Thursday, 13. March 2003
Topic: LOST FOUND - on March 13, 2003 at 11:35:50 AM CET
Girl has rare fish odour disease
SPANISH researchers have diagnosed a case of an extremely rare disease that makes people smell like fish.
The genetically inherited illness, trimethylaminuria, is also known as fish odour syndrome.
It means the liver cannot metabolise trimethylamine, a chemical produced by naturally occurring intestinal bacteria.
The substance is then expelled in urine, perspiration and other bodily secretions, causing a pungent smell.
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