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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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Kithulu · 10/05/2019 20:29

Go to a doctor. Somthing is not right

JaneJeffer · 10/05/2019 20:11

There's an AMA Pharmacist maybe you could ask them?

thesnapandfartisinfallible · 10/05/2019 19:59

Have you licked it? Does it TASTE like something festering?

Do you carry a handbag in the crook of your arm?

RedRiverShore · 10/05/2019 19:58

Have you got a pet dog, you could see if it heads to your elbow, animals can sometimes sniff out suspect parts of the body, don’t they sometimes find cancers before people know

youarenotkiddingme · 10/05/2019 19:42

My elbows smell fine.

However having had to wait 4 minutes for my hand to dry - despite the fact my breath is fine I'm worried my tongue is a bit too wet Blush

youarenotkiddingme · 10/05/2019 19:40

I bloody love MN at times Grin

BarbarianMum · 10/05/2019 19:34

If you don't want to see a GP at this point, take it to a pharmacist and see what they say.

TheLittleDogLaughed · 10/05/2019 19:32

Jock itch but in the elbow crease? Sorry if already been mentioned.

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 ...

WhyNotMe40 · 10/05/2019 19:29

Having now sniffed my elbows plus a friend's today (that was a weird conversation) I am intrigued why one elbow smells of biscuits and one doesn't smell at all. For both me and my friend....

Julieannewilson6 · 10/05/2019 19:10

It sounds like perspiration. Sweating which in turn can be something like athletes foot but on the arm......

Dillydallyer · 10/05/2019 19:03

Ok so I just tried to sniff my elbow in front of my Dad. Then licked my hand. He asked what drugs I’ve been taking today (then sniffed his own elbow - which smells of Skips as my daughter was sat on his knee eating them!).

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 10/05/2019 19:00

samsamsamsamsamsam I wonder if you are coming down with a cold/flu?
My DC start to smell vinegary when they are coming down with a bad cold/flu. However I assure you that they smell nice at all other times.
Sometimes other people smell vinegary to me when they're about to get the flu too.
Funny about the Parkinson's smell. My late Uncle had it & when you got up close he had a faint candle/crayon wax smell. Unless it was just him?

QOD · 10/05/2019 18:53

My boobs are too big for me to get my nose close enough

Marlboroandmalbec34 · 10/05/2019 18:50

Oh crap I just licked my hand 😂

LittleLongDog · 10/05/2019 18:41

@MrsBadcrumble123 are you trying to sniff the inside or outside of your elbow?

OP is talking about the inside (crook?) which you should be able to smell. But the pointy outside is unlickable so probably also I smellable...

wineandsunshine · 10/05/2019 18:36

Me too! Just LOL at the whole thread!

flowergrrl77 · 10/05/2019 18:32

Yea.. I am late to the show... but I just wanna know the reason!!

DeadDoorpost · 10/05/2019 18:31

@Dontsayyouloveme I know what you mean! It's awful.

My elbows smell of skin? I can't really smell anything atm though with a half blocked nose.

LakieLady · 10/05/2019 18:24

Do you think there might be a market for deodorant specially targeted at smellbows and stinknees?

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 10/05/2019 18:21

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

LakieLady · 10/05/2019 18:19

I've just hurt my back trying to smell the back of my knee.

IHaveAnOutie · 10/05/2019 18:17

Great. Now we're all licking the back of our hands, as well as sniffing our smellbows!

SmellbowStrikes · 10/05/2019 18:17

Elbowlene,
Elbowlene,
Elbowlene,
Elbowlene...
I'm begging of you, please don't take my plan...

Missingstreetlife · 10/05/2019 18:16

Unlikely place for cancer

Brocks1981 · 10/05/2019 18:16

I would recommend Doctors, there may not be anything worrying but I had a similar problem in my right knee, it smelt like smelly cheese. But I ignored it until I began getting rednesd n pain n swelling, I ended up in hospital with a septic knee joint, it didnt seem to me like I had broken skin but the doctor said it can start from a pin prick. Defo qorth getting it checked, antibiotics can sort it early, but I only just caught mine before I lost my leg so i would nwvwr chance it now. Smells like thst could be a dign of infection or Gangrene.

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