When Baby Has Body Odor

Maybe most people already know that babies have a very distinctive body odor, and some people also like the smell of this body. But what happens if a baby has an unpleasant body odor, whether it can be said to be normal or not?

In general, the baby will have a distinctive odor and is very familiar to some people who were often described as a milky smell. But sometimes the baby will also have the sour smell of vomit or if the baby is finished there are some dirty parts of his body. This is because babies have a short neck and has a lot of fat so that it will allow food or sweat trapped in the folds of the neck which will cause the odor. But the smell is not interfering in some people and this odor will disappear when the baby has finished a bath.

When there is a certain smell in some parts of the body or from the urine of babies, then it can be a concern for parents. This suggests that there may have been some interference with the processing of certain chemical compounds in the body so that it can not work properly. There are several types of body odor that can be associated with certain disorders, namely:

1. If the odor that comes like the smell of rotting fish indicate the possibility of interference trimethylaminuria.
2. If the odor that comes like the smell of cabbage this shows that the possibility of a disruption tyrosinemia or interruption of absorption metionine .
3. If the odor that comes like the smell of maple syrup this shows that the possibility of interference mample urine disease.
4. If the odor like the smell of chlorine appears this indicates that the possibility of interference hawkinsinuria.
5. If the baby’s breath smell like fruit it shows the disruption of diabetic ketoacidosis.
6. If the baby’s feet to sweat it demonstrates the possibility of impaired infants isovaleric acidemia or glutaric aciduria type II.
7. Arise if a very strong body odor might have fenilketonuria baby can not break down due to the amino acid phenylalanine.

If your baby has one body odor is highly recommended for parents to immediately contact a doctor to find out exactly what the causes of body odor, because in general the kids will have body odor when it is entering puberty. But in some children sometimes this can happen earlier or often called precocious puberty this can happen at children aged seven or eight years.