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to be super puzzled why my elbow stinks

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 08/05/2019 20:57

what on earth...... I am clean. I am always clean. However for the past few days my right elbow (the crook of it) has been omitting a god awful stench. I can't wash it off. It is foul.

It smells like feet and rot and awfulness. There is no broken skin, it just looks like a normal elbow. WTF.

why is this happening? anyone got any ideas? soap isn't doing anything!

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PompeyBez · 09/05/2019 09:54

OP, if your hubby doesn't want to do the sniff test I may have to play the LTB card and tell you to give him the elbowGrin
Could it be from the inside of a spring jacket that has lingered in the cupboard over the winter?

ColdToesHere · 09/05/2019 09:42

Poor you SamSamSam.
SmellbowSam Grin
I want to sniff my elbows now, but the faff of rolling up my cardigan and shirt (and sitting at my desk) are stopping me.

bigKiteFlying · 09/05/2019 09:38

Could you not pop into a pharmacies and see if they can smell it and suggest something?

I'd try anti-fungal cream like athlete foot cream , then TCP or tea tree stuff then GP if that's not an option.

TheInvestigator · 09/05/2019 09:37

I would really be worried about something festering under the skin. If there is no obvious sign of anything on the skin but it still smells like a festering wound then you need to get underneath the skin checked!

juneau · 09/05/2019 09:34

The kind of smell you describe is usually caused by bacteria. I would honestly go and see your GP and if s/he is flumoxed ask for a referral to a dermatologist.

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 09/05/2019 09:31

And yes it is my right elbow and I am right handed #whatdoesitallmean 🤢

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 09/05/2019 09:30

Well. I had a shower this morning and it didn't stink.

Am now sitting outside work and........

IT FUCKING STINKS AGAIN!

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Thestral · 09/05/2019 09:28

If you find that your elbow doth stink
Then give it a wash in the sink
If the honk should remain
Ask the MN domain
Which gin to apply, do they think?

JaretsGirlfren · 09/05/2019 09:05

Please can you update op DP has got invested and wants to know if your elbow still smells.

DustyMaiden · 09/05/2019 08:57

Don’t be silly you can’t small your elbow, it is the crook of your arm. Just spray wilth soflora.

recrudescence · 09/05/2019 08:53

It’s one of the following:
Fungal infection
Necrotising fasciitis
Plague

[disclaimer: no medical training]

TitchyP · 09/05/2019 08:51

Crying at this thread. Hope it's back to be being a wellbow this morning.

BusterGonad · 09/05/2019 08:42

If you're right handed I bet it's your right elbow! And vice versa!

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 09/05/2019 08:05

This should go into classics

AudacityOfHope · 09/05/2019 08:04

Sorry @RevealTheLegend

Hope you're ok today!

justarandomtricycle · 09/05/2019 07:59

Can you go to smell your elbow, then smell something else with your head in that position, and in the same proximity?

A sinus infection could cause this as configuration of the soft tissue, air flow from your breath etc may pick out a pocket of unpleasantness.

RosemarysBush · 09/05/2019 07:56

Seaandsand “Bag handle!” sounds like some kind of childish insult😄. I second your theory though!
(Will be looking out for people elbow-checking today)

EffYouSeeKaye · 09/05/2019 07:51

.can we please make the elbow sniff the international secret handshake?

😂

Gave my elbow a sniff on waking this morning. That’s a first.

Wineandpyjamas · 09/05/2019 07:43

Oh, elbow sniffing
Definitely not whiffing
Totally spiffing!

Sorry Grin

Wineandpyjamas · 09/05/2019 07:38

This is fantastic OP - definitely one for Classics! How is Smellbow in the cold light of day?

Biancadelrioisback · 09/05/2019 07:19

If not...can we please make the elbow sniff the international secret handshake?

Biancadelrioisback · 09/05/2019 07:18

Is there some sort of international MN handshake or something? Tempted to just shout out "cancel the cheque" or something...

Iwantacookie · 09/05/2019 07:03

@bianca GrinGrin I'm crying at the idea of your outing a mumsnetter by smellbo Grin

Checked mine again this morning. Both smell of nothing now.

Biancadelrioisback · 09/05/2019 06:56

Is there a MNer on a train to Newcastle arriving at 8:29? There is a woman a few rows down and acros from me who has just sniffed her elbow.
If so, hi!

florence11 · 09/05/2019 04:35

My elbows don't smell of anything. Maybe I don't use enough soap Hmm

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