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"Perimenopause symptom #24: changes in body odor. No, not me. Or at least I don&amp;#039;t think so, but a friend of mine who called yesterday in distress. &amp;quot;Help,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I smell like sour milk.&amp;quot;  Her husband had told her that recently she&amp;#039;s been giving off an odor, and not just from her underarms, but a whole body aroma with overtones of curdled milk and undertones of something like pungent cheese. &amp;quot;Have you ever heard of such a thing?&amp;quot; she asked. I had not. But a little internet sleuthing turned up that changes in body odor is indeed one of the 34 or so symptoms of perimenopause, probably caused by fluctuating levels of hormones (that culprit again!) and exacerbated by stress, as well as excessive sweating from hot flashes. &amp;quot;Have you been having a lot of hot flashes?&amp;quot; I asked, in my role as Lucy, only with a sign that says: &amp;quot;Perimenopausal Help: 5\u00A2: Doctor is In.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Of course,&amp;quot; she answered. &amp;quot;And are you anxious and stressed?&amp;quot; Yes, she replied. She could see where this was going. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m having symptoms from my symptoms!&amp;quot; she exclaimed. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m hormonal and stressed out and I don&amp;#039;t sleep and I&amp;#039;m anxious all the time and now I smell like sour milk. I&amp;#039;m rotting!&amp;quot; I assured her she wasn&amp;#039;t decaying.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s hard enough to feel attractive these days,&amp;quot; she confessed, &amp;quot;without smelling like sour milk.&amp;quot; Not that she&amp;#039;s been having a lot of action in that department. But that&amp;#039;s a story for another blog. Do any of you readers share my friends&amp;#039; predicament? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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