Do you work with someone whose breath you could smell from a few feet away? Did you go to school with someone who always had a foul body odor? Have you ridden the bus next to someone that smelled like fish or garlic? If you did chances are you thought that these people needed to bathe or have better personal hygiene, but the truth is they may have a medical disorder called Trimethylaminuria or TMAU for short.
TMAU is a disorder where the body’s metabolic system fails to alter the chemical trimethylamine, which is known for having a foul fishy odor. READ MORE
