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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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Baloonphobia · 10/05/2019 00:34

According to my mother, there is practically no medical emergency that cannot be solved by sudocreme.

Coldandfrosty · 10/05/2019 00:21

Doctors OP.

BringmeGin · 10/05/2019 00:17

An infected sweat gland maybe??? 🤷‍♀️. You have to go to a Dr OP!! I need to know!!!!!! (Mine smell fine btw! Sorry!)

ThePerturbedPenguin · 09/05/2019 22:41

You need to go to a GP and I need to know what this is!!! Any GPs on MN?!

Heaviestdirtyestsoul · 09/05/2019 22:34

I'm a bit sad that my huge boobs and flobby side boobs stop me sniffing my own elbows.

JaneJeffer · 09/05/2019 22:31

Sudo cream is shite
You would be done for treason in Ireland for making that statement.

Wolfcubisthefemalenominal · 09/05/2019 22:28

I have eczema, sudocrem is shit for eczema, and it smells, and it’s greasy, and it gets in bloody everything

BusterGonad · 09/05/2019 22:19

WhatOnPlanetEarth agreed, its goddamn awful stuff, and it's always recommended on here for eczema, I mean, do the posters recommending it actually have eczema? At a push Vaseline is better and that's pretty shit too! 😂

WhatOnPlanetEarth · 09/05/2019 22:15

Twice I’ve seen sudocrem advised on MN today

That shit isn’t even worth putting on a baby’s bum , come on MN!

gromberry · 09/05/2019 22:15

It took me 2 hours to get my DD to sleep tonight, and I very nearly woke her up just now laughing at smellbow

Good luck OP, I'd say if canestan doesn't work I would definitely be going to the gp and making sure I didn't wash it beforehand, so the doc gets the full force smellbow and doesn't think you are just being weird

BusterGonad · 09/05/2019 22:13

The right elbow right handed thing is because that's the one you use the most, after a weekend of painting my kitchen I had a fungal thing going on under my right armpit.
Don't listen to anyone suggesting any thing other than fungal creams, TCP won't help, bleach won't help and sodding Sudo cream is shite. Get some daktarin cream asap and start applying it to clean dry skin.

TurkishSilkRug · 09/05/2019 21:43

I had a fungal infection on my sternum - I thought I was allergic to nickel in my bra underwires. I used athletes foot cream - weirdly the powder wouldn’t work. But it worked quickly and you can just get it from boots.

juliej00ls · 09/05/2019 21:41

Go to the doctors

Hohofortherobbers · 09/05/2019 21:33

If it is your sweat then try a good strong anti perspirant, like mitchum. I only have one armpit that smells, the right one, am I wierd? My left armpit literally cannot develop bo

LucyAutumn · 09/05/2019 21:25

How's the smellbow going OP? Did you manage to pick up some canesten?

Figure8 · 09/05/2019 21:00

Poor Smellbow.

I think we'll miss it when it's gone.
Sad

LordPickle · 09/05/2019 19:32

This thread is fascinating. I've never heard of smellbow but I'm quite interested to know the outcome. I hope you find a cure OP.

TheInvestigator · 09/05/2019 19:22

Have you made a doctor's appointment? Skin doesn't just stink like that. And you've been quote clear in saying that there is no redness or irritation or rash or any obvious sign of anything so it's not fungal or bacterial on the surface. A cream isn't going to do anything. It's under the skin.

MrsMozartMkII · 09/05/2019 19:20

If it's smelling that bad I'd be getting it to a chemist or doc soonest.

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samsamsamsamsamsam · 09/05/2019 18:57

Update: Got DD to sniff it. She pulled a 'gagging' face. So it's not just me.

I do know my arse from my elbow and it is most definitely my elbow only.

It's not my nose, my breath or my bum.

It's smelling through the tcp now. So I'll get canesten in a min on way home.

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HelmutFrontbut · 09/05/2019 18:31

Is it definitely your elbow that smells? Just checking you know your arse from your elbow OP? Grin

gilchrist168 · 09/05/2019 17:43

In an attempt to educate myself more thoroughly on all things Smellbow (purely out of scientific interest), I borrowed the youngster's laptop.

Your current Bing SafeSearch setting filters out results that might return adult content. To view those results as well, change your SafeSearch setting. Hmm

Frantically deleting my search history for fear of Smellbowgate.

SecretWitch · 09/05/2019 17:22

Did you know if you can kiss your elbow, you are supposed to be of the fairies?

CoraPirbright · 09/05/2019 15:39

How about trying a little daktarin on the area....if people reckon its fungal?

onalongsabbatical · 09/05/2019 15:25

How about SmarseFromSmellbow as a name? Anyone? Personally, I can't be smarsed to namechange.

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