10.23.2008

MOTHER NATURE CAN BE SO CRUEL

Whatever else might be going wrong in your life at least you can be grateful that you don’t suffer from trimethylaminuria, a genetic condition which makes you smell like rotting fish. A woman in Australia has finally been diagnosed with the condition after suffering ridicule, distress, shame and extreme low self-esteem for the past 40 years. The rare affliction triggers an excess excretion of a compound found in fish and strongly affects the smell of sweat, breath and urine. (News.com.au)

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