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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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GlassSuppers · 11/05/2019 22:46

I'm place marking. This is hilarious Grin

LabradorMama · 11/05/2019 22:22

@sunshinestanley in other news, you need to clean your belly button Grin damp cotton bud and a bit of soap

LabradorMama · 11/05/2019 22:21

@sunshinestanley my dogs’ paws all smell of digestives

sunshinestanley · 11/05/2019 22:20

Neither of my elbows smell, both the hand lick and the ear ridge tests were clear but my belly button is faintly cheesy. What does this mean?!

In other news, my dog's paws smell of popcorn.

powkin · 11/05/2019 19:37

I would never call my arm crease my elbow, or ‘inner elbow’ it is blowing my mind that other people would refer to it that way. I guess elbow crease makes sense, but for my whole life this part of my body has always been one of those bits with no name!

When looking for a baby sling the lady demonstrating them had a heavy French accent and kept saying “Nippit” over and over. Took me two hours to realise she was saying “knee pit” - another area that was simply called ‘the back of my knee’

Coldandfrosty · 11/05/2019 19:30

@allergy55 that's what I thought too but was worried I would sound like I was being dramatic!

Allergy55 · 11/05/2019 19:28

Did you know that some people can smell illnesses before they are diagnosed. Even though it sounds a bit bizarre you really should see your doc.

LimeKiwi · 11/05/2019 18:48

Who else has just sniffed their elbow??!!

Me Blush Grin

oh and smellbow has me in stitches lol

Rache49 · 11/05/2019 18:38

I love the "Haphazard with Moisturising!!"

Rache49 · 11/05/2019 18:34

It's a strange place to have an awful smell. I hope you sort the mystery out. Very strange 😢

3luckystars · 11/05/2019 18:15

WE ALL HAVE.

(and asked someone else to do it)

icanbewhatiwant · 11/05/2019 18:06

How many others reading this thread have had a smell of their elbow? (Sorry is someone already asked this. I have not read all)

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 11/05/2019 17:46

I don't play the fiddle, no. But this is my phone hand.

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 11/05/2019 17:43

Tim Berners Lee is my hero (tech job) So I am glad I am his raison d'etre.

Canesten ok so far. Can only smell that. Feels weird putting it on a clear elbow.

No ham in my nose. (I think)

That Jock itch story nearly made me gag ha ha!

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TheLittleDogLaughed · 11/05/2019 17:28

3luckystars are you suggesting OP has the lesser known condition, musician's elbow?

accendo · 11/05/2019 15:46

Do you crook it under you to rest your head on your hand while you sleep? If so it's probably drool/morning breath!

3luckystars · 11/05/2019 15:39

Do you play the fiddle?

Shockers · 11/05/2019 15:17

Mine both smell of warm honey and hot skin.

Probably because I have honey and oat moisturiser on my arms and I’ve been out in the garden.

Go to the pharmacy and ask someone to have a sniff.

EZA15 · 11/05/2019 14:38

Dh had jock itch once and it was grim. I vomited when I smelt his crotch. That's not a sentence you're ever going to see in Mills & Boon ...

This is one of the best sentences I’ve ever read!

Weenurse · 11/05/2019 07:23

👀🍷🍿

kidsmakesomuchwashing · 11/05/2019 06:45

Is it your texting / phone using arm? I didn't get a smelly elbow but I got a small patch of Ezcema just on inside of one elbow. Realised it was the arm I text with so arm usually bent - so probably more sweaty / warm than the other side. Soon as I stopped texting etc it went.

Dillydallyalltheway · 11/05/2019 06:37

Great thanks samsamsamsamsamsam now my hubby is sitting staring at me like I’m some kind of idiot smelling my elbow Smile Smile it’s to early on a Saturday morning to Be doing this.
Btw, mine smells fine, which doesn’t help you I know.

moreismore · 11/05/2019 06:25

You need today’s Times! Article in the magazine.

OrangeSunsets · 11/05/2019 01:40

I had this! Except it was my left arm pit. Absolutely vile. No marks, no abrasions, not treated differently! It went after a few days. Bloody weird and vile! ‘‘Twas a fair few years ago but the smell stays as a strong memory. My DH suggested carbolic soap Hmm
It vanished before I had a chance...

EBearhug · 11/05/2019 00:29

This is exactly what Tim Berners-Lee hoped for when he invented the internet.

He invented the worldwide web, not the internet, but other than that pedantic detail, your point stands.

My money's on some sort of subcutaneous infection. I'd book a doctor's appt now, then see a pharmacist, and if the various cures of soap/hibiscrub/surgical spirit/Dettol bath/sudocreme/deodorant/Daktarin/Canestan/moonlit sacrifice and so on don't work, you'll have probably reached the time of the appointment, even if it's weeks ahead. And if it has gone before then, you can cancel the appointment.

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