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Breath odor
Definition:
Breath odor is unpleasant, distinctive, or offensive.
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Breath odor persists and there is not an obvious cause (such as smoking or eating odor-causing foods).
You have breath odor and signs of a respiratory infection, such as documented fever, cough, or facial pain with nasal discharge
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Breath odor is unpleasant, distinctive, or offensive.
Considerations
Some disorders will produce specific, characteristic odors to the breath.
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Several other illnesses can cause a distinctive breath odor. Kidney failure can cause a urine-like odor, and liver failure may cause an odor described as "fishy." People with uncontrolled diabetes often have a fruity breath odor.
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Sweating, excessive
Swallowing difficulty
Breath odor
Signs and tests:
Physical examination may reveal crackling sounds in the lungs.
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In addition, the symptoms may also include a breath odor resembling the smell of fruit. (One type of ketone body, acetone, is excreted through the lungs, causing the fruity smell.) This symptom-complex can progress to coma and death.
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