Rare Genetic Condition Makes Woman Smell Like Fish

Think you might have a problem with body odor? Here’s a dose of perspective: A 41-year-old woman in Australia has smelled like rotten fish all her life.The pervasive smell emanates from her sweat, breath, and urine, and cannot be washed off or covered up.After being “sniffed” by doctor after doctor, all of whom waved her off as a hypochondriac or even prescribed vaginal cauterization, she was finally diagnosed with trimethylaminuria, or “fish malodor syndrome.”