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What Causes Burnt Plastic Smell From Stool?
I have a 6 1/2 month old baby and for the last week her poops have had a burnt plastic smell. She is our first baby, so I don t want to be annoying to our pediatrician. Earlier today when I called to say that she has had diarrhea with a very strong burnt plastic smell to it and they were not concerned with my complaint because she just had her first 2 teeth break through. Looking online, for adults it could be a sign of crohns, but I couldn t find the correlation with teething either?
Mon, 8 Sep 2014
I am really unable to understand your smell description, as I have never come across such a description in my 28 years of experience as a Pediatrician. I think the simple way out would be to get the stool tested at a laboratory and then visit a Pediatrician with the results.
A foul smell emanates as a result of infection.
Dr. Taher
A foul smell emanates as a result of infection.
Dr. Taher
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