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Q: Embarassing smell from anus.
asked by: loctrex on December 4th, 2007
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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.
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Ohana
replied on December 10th, 2007
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Have you chatted to your doc about the symptoms? it may be IBS related, not that I am an expert or even a sensitvity ot food etc.
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Sonias
replied on April 28th, 2008
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wash the anus with soap and water after unrinating. just wiping never cleans.
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mominashoe
replied on April 28th, 2008
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You can dry using a pre-moistened flushable wipe. Make sure you don't get constipated by keeping lots of water and fiber in your diet....it sounds like you don't get enough fiber.
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english_dany
replied on November 14th, 2009
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You are not alone mate, The Things you are said is exactly i am going through as well , The only problem is i can't smell it . but other people make fun of me and passing comments , its really bad i can't go in close space like shops and so because the smell is with me all the time, I am trying to be clean as much as i can but i can't do any thing about this smell . i think you got the same problem as i got , The Anus feel like a little bit big because the tissue goes in there i am just a tip and it always come out dirty. I been to doctor and my doc says there is nothing. but i think i can't convence him that there is a problem because he doesnt know about the problem probably .
Any way . it seems like i have to live with this smell now rest of my life. i am keep trying to get rid of it . but nothing works till now . . lets hope for a good . Please share if you find any good solution of this problem .
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