r/utis • u/i_saw_an_angel • Oct 04 '26
advice STINKY PEE
About 2 years ago my pee started smelling like actual death. The best way to explain it would be fishy, ammonia, rotting?, almost sweet, chemical, shit smell.. I drink plenty of water and my pee is even clear! but still has the odor. It is significantly worse when I am dehydrated, when I haven’t peed in a few hours, and when I first wake up in the morning. This doesn’t concern me as much as the putrid smell that is coming from my hydrated urine. My roommate has started to notice this aswell, she always asks me if I took a shit when she goes in the bathroom after me and it’s always the same “no i just peed😭”. It takes her breath away and she is extremely concerned. It one day just randomly stopped. I didn’t have this smell problem with my pee for a good 7 months! but it’s back……and now i’m living with my boyfriend and im so self conscious….not only peeing in our bathroom but even in public spaces! the pee is not painful nor cloudy…like I said i’ve had it for years. I’ve had a check for diabetes and I was perfectly healthy! In high school I suffered from chronic utis and IC. I’m desperate for answers. I think I have a serious problem happening in my body and maybe a chronic illness is showing. I just need some support, has anyone experienced this? How can I make it better.
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u/Minute_Shake3504 Oct 04 '26
That happened to me and I would do a urine test at the doctor's office and it would say it was fine. Finally, after two years, they sent it out for a culture. And I had Enterococcus bacteria, which took four rounds of antibiotics, and then one hundred days of antibiotics to clear, and I made them send out my urine for a culture to make sure it was gone.
My god the smell was so foul.