The whole mobile house started smelling very bad about 6 weeks ago. I had a friend go into the crawlspace to check it out and he reported back with news that there is allot of standing sewer water under there from a "tweaked" pipe. It started about 5 months ago but became almost unbearable recently. I have had upset stomach, dizziness and can't stay awake during the day. I have fallen asleep while sitting and standing up and have to sleep around 10 to 16 hours every day total day and night. All this isn't normal for me. Should I pay several hundred dollars for a plumber or invest the money into doctors to find the problem? It may sound stupid but for me... This is a dilemma.
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Sewer gas & the raw sewage itself can be extremely toxic. Not to freak you out, but you should get that issue resolved- get estimates from plumbers who specialize in digging drains & downspouts and then choose the least expensive of the options. If you resolve the issue of the sewage, you eliminate the health issue as well.
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How weird, my mom just had this, and I had never heard about it before that. All the above is correct, but I just wanted to add that you ought to get it treated soon and change your diet around accordingly. My mom almost died from it, which is unheard of, and she ended up having a foot of intestine being taken out. Watch out! It can get pretty damn serious.
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Please read this all the way through, my heart is with you. I have two boys 10 and 6 that did the same thing (flushing). Charging 10 cents every time I found the bowl full stopped my problem. But your daughter seems like she has hit rebellion already. My 6 year old became very sore and he learned his lesson at 4 about wiping. But with your daughter "dirty down there" is not going to work. She's 10 not 4, don't patronize her, think back to when you were 10. Let's face it we were all picking up info from friends about sex. You 3 parents have to get together as a group and realize she is not a child she is a young lady/woman. Lectures and threats are not going to work anymore. She needs to start making her own decisions, educated decisions. Talk to a gynecologist get facts about what could happen if she doesn't clean up her act. Pictures if necessary, of what these diseases can do to her body. She could pick up staf infection just to name one, and wind up in the hospital. (My husband being a fire fighter had a call at one time about a woman with an upset stomach. She wasn't a wiper either her whole body smelt of crap. When they got her to the hospital because no one wanted to check between her legs (which was where the real discomfort was) they found her vagina was infested, stuffed with maggots.)Please do everything in your power to educate her in a way that will help her to help herself make the right choices. Also is she happy with herself, looks, school, and friends. These are all very important to her right now. If she doesn't have it yet soon she will be starting her cycle. You think you have problems now, wait. This is the summer of change for your family. Make it that way, help her, she needs you all just to hear her, and realize she is not a little girl, or even a big girl, she is a young lady/woman. A new hair style, a light colored eyeshadow if not wearing makeup, a few new clothes, you might want to rethink the panty thing. Is she wearing panties that make her feel like a young lady/woman, or is she wearing widebottomed, widesided diaperwear. Help her to feel different about herself. Chin up, no one ever said this parent thing was easy, but think of the good times, keep an open mind, and email me if you need to. We have all been there in one way or another.
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If it's been a week you should probably go to the doctor. It's something you shouldn't let go. You actually should go to the emergency room; if it is infection it could be really bad by the time you can see the doc on Monday. Better safe than sorry because it could make you very sick.  You're paying the price right now by beating yourself up over it.  Take a big deep breath, forgive yourself and don't worry about what others could be thinking about you.  And I'm going out on the Jesus limb right now but He will forgive you, you can forgive yourself and you'll get on with your life and do good things.  I'm not saying you will forget about it and never think about it again but you can get out there and do some positive things with your life and it will be better.  Time and forgiveness is a good healer.  I'll pray for you tonight but you do need to get to the doctor to be sure you don't have an infection!!!!!!
