I am here on allnurses.com because I am a Recruiter for a Health Care Agency and need some help with a problem. There is a nice, sweet, clean LPN whom works for the agency, and she has been employed over 6 years here. For some odd reason she really carries a distinctive odor that smells like rotten eggs, or maybe some type of sulfer dioxide, or sometimes even feces. At first, I thought this odor was coming from her mouth, but you can smell this even when she is not talking. I thought it was coming from her mouth because I could smell it as she talks. Not to be funny or anything of that nature, I can smell her before she comes through the door. She mentioned that she visited a ENT and GASTRO to view her sinsuses and the upper digestive system. She really wants to figure out what this is. She's been to numerous of doctors here in Carolina, but any antibiotic makes the condition worse, and almost all foods make this severe too. I do not comment because I really do not know what to tell her. She does suffer with endometriosis, and I am wondering if the endo has invaded her lower abdominal area, since only the uppper digestive tract was viewed by a GASTRO. Do anyone know what this could be. I mean the smell is awful. If she is in the office and I step outside, I can smell it outside. She got her tonsils removed but that also did not help. She said she is always spitting out mucous and have a stuffy nose. She went to many ENT's but there is no sinus infection. I do not know what to tell her. I hope someone can tell me something. I really do like her, and one of our older clients complained about her odor, and do not want her to work with him. I hope someone can help. Oh, yeah I asked her have she tried a tongue cleaning system, and she's tried many, and she said it seemed like the odor was worst. She also mentioned that her neighbors complained about this odor coming through their apartments. Thank you so much in trying to help.
You know what, I thought maybe it was a liver problem also. I have done so much research on it. She only had an upper digestive area looked at, not her lower part. I also believe it is something going on in her lower digestive system. What side of the body the liver is on?
justme1972
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YOUR right side.