Is the smell emanating from the mouth when he speaks or breathes or from his armpits or just all over? Metabolic disorders can cause unusual body odors. The best known of these disorders are trimethylaminuria and maple syrup urine disease (both of which are rare), and ketoacidosis, which is rather common, especially in poorly-managed or undiagnosed diabetics. Liver and kidney malfunctions can sometimes lead to an ammonia smell, and some infectious diseases have characteristic odors.
Having been around diabetics all my life, I suspect ketoacidosis which can lead to kidney problems. Have his blood and urine checked by a doctor to see if there are proteins in the urine and his A1C level. A1C should be between 5 & 7 in diabetics and the protein levels should be less than trace to rule out keto.
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Body odor relating to diabetes
I read an answer you had for someone previously about body odor in diabetics. My husband has diabetes and has an odd odor that bothers me a lot. He is immune to the smell. What can he do or take to cleanse that odor out of his system with interfering with his medicine for diabetes?
Thank you for your response. The odor is all over. Breathing, moving, in his clothes, everything. It is really causing a problem in our marriage because when we make love, his semen smells which leaves the odor in me that last a few days. I have been avoiding him in this area. I have told him why I am avoiding him and his feelings are hurt.
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My husband has Diabetes and is trier alot is it his Diabetes acting up he is under Doctors care but lately he's really trier alot more, has no energy..Thank You
