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persistent odor in rectal area even after bathing.Anyone have this and find an answer??

Hi. this is so embarrasing but I saw a post from yrs back on this site about people who were having problems with fecal odor even after bathing. Unfortunatlely noone really seemed to find answers to this problem although it feels a little better reading that others have had this problem although sometimes even that doesnt seem real. Anyway back to th issue I have this persistent fecal odor that is present even after showering and I do not have poor hygiene habits. this started a few yrs. back and before I had no problems with this  at all. I first started with frequent bowel mvts. like 6 to 7 times a day did have sever stomach pain for awhile and went to emergency room for it one day because of the pain they did colonoscopy and only said they found lots of gas and hemmorroids. I still seem to have to have bowel mvts. alot although not usually as much as I did in beginning but still atleast 3-4 times a day. stool is flat and will at times have mucus in it. sometimes loose and sometimes not but probly more loose than anything but almost always flat. This odor problem has caused me to seclude myself and I have no job because of it I graduated with a degree in Occupational therapy but people will not hire me I get calls from agencies that are all excited and then they never call back I believe this to be due to the fact that at my other job I know coworkers made comments indirectly about it. I am in debt over school loans and recently had miscarriage and have tons of hosp. bills I have no insurance and feel as if this will eventually be break my spirit sort of already has if I do not find a solution to this issue. If anyone has had this problem please post even if you havent found a solution. Thank you
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I had that problem temporarily when I was super stressed. I had lost my job fired for reason of being ganged up by coworkers was very upset, anyway I was fine until I got hired and started to go to my orientation. They were very strict with the schedule and everything and usually I am pretty regular. However because of the stress I was for one holding my poop in the morning because I had to be there at work at 700 am and I usually poop in the morning at 7-8 am. So held my BMs for until I went back home in the afternoon because at work the bathroom was always busy and you had to go to the bathroom in your break or else being reported and I totally ended the job. Then my car broke down it just so stressful time. Well after about 2 weeks of that I was now constipated and felt as iif needed to poop a big chunk but couldn't  was bloated and stool hard like little goat balls. Then I noticed this weird smell like poop same thing showered and started to use a sanitary pad in my bottom because I had noticed this fluid thin yellow coming from my anus a very little amount but with a lingering smell. At first I was confused also but people started to say things like " smells like farts"  and I did I noticed it. I also felt bloated, full of poop without being able to do any good amount and also the size decreased. Then I finally didn't care ans started to poop at work at any time I neded to y would take me forever because I would get undressed, poop then clean with soap and water my behind , anus vagina etc .  Put deodorant in my underwear and then a sanitary pad. Then I started to see it was constantly draining a little yellow amount. I researched it and found that the bowels during periods of constipation  enlarge and water or mucous DRIPS from the sides of the stool. The intestine gets inflammed. How it stopped: one day I was showering and put my finger index and " explored " the inside , around the sphincter I touched slowly and felt little hard things so I pulled each little thing and it was dried stool, I cleaned it pulled it out, washed with soap and rinsed gently clean outside th external sphincter we have two sphincter a one external and one internal. I was worried because I had had anal sex in about 3 ocassions in my life and I was thinking it was my past grossness what ruptured my sphincter a and I was now basically draining poop. But it wasn't that. Although that's very common thing in homosexuals. I am a woman though. Anywaaaay. I also noticed painful swollen areas internal hemorrhoid a like 2 -3 so one was outside and I started to gently push it inside, it came out again so I put soap in my finger and pushed it gently inside and stayed inside. I finished washing and every time I showered I checked it didn't come out agin. Needles to say I was fired lol but the stressed stopped and I started pooping regularly . I also started drinking ALOE VERA drinks and my poop was softer and fuller. I finally pooped a good size that felt satisfying like you actually felt the relief of emoting the bowels. Well the odor stopped. Another thing I did was drinking warm to hot water and squeezed raw ginger juice and 1 lime 3 times a day. That cleared my dark spots in the face also . Well try also drinking water , lowering your stress levels don't get so focused in your anus washing harshly etc because it gets irritated . Lol is funny I tried also sticking paper in my hole lol it made me laugh when I read someone else tried that too. AnywY so yes it stopped. I think it helped me a lot not eating foods with seeds, no nuts or almonds. I started cooking only with olive oil and actually at one point put olive oil in a sanitary pad in my colita while I was sleeping to sooth the skin. Definetely try gently exploring the internal circumpherence of your sphincter and pull out the hard things you feel is poop. Try to push gently inside any hemorrhoid so that is out. You can also try preparation H to help deinflammate the area. Washing helps a little but the problem is inside not outside. And is a Transparentyellowish fluid with lingering odor,  also use gloves and don't touch any area of your body after you touch that fluid because otherwise you will smell all over. Also don't have anal sex please don't have anal sex is bad for you. Okay hope this helps, clean the inside with soap but curl you finger tips around the sphincter and feel the " walls" to see if you have any hardened poop sticking there, then rinse, then catch the fluid in a sanitary pad, at night put a little olive oil I over the external area of your anus and in a sanitary pad, next morning wash using a washcloth exclusively for that area only that way you don't put the smell over everywhere, drink aloe Vera juice drinks, coconut water, organic aloe Vera juice, relax relax relax,  push hemorrhoid a inside when showering and voila you will be okay . Is temporarily ah and drink the ginger and lime tea every day 3 times a day, avoid onions, seeds, ah drink yougurth or keifer, you will be okay post here if it worked for you. One last thing pray and ask God through Jesus to please help you and cure you, repent of any hidden sin, you will be okay . Blessings. ( I takes to you about my BC days, meaning before Christ days ) I don't live in such a way anymore, I'm all about sexual purity and loving God and honor him by honoring my body as well. Hugs and kisses.
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I am sorry for your problems.  Yours and everyone else's.  The best thing you can do is taking chlorophyll.  I use the liquid tincture from vitamin shoppe.  You can take tablets however they are grainy.  You will have to do your research and start slow because it will clean you out however it removes body odor of all sorts.  I put it in my enemas and I notice when I do that the horrible odor from removing body toxins is minimized.

