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to be super puzzled why my elbow stinks

462 replies

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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PatricksRum · 09/05/2019 04:06

Classics

Decormad38 · 09/05/2019 03:19

Elbows sniff test undertaken. Thankfully I’m not joining the smellbow club just yet.
Canesten needed I reckon.

BusterGonad · 09/05/2019 03:14

Definitely a fungus infection.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 09/05/2019 03:14

Very strange! Glad it now smells like gin, although I fear this may wear off and your elbow return to ming-city again.

Might be worth getting an anti-fungal cream and putting some of that on your elbow ANYway - I once had thrush in my boob but there were no outward signs of it, just deep stabbing pain while breastfeeding. The baby had no oral thrush either, it was very weird - but dosing with canesten got rid of it!

Aquamarine1029 · 09/05/2019 02:52

MINGING ELBOW

I'm dying!

LunchBoxPolice · 09/05/2019 02:45

Pregnant? I was convinced my right shoulder smelt back when I was pregnant.) (It didn't, I had a few people check)

SandAndSea · 09/05/2019 02:33

I'm calling bag handle.

(Mine smell normal.)

AmeriAnn · 09/05/2019 02:26

My cure for anything odd and smelly is a rub down of 90% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol. Kills bacteria. Not around my bum though, that would sting.

BossyPurples · 09/05/2019 02:05

2am and I'm reading the thread, and trying to laugh silently. Dh wakes up to catch me sniffing my elbows, can hear him whispering "there there like back down" trying to gently pull me back dow .

He thought I was still asleep and gearing up to start my sleepwalking that I sometimes do. He got the shock of his life when I burst out laughing.

He's saying "what kind of tit sniffs their elbows at 2 fucking am" 😂😂

DoctorDread · 09/05/2019 01:51

Glorious thread.

Smellbow!
😂

Boffing · 09/05/2019 01:38

So glad everyone is enjoying the biscuit experience GrinBiscuit

1forAll74 · 09/05/2019 01:37

Its.called elbowitis. but sadly there is no cure for it as yet !! But try germolene, I put that on everything that's causing concern!!

Angie169 · 09/05/2019 01:26

greathat
I'd like to see someone smelling the backs of their own knees. Sounds like a spectator sport

this really made me laugh Grin

Macandcheese05 · 09/05/2019 01:26

Sure it’s not your breath?

childish but this really made me laugh

CheshireChat · 09/05/2019 01:17

I smelled my elbow and managed to smell the back of my knees as well, though my boobs got in the way- happy to report I smell of Moroccan body oil Smile.

BagofTeeth · 09/05/2019 01:14

I'm rather disappointed that my elbows actually smell of nothing. Thankfully they're not smellbows but they don't smell like my perfume or body wash or anything, and I definitely washed my entire arms in the shower this morning. DH somehow hasn't noticed that I'm sitting at the other end of the sofa audibly sniffing my elbows though so I'm not sure how long it'll take him to notice.

EBearhug · 09/05/2019 01:04

the correct term for the inside of your elbow is the anti-cubital fossa.

Fossa means ditch, which could explain the smell.

JaneJeffer · 09/05/2019 00:58

Have you been using elbow grease?

weaseley · 09/05/2019 00:55

winewolfhowls Wed 08-May-19 23:08:32
Woe woe
The smell of boe
No no
It will not go
Oh oh
Vain Hellboe

This. Is. Gold.

Calloway · 09/05/2019 00:23

Maybe it's a case for the School of Tropical Medicine...

SeaToSki · 09/05/2019 00:20

Do you have any small bumps /nodules/cysts under the skin? Sometimes a hair follicle can get blocked, gunk builds up inside and then can leak out when it gets over full. It smells exactly as you are describing. If so, a visit to the GP for proper evacuation and cleansing will sort it out. Home remedies just fix it temporarily as they have a habit of repeat offending if not dealt with properly.

Coldandfrosty · 09/05/2019 00:19

Yes to dog test

DishingOutDone · 09/05/2019 00:13

Can anyone else now see a gin advert on the r/h side? Apparently its called Silent Pool. The 'L' is silent ...

Peachesandcream14 · 09/05/2019 00:09

Grin this is too good

lazymare · 09/05/2019 00:02

Ooh or do exactly what you did and bathe in gin 🍸