.com - "This is due to a phenomenon called sensory adaptation, which is not yet fully understood. During sensory adaptation our brain adapts, recognises the constant smell is not dangerous and stops identifying it so it is not overloaded with redundant information. Our olfactory sensory neurons also adapt to the repetitive odorant stimuli by reducing their rate of firing. Therefore we perceive the smell to be fading, allowing us to adapt to our environment and perceive new smells." Basically, our noses get use to smells they are exposed to for long periods of time and don't recognize them unless the are absent for some period of time.

[depressedguy88]

oh my gosh :-B :-B suffering from a decade.. im suffering from almost 3 years.. i cant even IMAGINE myself holding on with this problem for a decade

[depressedguy88]

okay let us analyze what exactly is going wrong in us -
im 19
the foul odour is at its peek in the morning and as the day progesses the odour gradually comes down ( not completely) and then after i return from the washroom the foul odour reappears and then again as the time passes the foul odour deteriorates..
another thing which i find unusual is that i myself at most of the times cant smell the foul odour and rarely do i smell my own foul odour..
my nose is perfectly alright in smelling other odours like say of a flower,perfume or any other garbage thrown over the roads (usually this is a common sight in the sub urban roads of india) ..but i don't understand why my nose is not able to smell my own odour..
do leave your opinions and comments because INSTEAD OF SUFFERING WE SHOULD FIGHT BACK

[kid1carus]

glad u posted, I have this problem as well,

i can deal with it a whole lot better now, but i still isolate myself majority of the time.

hang in there, your still young! I'm 34 and I've been suffering the scathing comments for a decade.
but i would like to offer some advice, you must speak to someone about this condition (doctor, therapist, close family member,...), because it's something that is happening to you, it's not who you are on the inside.

good luck ;)

so good luck to you,i hope you get it straightened out!

[nothingisworking]

I have been dealing with a really bizarre body odor for about 6 years now. I am a female, age 22 and this problem has also caused me to be severely depressed and suicidal. Sometimes I think it is gone, until someone says a comment like " it smells like **** in here," then my life comes crashing down once again. All I can do is bare with it, knowing that everyone around me thinks I smell like **** all the time, or I can go home and be in isolation.

I used to think it was my imagination (because I actually can't smell it at all) until I overheard a group of my really close friends discussing my weird, fecal odor. It really ***** to know that I confuse and repulse pretty much everyone that I come within arms distance of, but the fact that most of my friends put up with it makes me think that they must be really true friends.

I have always been a really social person but this condition has made me terrified of meeting new people and of being in group situations.  I don't have any digestive issues and have a very healthy lifestyle but nothing seems to make any difference. The only thing I know is that junk food, alcohol and caffeinated beverages make it way worse. I have been doing research on my condition for years and can't find any solutions. I am way too embarrassed to go to a doctor about this and based on what other people have said, going to the doctor won't help much anyways.

It does help to know that I am not alone in this struggle.