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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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Missingstreetlife · 10/05/2019 18:15

Tea tree is good antifungal antiseptic. If you lick back of your hand and let it air dry, that's what your breath smells like.
However, it may be small cyst under skin which is weeping imperceptibly. May resolve?

Sofagirl · 10/05/2019 18:11

I remember going through my childhood with red itchy sweat that came though the backs of my knees and on my inner arms at the crook of the elbow

It was all related to things I was eating and drinking (am allergic to milk) and my body was pushing it out as a toxin

Would it be related to something your ingesting?

Bad smells suggest something toxic or rotten. I know they say diseases and cancer can be ‘smelt’

Sorry don’t want to worry you!

Melroses · 10/05/2019 18:11

Surgical spirit kills most things.

FitMum87 · 10/05/2019 18:08

Placemarking as I am way to overly interested in smellbow

FelicisNox · 10/05/2019 18:03

Either you've carried something smelly that has rubbed off on you or you have a skin infection.... off to the GP with you!

Lillibee4 · 10/05/2019 18:01

The skin doesn’t have to be broken. Her GP should give her a solution to bathe in

Casiloco · 10/05/2019 18:00

My DS developed a really bad smell when he was about 4.

Various GPs suggested everything from avoiding garlic in his food to a "natural aroma" - it wasn't natural or aromatic!!

The only GP to actually examine him (eventually!) discovered a piece of a ham sandwich lodged inside his nose up at the bridge. He stuffed it there as an experiment.

Removed, smell banished.

Could it be something like this? Have you been storing food items inside your arm skin?

Sorry, I know not helpful!

GummyGoddess · 10/05/2019 17:53

@MrsBadcrumble123 Like this?

to be super puzzled why my elbow stinks
exWifebeginsat40 · 10/05/2019 17:52

you need to get a Magic Tree thingy from the garage strapped on there. i believe they come with a handy piece of elastic which should be perfect for attaching to your arm.

HollowTalk · 10/05/2019 17:51

What exactly would you swab, though? There's nothing wrong with her skin.

Dontsayyouloveme · 10/05/2019 17:50

I reckon it smells just like when you’ve taken earrings out (that you rarely wear) and then a day or two later the holes get a bit bunged up and crusty, so you rub the crust off and smell your fingers and it’s fucking horrific 🤮🤮🤮🤮!

Am I even close?

MrsBadcrumble123 · 10/05/2019 17:50

Ok...am I anatomically challenged as I cannot sniff my elbows?!! Is there a special postiton for this? Please send instructional diagrams!!

Lillibee4 · 10/05/2019 17:49

I would have swab for MRSA seriously

Lillibee4 · 10/05/2019 17:46

I would have a swab taken for MRSA

BBOA · 10/05/2019 17:42

This is why I follow mumsnet😂😂

MyVisionsComeFromSoup · 10/05/2019 15:13

my generic advice to hypochondriac DC is: big glass of water and an early night, paracetamol if it hurts. I'd be a bit flummoxed with a smellbow tbh.

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 10/05/2019 15:13

itscallednickingbentcoppers Maybe you're one of those people who can smell diseases like that woman who can smell Parkinson's.

And in my skim-reading haste I read that and my brain stored it as Pakistan. I was a several posts further on before I caught up with myself and wondered how the fuck "smelling Pakistan" was a thing.

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 10/05/2019 15:11

Sure it’s not your breath?

That comment made me think of this cartoon.

to be super puzzled why my elbow stinks
bigKiteFlying · 10/05/2019 14:49

I'd try Chartreuser suggestion and try an anti- perspirant if anti fungal cream doesn't work - would at least help rule out sweatiness.

GummyGoddess · 10/05/2019 14:38

Have you washed it with a bar of soap rather than shower gel?

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 10/05/2019 14:25

It can't simply can't be festering there's literally nothing there, even the TCP hives have gone.

Giggled at gorgonzola in my sleeve.

It has to be sweat related unfortunately because after every shower it smells fine then if I get hot or walk somewhere it stinks.

Got Canesten. Not doctor-bothering at this point. Will update when I have an updates.

DD smelt it this morning (she asked this time) and then said 'eeeeeeew it stinks of vinegar' and ran to the bathroom and fake-puked. She is very dramatic.

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Chartreuser · 10/05/2019 13:15

ERM trying a slightly different track have you tried deodorant in it? May not fix the cause but temp solve the problem at least????

Persifleur · 10/05/2019 13:07

Haven't rtft, but:
Thrush? Canesten cream.
Flowers

Innersmellbow · 10/05/2019 12:13

With a smellbow specialist on board custardy.

CustardySergeant · 10/05/2019 11:40

Coldandfrosty "Doctors OP."

Alternatively just dial 999 and yell SMELLBOW! and you'll hear the siren of the ambulance rushing to your aid within seconds.