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What Causes Unusual Smell During Urination In An Elderly Person?

My urine has suddenly started to smell, I am a 70 year old active healthy female. On a gluten free diet( coeliac).The only thing I can think of in my diet is trying rape seed oil for cooking, I gave over two days ago but still very smelly it is a garlicy strange smell.
Thu, 7 May 2015
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Hello dear user of HCM!
Thank you for your question!

Have you any symptoms like pain, burn, frequent urination, despite the bad smell?
To define properly the situation you are in, you have to do a complete urine test, since an urinary infection may cause such symptoms including the bad smell.

If you are diabetic too, you have to measure the blood sugar level.

If your urine test result positive you have to treat it with antibiotics for example ciprofloxacin or nitrofurantoin for 10 days.

Drink a lot of fluids. Cranberry juice would help to disinfect your urinary tract.

Take care and all the best!
DR ERIOL.
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What Causes Unusual Smell During Urination In An Elderly Person?

Hello dear user of HCM! Thank you for your question! Have you any symptoms like pain, burn, frequent urination, despite the bad smell? To define properly the situation you are in, you have to do a complete urine test, since an urinary infection may cause such symptoms including the bad smell. If you are diabetic too, you have to measure the blood sugar level. If your urine test result positive you have to treat it with antibiotics for example ciprofloxacin or nitrofurantoin for 10 days. Drink a lot of fluids. Cranberry juice would help to disinfect your urinary tract. Take care and all the best! DR ERIOL.