The other thing you want to do is a colon cleanse.  You can buy kits or you can simply do enemas with black walnut hull, clover and woodworm.  This is also sold at vitamin shoppe in a tincture. Yes raw pineapple kills parasites but the woodworm tincture kills all kinds of parasites, viruses, bacteria and candida.  Again you have to research it and start slowly.

I will not be watching my post.  However I stumbled across this researching something.  I do think you should try juicing raw foods.  This will improve your digestive tract and health.

I think this will be the beginning of a new career for you once you start to feel and smell better! Lol.

This works great for any odor.  The parasite cleanse will cause a new odor as things die off.  I remember my first colon cleanse.  I removed so many weird things.  However one day I was working out at the gym and I was doing the abductor ( the machine that looks like the gyno instrument) and I noticed the most descusting stench ever!!!!!  Then I realized it was me.  I smelled like that for 3 days.  Apparently I killed something vaginally.  All this was before I started doing enemas. Actually that was when I started doing them.  

It doesn't matter where the odor is coming from.  If you continue to cleanse your going to get them out.  You will have odor come from all areas where they die off.  I had an odor only I could smell in my nose for weeks.  Thank you for your response. please call.  i do not text, email or send photoes. if your looking for relaxation and/or pain relief i am the one for you.  Try a half hour.  You will not be disappointed.  Everyone else thought I was nuts.  Finally I blew my nose and something large and strange came out.  All I know is I felt better and could smell normal again.  

Yes it sounds horrible but it is reality.  Search the Internet about parasite and candida.  They are real and they are taking over our bodies and most likely our food supply.  I am starting to take the parasite tincture orally and washing my hands with it daily as I do massage for a living.  

I hope this help all of you.  Best wishes.  

