I am suddenly smelling like ammonia after an hour of exercise. I've been told that I smell like ammonia after races longer than half Ironman but I couldn't smell it myself. About 3 months ago I started noticing it and now that I am on the trainer I smell so bad like ammonia during a 1 hour ride that it is almost like someone has popped a wakeup ampule in the room. My diet is unchanged. In fact I started eating a few extra carbs when this started and that had no affect.
At the same time I started experiencing large muscle pain that was not resolved with NSAIDS and did not go away with time off, so I went to my GP. She checked my CPK and noticed it was at 250. This was with a week of no exercise. She told me that explains the muscle pain and the ammonia smell but doesn't tell her what is actually wrong. She has sent me to a rheumatologist. I made the appointment but now I'm wondering if this is the right specialist. It looks like they do arthritis and I doubt if that is the problem. The pain is not generally in joints, it is all over, and it has suddenly come up.
Not looking for a diagnosis, just wondering if I'm going to the right specialist.
Thanks in advance
"...the street finds its own uses for things"
At the same time I started experiencing large muscle pain that was not resolved with NSAIDS and did not go away with time off, so I went to my GP. She checked my CPK and noticed it was at 250. This was with a week of no exercise. She told me that explains the muscle pain and the ammonia smell but doesn't tell her what is actually wrong. She has sent me to a rheumatologist. I made the appointment but now I'm wondering if this is the right specialist. It looks like they do arthritis and I doubt if that is the problem. The pain is not generally in joints, it is all over, and it has suddenly come up.
Not looking for a diagnosis, just wondering if I'm going to the right specialist.
Thanks in advance
"...the street finds its own uses for things"