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well, my mother has had one neighbor like that before I was even born.  This neighbor has about an acre of land in front of my mom's house, and a half acre beside my mom's house.  He has had a pig farm in the front before (we are talking a single lane road here), he has had horses and donkeys in that same place as well.  The stench gets unbearable, and when it rains, there is often liquid feces running through my mother's yard.  I have called animal control about the situation, the animals remain.  There have been times that he has had other farm animals in the same space as well that have died and laid for days before he buried them.  I have called the solid waste management team of our county-they fine him, he moves the animals for about six months and then moves them right back again.\n\nWhy a person like this even desires to have animals is beyond me-it takes a responsible caregiver to maintain such animals properly.  All I can figure out is that he is trying to force my mom into selling her home and land to him.\n\nShe has specifically stated to all of us (my brothers and sisters) that upon her death, DO NOT sell the house and land to that man no matter what.\n\nI don't know why people are like they are...it makes no sense to me.
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I used to live on the streets for 8 months because of a drug addiction problem. I slept sitting upright in a bus terminal on most nights [I was 5-months-pregnant at the time]. There was a janitor that came in every day at 5:00AM, and if he found me asleep, he used a high-pressure water hose [like the ones firemen use] to chase me away. One day, I took some blood from another addict's vein who was infected with HIV, Hepatitis B & C [I was only infected with Hep. C]; paid the guy a couple of dollars to let me take the blood from him. I mixed the blood with water in a syringe to prevent it from coagulating, and kept it in my pant's pocket. I waited for the janitor to show up for work; as he was sitting with his back to me sipping a cup of coffee, I surreptitiously walked until I was right behind him, stuck the needle in his upper arm and injected him with the infected blood. When he realized what had happened, he started weeping like a baby. I told him "just a little token to remember me by to the end of your life". He had a nerve attack, and even peed in his pants. To this day, I've never seen him again; one of his coworkers told me that he quit his job and was in a deep depression. I hope that taught him not to abuse the disadvantaged of this world. On my part, I went to rehab, enrolled in college, got a bachelor's and a master's degrees in Nursing, and have never touched drugs again.
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Definitely clean it- try this... wiggle your finger around in your belly button for a few seconds then smell it. If you're a button cleaner it won't smell, but if you're not then you've just smelt summat rancid yeah? When you're in the shower clean it with a facecloth, simple!
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Financial wasn't a big deal really.  We don't fight about that.  What we fight about is that he is a total slob and I'm constantly picking up his shi* off the floor.....it makes me absolutely crazy.  He stinks up the bathroom.....he releases gas from every orifice....ugh!  it's just gross!  Had I known he would get "that" comfortable, I probably would have reconsidered everything.
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You need to get yourself either to an ER or to a doctor and quick.\nThe drainage from the ears is what has me concerned.  Of course so do the other symptoms.  \nYou need to be on an antibiotic and you will only get that from the doc.\nIt may be something really serious like a staph infection, or it may lead to that.  Believe me, you don't want that.\nIt may be an infection in you spinal cord like or similar to meningitis.  So please, get to the doctor.
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True Story! Have it checked out if you think there is any in your home. I know some people who were severely ill from it.
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I would say get out of there as fast as you can! Leave and go find a different place to stay! My prayers are with you, Please be safe! Cuidado!
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The humidity/heat make breathing difficult, but also if you are on city water, alot of chemicals are added to kill bacteria and diseases in the water-these chemicals tend to cling to moisture like vapour particles which you then breathe in.  Maybe it was all a bit much for you- or you are developing a sensitivity-we are bombarded with toxins in the air 24/7.  Mention it next time you are at the doctors, go to the hospital if it happens and doesn't subside.