Fyi...it isn't going to go away instantly.  It can take months possibly years.  
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i too have been suffering from this problem(a smell from my anus).also i seem to suffer from a small amount of incontinence and wondered if they could be related.i feel i can empathise with everyone who has expressed their embarrassment and saddness that this causes.i did take a large paracetamol and aspirin overdose over a decade ago,i went to the hospital,was sick on arrival and refused any help,could this be related?unfortunatly i have yet to find anything that helps,but was saddened/happy to find this thread and aim to try a few of the things suggested.ive been to the drs many times about this and gotten nowhere.apparently i also suffer from paranoid schizophrenia and feel that im always fobbed off as mental.indeed 1 time i was sectioned i explained this to the shrink and told him i was defecating 5 or 6 times a day.he told me the psychiatric medication he wanted me to take would make it better??i asked him if he had some stomach medicine to make my head better.i have formed a very low opinion of the n.h.s. for many different reasons not least of which is the fact i live in leeds,which was home to the beast of yorkshire,the paedophile jimmy saville,who was free to molest in hospitals or anywhere else he pleased.i dont want to go off on a different tangent but wondered if any1 else also had mental health issues and felt that that was being used as an excuse by drs.the only thing ive found that helps and i find this true of anything and i hope my post is not deleted or misinterpreted for saying so is kissin mary,music at a drowning volume and peppermint tea,ieven if only for morale.i aim to try the enema,the lime and maybe the corn starch.i want to thank everyone for posting and wish you all the best.much love.
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Hi. I recently started having this problem as well. Initially I thought it was because of my occasional constipation where my buttock gets sore due to force when I pass my waste; but one week I noticed the odor appeared even though I wasn't constipate at that time, so I started to do some online searches to see if I could find a solution. I did not find a solution so I started doing some brain-storming; I knew this wasn't a normal occurring condition...I did not have this problem all along, so something must be wrong. Finally it dawned on me that it must be some kind of infection or fungus that has developed in my anus (most likely from moisture and/or the warm climate), so one night I decided to use the only anti-fungal cream that I had in my house at the time, Lamisil. Lamisil is an anti-fungal cream for athlete feet and other superficial skin fungus. I started using it on  my anus according to the instructions for one week, and to my joy and happiness, I was completely rid of the odor and the occasional itching that accompanied it at times!
Please note that any prescribed anti-fungal cream may do the job equally fine, but these creams are for external use only, and should not be inserted inside the anus or vagina.
I am sharing this with every one who is suffering from this problem simply because I know how embarrassing it is. Some people tend to ridicule other people when they are suffering from a condition; some of us never know what it is another person is feeling until we find ourselves in he same position. We all need to remember that we are all humans and sickness is not confined to just one person, or a group of people. Let's all help each other...you never know when your time will come...I didn't know that I would be humiliated in this way because I am very strict and self conscious when it comes on to my personal hygiene.
Take care and God loves you!
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I've had this problem too my *** sweats I have good hygiene and My anus doesn't leak atleast I'm sure and I've had fungal infection in my feet could they of spread to my anus? Because some symptoms I have is that they've spread to my hands and I've gotten just a few weeks ago
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Hi. I recently started having this problem as well. Initially I thought it was because of my occasional constipation where my buttock gets sore due to force when I pass my waste; but one week I noticed the odor appeared even though I wasn't constipate at that time, so I started to do some online searches to see if I could find a solution. I did not find a solution so I started doing some brain-storming; I knew this wasn't a normal occurring condition...I did not have this problem all along, so something must be wrong. Finally it dawned on me that it must be some kind of infection or fungus that has developed in my anus (most likely from moisture and/or the warm climate), so one night I decided to use the only anti-fungal cream that I had in my house at the time, Lamisil. Lamisil is an anti-fungal cream for athlete feet and other superficial skin fungus. I started using it on  my anus according to the instructions for one week, and to my joy and happiness, I was completely rid of the odor and the occasional itching that accompanied it at times!
Please note that any prescribed anti-fungal cream may do the job equally fine, but these creams are for external use only, and should not be inserted inside the anus or vagina.
I am sharing this with every one who is suffering from this problem simply because I know how embarrassing it is. Some people tend to ridicule other people when they are suffering from a condition; some of us never know what it is another person is feeling until we find ourselves in he same position. We all need to remember that we are all humans and sickness is not confined to just one person, or a group of people. Let's all help each other...you never know when your time will come...I didn't know that I would be humiliated in this way because I am very strict and self conscious when it comes on to my personal hygiene.
Take care and God loves you!
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Pls, we have many types of Argo Corn Starch, which type did u use? Thanks
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