It began as a medical mystery that puzzled doctors and parents alike, a baby emitting an unmistakable odour of rotting fish. What sounded like a hygiene issue turned out to be a rare genetic condition ...

Fish odour syndrome, also known as trimethylaminuria, is a disorder that causes a strong odour in the urine, sweat and breath of affected individuals, described as similar to rotting fish. This odour ...

Disease name: Trimethylaminuria (TMAU), also known as "fish odor syndrome" Affected populations: TMAU is a rare metabolic condition that causes a person to smell like rotten fish. The condition is ...

A rare genetic disorder, trimethylaminuria, causes babies to emit a strong fishy odour, baffling parents and doctors. This condition, stemming from a faulty enzyme, disrupts the body's processing of ...