For the past 5 years I've dealt with an odor coming from my anal area. It smells like poop or a fart. There is nothing that I can do to control it either. I've had this problem all throughout high school and into college. And I know for a fact by the whispers around me that this problem isn't some hallucination.

I notice it the most when I'm indoors especially if it is room temperature or warmer. I also have a sweating problem in my anus. Sometimes it even sweats when the rest of my body is freezing. It doesn't take long for the sweat and odors to kick in once I start exercising. In fact, I stopped exercising completely because I'm afraid people will smell it when I'm in the gym.

I've tried all the little common remedies: creams, powders, changing my diet, etc....And none of it has helped at all. I don't have any pains, itchiness, bleeding, or any other symptoms.

I also have a problem wiping myself after a bowel movement. It's hard to explain but, after wiping the normal areas of my butt, I have to stick the toilet paper on the tip of my finger and force it as far into my buttox as I can reach. And I repeat this process several times until it is clean. This often wastes a lot of toilet paper and can be very time consuming. I suspect this is related to the odors coming from my anus. Maybe I can't reach far enough up my buttox to wipe all the leftover residue. (Just a theory)

I'm not sure if anyone else has had these problems or what. But, it definitely puts a damper on life.