Medicine:Uremic fetor
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Short description: Urine-like smell in breath
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Uremic fetor is a urine-like odor on the breath of people with uremia.[1] The odor occurs from the smell of ammonia, which is created in the saliva as a breakdown product of urea.[2]
Uremic fetor is usually associated with an unpleasant metallic taste (dysgeusia) and can be a symptom of chronic kidney disease. People with uremia can also develop anorexia, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding. These symptoms can follow gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, or mucosal ulcerations at any level of the gastrointestinal tract in persons with uremia.[citation needed]
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- ↑ Joanne M. Bargman; Karl Skorecki (2011), "Chapter 274. Chronic Kidney Disease", in Anthony S. Fauci; Eugene Braunwald; Dennis L. Kasper et al., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (18 ed.), McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-174889-6, https://www.inkling.com/read/principles-of-internal-medicine-dan-longo-18th/chapter-280/clinical-and-laboratory#1f31a92ab7c3471f8fa4410160d47946
- ↑ Lasisi, Taye Jemilat; Raji, Yemi Raheem; Salako, Babatunde Lawal (2016-01-16). "Salivary creatinine and urea analysis in patients with chronic kidney disease: a case control study". BMC Nephrology 17 (1): 10. doi:10.1186/s12882-016-0222-x. ISSN 1471-2369. PMID 26775026.
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