If you are too lazy to read everything, just skip to the last paragraph. The rest is an explanation of how i got constipated, and some details. I thibk my constipation causes my FBO. Anyone else happens to be like this? Or is it not even possible?


Hello, I have seen some of the posts from this blog, and some from other blog... This is actually the first time i try to find a solution for my problem (I have fecal Body Odor ) because i thought it would just dissapear eventually. I am only 15, i have been dealing with this for a year now.

It all started... One morning, I dicided i didn't wanted to go to school that day because my bed was way more comfortable (in other words, i was really lazy). So i told my mom i was not feeling well, that i ate something bad and my stomach was mad at me (it is figurative speech, it's kinda helping me to make this easier). Anyway, what she does when I get sick, is to rub my back and my stomach with some olive oil. She gaves me some olive oil too to get things moving, even though i never had any constipation problem and i thought it was merely an adult's concern.

Well she rubbed my back and my stomach, and i drank the olive oil (1 spoon). It causes you to urgently having to go to the bathroom... That's where my srupidity comes in.

I, as always, ignored the need of fecal evacuation because i was playing a game, and saw no problem attending the nature's call later. As i played, i noticed i had a FBO, but it was normal for me when i felt i had to go to the bathroom. After a while, i couldn't smell myself anymore... And i got worried, cause i didn't felt the need of going to the bathroom. My fears were truth: I got PERMANENTLY constipated. At the beggining, my FBO wasn't so strong, it was barely noticeable (at least for me). But everyone would make comments about it. I felt horrible, just becauae of a computer game, I had lost confidence over myself (I lost my girlfriend because of my lack of confidence, i didn't had the guts to talk to her because i was afraid of being rejected).

I had tried some things to cure my constipation, only finding temporary relief. I have been through aggresive laxatives, which made me lay in bed sticking my finger in my mouth like a baby because it felt awful. I have tried Psyllium and Plantago (I saw barely good results with it, but it had to be a liter of water with 4 spoons of it... I couldn't handle it, it had an awful texture and made your stomach expand a lot). Yes, also i have tried to drink 3 litters of water per day, but just helped a little.

Long story short: I have read several articles about IBS and TMAU, but i don't really think i have either of them. I can't tell when do my odor becomes stronger or weaker, except for when i go to the bathroom and i can smell my poop (I had smell it like twice in a year, wich tells me just 2 days i have had a weaker odor). But i feel people can sense less my odor at some ocasions after i take laxatives.

I think my problem is, I am really thin (Im 1.60m and weight 44.5kg [that's 10 kg of underweight]), I am constipated, therefore all my poop gets stuck together inside of me, causing the smell. Am I thin enough, to let my constipation gather enough poop to make me smell??