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fishy odor

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fishy odor
A piscine odor described in various conditions–eg, vaginosis, caused by a newly described Mobiluncus genus, Gardnerella vaginalis, excretion of trimethylaminuriae–due to large doses of l-carnitine, 'rotting' fish, di-N-butylamine, diethylamine, stools infected by Vibrio cholera, which have a 'rice-water' appearance; a rancid fish odor is described in tyrosinemia, seen in hereditary tyrosinosis/tyrosinemia type I or liver failure. See Odors.


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Other women do experience having a vaginal discharge that has unpleasant fishy odor to it.
While the odor is most often described as fishy, some women may interpret the odor differently but if there is a fishy odor coming from the vaginal area, then that is a pretty positive sign and symptom of bacterial vaginosis.
Yeast infections involve genital itching and a thick, white vaginal discharge, while bacterial vaginosis involves a thin, grey vaginal discharge and a fishy odor.
 
 
 
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