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What Causes Fish Smelling Stool While On Probiotic?

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Posted on Mon, 21 Mar 2016
Question: HI, I take innerhealth probiotic and noticed since 2 days ago my poop smells like a fish. What does it mean? I do not it meat, but my diet has changed a lot recently. I started to eat meat almost every day.
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Answered by Dr. Muhammad Ahmad (2 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Everything seems fine.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thanks for writing to Health Care magic, I am Dr , Muhammad Ahmad , I have read your question closely, I understand your concern and will be helping you with your health related problem.

With change of food and lifestyle , smell of faeces can change, specially after probiotic use digestion of food gets different and smell can change.

If it smells like fish there is no problem in that as such what you have to do is to use loads of fiber to make you stools bulk up and this will make your intestinal function smoother and better, use of meat is good specially if you are physically active but mix it up with vegetables and fruits ...hydration is also important so keep the fluid intake at optimum levels.

Everything will be alright soon in fact it seems to be alright even now, fish like odor is no problem. Just don's panic make your lifestyle better everything should stay fine.



I hope this answered your question, If you have more queries I am happy to answer you.
Regards.

Dr.Muhammad Ahmad
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What Causes Fish Smelling Stool While On Probiotic?

Brief Answer: Everything seems fine. Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for writing to Health Care magic, I am Dr , Muhammad Ahmad , I have read your question closely, I understand your concern and will be helping you with your health related problem. With change of food and lifestyle , smell of faeces can change, specially after probiotic use digestion of food gets different and smell can change. If it smells like fish there is no problem in that as such what you have to do is to use loads of fiber to make you stools bulk up and this will make your intestinal function smoother and better, use of meat is good specially if you are physically active but mix it up with vegetables and fruits ...hydration is also important so keep the fluid intake at optimum levels. Everything will be alright soon in fact it seems to be alright even now, fish like odor is no problem. Just don's panic make your lifestyle better everything should stay fine. I hope this answered your question, If you have more queries I am happy to answer you. Regards. Dr.Muhammad Ahmad