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If this is a serious problem for you, why on earth would you ask on this site?  Would you really follow advice from someone like me.  I know me and I wouldn't.  \n\nIf you are not happy with your doctor's advice (or lack thereof) get a second, third or even fourth opinion.  You can also try www.nih.gov and check out germane clinical studies.  But don't try to self-diagnose.\n\nIt is entirely possible that, due to the chronic overuse of antibiotics over the past 50 years, you have been infected by a bacteria that has become immune to antibiotics, in which case, there is little your local doctor is going to be able to do for you.  If there is one in your area, go to a teaching hospital.  If there is not, take the trip.  And make sure you are seen by a specialist in infectious diseases.\n\nHopefully you are smart enough to know to ignore the answers you will undoubtedly get that advise you to pray for a cure, or to give up because you are being punished by God.\n\nOr, do what my grandmother did.  Run around your front yard naked three times at 2:00 a.m. during the full moon while swinging a 3 week dead, unplucked chicken (yeah, it's fowl) over your head and chanting "Boil, boil, toil and trouble - I don't want to lance this bubble"  It might or might not help, but you'll meet your neighbors, and maybe your local police.  Grams married a really cute detective.\n\nGood luck.  (And don't eat the chicken)
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Superstitious people associate the odor of sulfur with demons or evil spirits because of biblical references to "fire and brimstone".  Brimstone is an archaic word for sulfur.  \n\nMore likely, the sulfur smell in your home could indicate a sewage or ventilation problem.  Has any of this "activity" involved the plumbing in your home (especially the septic system)?  Have you had your radiator/ air conditioner/ duct-work cleaned recently?  Do you have natural gas in your home?  Has the gas system been pressure tested recently?  Do you own a home gas detector or carbon monoxide detector?  Also, rotting fat puts off a smell that's very similar to sulfur.  It's possible that a mouse or other small animal has died inside the walls or attic.  It's not a smell you'd recognize if you've never experienced it.\n\nIn short, a sulfur smell can mean real problems in your home.  Looking for mystical explanations wastes time that you could be using to fix problems before they get worse.  If you're not familiar with home repair, call a house inspector or contractor to give your home a going-over and find the source of that smell.
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I would be sure to be seen by a doctor... \n\nBacteria can get in there and you can have a bladder infection or UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) that causes odor.  \n\nIt never hurts to be checked out when you are concerned and I have learned that people REALLY know when to be seen.. so trust your gut!  \n\nIf you cannot afford it - go to your local health department or even Planned Parenthood, it is their job to figure out what it is, even if it is a UTI and not an STD or birth control related thing.  \n\nAs a side note, infections smell - and that is a really good sign that you have one, and they smell very foul.  Good Luck!
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Hiya\n\nI just came across this page while I was googling to see what coverage there's been of toilet phobia. I've been involved in the media campaign run by the phobics society this week and wanted to see people's reactions. I suffer from a toilet phobia (my phobia is that I will poo myself if I don't get to a loo on time because I have irritable bowel syndrome and often have upset stomach) and any of you wanting to get support with similar issues please either contact the national phobics society or the uk online toilet phobia group (search yahoo groups). It's a massive issue but you can get help! Tanya :-)
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Have you tried the Police?  This sounds like an invasion of your privacy, or possibly just plain old harrassment, especially if you have told him that it bothers you.  Does your town have a Mosquito Abatement Program?  If so, call them.  It could be classified as TOXIC WASTE, especially if it is from a washing machine, sink drain or toilet.  You need documentation, so you also call your utility company to have someone come out to assess the situation.  Call the water company, the electric company & just tell them that there is a leak & you are concerned for the safety of your family.  Be specific.  If the water is crossing over are around any electrical outlet, appliance or anything that is electrical in nature, then call it in to the emergency repair dept. of your electric company.  Call the Fire Department if you have to, because this is wasted water, as far as you know!  What about your city council, zoning, building code department?  This is a building code violation & should be looked into.  If no one wants to help you , then go to your city newspaper & they may have some ideas.  Still, if no one is doing anything, go to your State & Federal Offices & report your City for not doing their job.  I would start with the Police, before it gets ugly.  This is serious & they should start your paper work by making a report for your protection, in case the neighbor goes after you.  You can have him/her arrested.  What about a citizens arrest for tresspassing?  Afterall, it is THEIR water on YOUR property.  Talk to the Watch Commander at your local Police Dept.