Glossary for Body odor

Medical terms related to Body odor or mentioned in this section include:

• Athlete's foot: A condition which is characterized by a chronic superificial infection of the foot caused by a fungi
• Body odor in children:
• Breath odor: Unpleasant or excessive breath odor.
• Bromhidrosis: Body odor.
• Caffeine - Teratogenic Agent: There is strong evidence to indicate that exposure to caffeine during pregnancy may have a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
• Chronic Kidney Disease: Long-term and generally irreversible disease of the kidneys due to infection, obstruction, congenital diseases or generalised diseases causing failure of the kidneys' normal functions.
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia - non-classical form: A late onset form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia where insufficient adrenal corticosteroids are produced by the body due to the deficiency of a particular chemical. The severity of symptoms varies from person to person and onset may occur as early as childhood.
• Diabetes: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Diabetes-like symptoms: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A metabolic acidosis that results from the accumulation of ketones when diabetes mellitus is poorly controlled
• Diabetic ketoacidosis: A metabolic acidosis that results from the accumulation of ketones when diabetes mellitus is poorly controlled
• Diogenes syndrome: A rare condition where a person (usually an elderly person) fails to look after there personal cleanliness and hygiene. They tend to be untidy and hoard rubbish.
• Discharge: Various types of fluid discharges
• Excessive perspiration: also called hyperhidrosis, is a condition characterised by increased perspiration in excess of that required for regulation of body temperature
• Excessive sweating: A condition which is characterized by an abnormal excess of sweating
• Hepatic failure: loss of normal liver function and metabolism of products by the liver
• Hyperhidrosis: The excessive perspiration from ones skin
• Odor symptoms: Any of various body scents
• Penis discharge: Fluid discharge from the penis
• Psychological disorders: Any condition that affects ones mind
• Scurvy: Severe disease from vitamin C deficiency
• Smelly ear: The occurrence of an ear which has an abnormal odour
• Sweat symptoms: Symptoms related to sweating
• Trimethylaminuria: A very rare metabolic disorder where the body is unable to break down trimethyamine which builds up and produces a fishy smell in the urine, sweat and breath.
• Typhoid fever: Fever from bacterial food poisoning.
• Urinary tract infection: Infection of the urinary tract
• Urinary tract infections: Infection of the urinary tract
• Vaginal discharge: Discharge from the vagina as a symptom

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