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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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NicoAndTheNiners · 12/05/2019 13:25

I was reading something odd yesterday about transferring biomes from non BO people to people with BO to change the micro flora or something. So get a cotton bud and wipe it round your nice elbow and then rub the cotton bud on your stinky one. Repest for two weeks. Grin

TheLittleDogLaughed · 12/05/2019 13:20

Leatherface wins medical explanation of the thread with “if your eardrum has gone wrong.” 😂😂😂

LeatherFace · 12/05/2019 12:51

Re the Hibiscrub, it can get it on your brain through your ear if your ear drum has gone wrong! But agreed, slightly random warning IMHO.

Back to the elbow, does it still smell??

ShowMeTheKittens · 12/05/2019 12:39

You probably have candida. You need to go to the GP.

Sb74 · 12/05/2019 11:54

Is it coz you don’t know your arse from your elbow 😂 sorry couldn’t resist.

LittleLongDog · 12/05/2019 10:09

OP in all seriousness are you feeling well in every other way?

I know some people can detect illnesses through smell. Although what kind of illness you’d have just in your smellbow I don’t know.

You haven’t been rubbing any hibiscrub into your brain lately have you?

Lovestonap · 12/05/2019 09:51

You know when you read the first page of a thread and then skip to the last page and think "what the fuck?!" That.

EBearhug · 12/05/2019 09:39

I’d imagine that by the time you’d drilled a big enough hole in your skull to squirt a bit in, you’d probably have passed out.

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

TheLittleDogLaughed · 12/05/2019 09:24

innersmellbow in your own home? 😱

Innersmellbow · 12/05/2019 08:58

Therefore the risk is non-existent?

Unless you're undergoing brain surgery.....

TheLittleDogLaughed · 12/05/2019 07:18

But how would you get hibiscrib in contact with your brain? I’d imagine that by the time you’d drilled a big enough hole in your skull to squirt a bit in, you’d probably have passed out. Therefore the risk is non-existent?

MPForFlydaleNorth · 12/05/2019 06:03

@EBearhug it can increase the risk of meningitis, that's why you have to avoid getting hibiscrub in contact with your brain

Alicewond · 12/05/2019 03:43

Yep you have elbow “stinkiotos”. The only way to recover is to have two monks offer a morning prayer alongside a goat giving birth

EBearhug · 12/05/2019 03:37

I looked up Hibiscrub, being curious, and the product info on Boots website casually tells you not get it in contact with brain.

Does it make the brain fizz or something? Please can someone experiment tomorrow, in the interests of science, because I need to know now. And I don't have any hibiscrub to do it myself.

OddCat · 12/05/2019 02:32

I have a stinking cold and can't smell anything- am v worried in case I have a smellbow but don't know it!

MissLadyM · 12/05/2019 02:26

The inside of the elbow is the 'underbow'

DilliDingDillyDong · 12/05/2019 02:18

You are Marouane Fellaini and I claim my £5.

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 12/05/2019 01:25

Must be an animal thing as my cat's paws smell of biscuits too!

TheLittleDogLaughed · 12/05/2019 00:48

Jock elbow. Final diagnosis.

WhatNowRandy · 11/05/2019 23:42

I looked up Hibiscrub, being curious, and the product info on Boots website casually tells you not get it in contact with brain. Shock (I know it makes sense in hospital/surgery use, but still surprising... usually it's just "rinse if gets in your eyes")

Good luck with the smellbow, OP!

ferrier · 11/05/2019 23:35

I'm sure baths are better than showers for making sure belly buttons are clean ... no cotton buds needed Grin

ferrier · 11/05/2019 23:33

Just like the back of your knee is the back of your knee, the inside of your elbow can surely be called your inner elbow? That is the body part we are talking about here, yes?

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 11/05/2019 23:28

Back of ear: no stink but faint smell of hair oil

Belly button : no smell at all

Back of knee ; no smell

Elbow: vinegar city

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sunshinestanley · 11/05/2019 22:57

😂 I never imagined my belly button would require specialist cleaning. This thread has been truly eye-opening!!

Bloodylegoeverywhere · 11/05/2019 22:49

I got this thread in an email so had to come and read. I will smell my elbows in a moment but have a hoodie on. 🙄 love the thread though....
I'd ask a pharmacy person and get them to smell it!!

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