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Original poster

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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Ragglesnaggle · 13/05/2019 12:18

This has made me so happy.

theemmadilemma · 13/05/2019 12:17

Oh not the end of smellbow. What we will do now?

PurpleCrazyHorse · 13/05/2019 11:59

Have I just sat here and read an 18 page thread about smelly elbows that started last Wednesday? Grin

Bignosenobum · 13/05/2019 11:38

Thanks am now paranoid. Keep sniffing elbows. Grin

LakieLady · 13/05/2019 11:34

Great news, sam.

Now tell us how you got thrush of the elbow... Wink

Original poster
samsamsamsamsamsam · 13/05/2019 11:26

Oh my my my the canesten is working!

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Illbeagransoon · 13/05/2019 10:30

love 'underbow'!

Marlboroandmalbec34 · 13/05/2019 07:25

Someone else could be doing the trepanning. It's not just a DIY risk.

Do love these threads 😂

Skinny1969 · 13/05/2019 01:38

Sorry fuck that take it off with a rusty saw

Enidthecat · 13/05/2019 01:29

@theinvestigator this is what occurred to me after trying to sniff the other side! It's been a long day and I'm 37 weeks pregnant..

nakedscientist · 12/05/2019 23:24

Vinegar = acetic acid= yeast infection so canestan should do

TheInvestigator · 12/05/2019 23:01

@Enidthecat

Why are you turning your arm the opposite way?

It's not the elbow she's talking about, it's the crease in your arm. The bit that creases when you bend your elbow, on the inside of you arm. Not the outside. You just need to bend your arm across your face and the crease will be at your noise.

Bluebobolink · 12/05/2019 22:56

OP i know it seems like a minute thing to bother your GP with but I'd get it checked out, I'm prone to cellulitis in my leg (infections under the skin that become very hot and inflamed then pus-y) and that kind of thing needs to be caught as soon as possible. It may be something and nothing but if its something infectious starting you're as well to catch it as soon as you can - I can always smell ear infections starting so you might just be super-sensitive.

Enidthecat · 12/05/2019 20:01

This thread has been popping up regularly and I cba to read it as I didn't think it would be funny.

How wrong I was! I've also just sat here trying to sniff my elbow and thinking how come everyone else can and I can't reach mine, until I realised you have to turn your arm the opposite way. Ffs. Blush

LabradorMama · 12/05/2019 19:56

@ferrier ‘fraid not, I don’t have a shower in my house but have daily baths. Still need my cotton buds Grin

EggWrap · 12/05/2019 19:48

🎵If you've got smelly elbows,
I feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but smellbows ain't one🎶

Drops mike. Smells elbow. Smiles and nods at the fresh scent.

TheLittleDogLaughed · 12/05/2019 19:45

Or in OP’s case the cheesy cubiteal fossa fold.

user1498572889 · 12/05/2019 19:34

Smellbow 😂😂

powkin · 12/05/2019 19:31

@NicoAndTheNiners thank you! Now I know!

Pashazade · 12/05/2019 17:21

This thread is wonderful. I'm getting some very weird looks from DH as I'm giggling away. Might succumb to sniffing my elbows later......

TheLittleDogLaughed · 12/05/2019 15:43

Amputate.

Alizzle · 12/05/2019 13:37

OP, does it still smell?

shedid · 12/05/2019 13:30

Sounds like Candida.
That's exactly what it smells like

NicoAndTheNiners · 12/05/2019 13:29

And elbow pits are cubiteal fossa.

NicoAndTheNiners · 12/05/2019 13:28

Your knee pit is a popliteal fossa btw.

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