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Embarrassed!!! Bad Odor From Rectum - Normal?

I have a really embarrasing situation, I need some help! I feel like I'm the only facing this, but I have this really bad odor that seems to be coming from my rectum area. I'm 23 years old with 2 children - a 3 1/2 year old and a 18 month old. I don't know if my past pregnancy's have anything to do with it but it seems like this odor came after having my children. I've had BV's and UTI's in the past and I know how those smells are. I've also had those awful hemorroids after my 2nd pregnancy. But at those time, no unusual smells for me.At first I thought the odor was coming from the vagina, but it wasnt it. I don't know what's going on with my body, but it's just an awful smell that won't go away. It smells like rotten fish or something rotten something. It's not a pleasant smell and it can get very powerful too. My sex life...I'm just too embarrassed that I don't really want to have intercourse with my husband. My husband gets frustrated at times because the smell is just too much. No matter how many times I wash down there, it just doesn't seem to want to go away. My doctors don't see anything unusual, they ran tests and everything. Everything is always negative. Nothing abnormal. What's wrong with me?
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Boric acid is natural and is harmless for us but beats the daylights out of yeast anywhere.My daughter suffered after her birth with non stop yeast issues. She uses it as a suppository.
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I have had the problem of itching for 20 plus year's and in the last 6 months started having the smelling showing up that I could personally smell myself so I knew others could too. I listened to one of the poster's on here and went out and got the preparation H with witch hazel and started wiping down with that 3 to 4 times daily, definitely after every bowel movement, then used Z-Zorb antifungle powder and it's been one week and I have no more itch and the smell is gone. I am consistently dry down there now and never feel any wetness. I am so relieved, but you must stick with the regiment of keeping yourself clean with the preparation H wet wipes and using the powder. I also read if you watch your diet and stop using caffeine, it will help, the caffeine can really irritate the small veins in your anus area, making the itching start up, then you go through what they call the itch scratch phase. You have to get out of that phase or you will not ever get relief. I would recommend stopping caffeine for a week and if you like soda drink caffeine free and stay away from eating a lot of processed foods and sugar. It's worked for me so far, I will keep you updated.
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Hey man I was wondering if the smell came back at all ? My butt hole has been itchy my whole life as well but recently people could say they smell feces thinking it could be the same problem you were having  
I’ve got the same issues and it’s driving me mad, dose this get rid of the problem completely?
On Wednesday I was ordered to see a gastro doctor. He told me I had gas and I don't know about them. I left the doctor disgusted, humiliated, angry. All the nurses looked at me like a crazy grandmother who came to the doctor with a gas that stinks. My life is hell. Why doesn't the doctor trust the patient that something like this exists? Is any of you healed? Where to look for a doctor who would take this problem seriously?
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I have the same problem i shower more often. My problem aggrevates with bowel movements and a airborne bacteria elimianates into air and makes people nauseaus
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Do you have Skype or email can we chat there please because I had this problem almost 5 months ago now it's so embarrassing,same as me I shower more often but the smell won't go away
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Try and apple cider enema and Then followed by probiotic enema whether it's the same day or the next day alternate
I think I know what happened to us I had twins and well ever since then I've had issues and although I don't have the fishy odor I have another one going on that I cannot pinpoint where it comes from I feel like it comes from within its insane I tried dieting I tried all sorts of things but then I came across internal prolapses and it makes so much sense because I literally cannot go to the bathroom the way I used to everything has changed and I think we all have an internal prolapse stick out of your butt or vagina but the kind that is internal where your organs drop
it is so horrible and painful. Cause me not to want o leave my home. going to work is a major problem because people laugh and gossip about you even telling your customers not to buy from you we do need major help
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i have this foulfoulfoul smell its like im passing gas and im not.i dont have anal sex.i take bleach baths and now they dont work any more. it hurts so bad i tryed to commited sucided. then i snap out of it,because i have three kids and they need me.i have seen a lott of docotrs,they look me like im crazy.then one told me its in my head. so i went somewhere else they made take a colney like a blow out where they put the carema up there.itcame back where my good bactiera was gone and i had to take them pills for good bactirea.so now im here needing help inmy home,because i dont go any where.the smell is that bad. please any ones help . and people talk obout me to.
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I have the same problem people talk about me they said I smell stink
Almost 5 months now I'm suffering this smell I can't go somewhere,same as me  i have seen a lot of doctor then they told me its in my mind,but people told me smell stink I don't know how to rid of it please help me guys
I have the same problem and its hurt so bad when you cant or dont know what to do about it
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I know someone who has this problem or a similar one. His doctor told him it’s to do with his hut flora (gut Bacteria). He was told not to eat processed food or sweets. He was told to eat yogurt and drink Yakult. He has been doing all of the above plus he has been drinking peppermint tea (although he wasn’t told to do this by his doctor) because he read that it was good for the gut.

This has helped i.e. the odour isn’t as bad as it was before and it’s only there some of the time not all of the time like it was before but the problem hasn’t been solved. He has been referred to a Gastroenterologist but hasn’t seen him yet.
Thought this might help.
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I forgot he was also told by the doctor to take a probiotic
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can i talk to someone because i have desame experience too
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Did you manage to fix it? I am suffering with a similar problem and need to get it sorted as soon as possible... please
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Look up 'trimethylaminuria', and see if that condition matches your experience.
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Please help me guys
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I been to the doctor but they said to me there's nothing,but people can smell me they said I smell stink but I can't smell my own odor
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I feel very sorry for you there is a genetic condition you may have that makes your sweat smell like fish when you eat certain foods you probably should ask your doctor to tell you if it is or not
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Hello guys I have the same problem to
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I have had the same issue and though the Drs can't find a reason I found something that helped a lot. First of all try and take note as to if e smell gets worse upon applying soap to the area this is likely. Soap can cause the good ph there just like in the vagina. I am not saying to not use a soap but try and find an all natural one such Ar dr broners  Castile soap. Also I found an  immediate improvement  When putting a bit of  colloidal silver on my tp and wiping it on bum. I will sometimes let it sit as you would with a  hemorrhoid relief pad/wipe. After changing both the soap and using the colloidal silver I no longer have the issue at all. I truly believe it is a negative change in the anus/rectum ph balance.
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I have this problem to but I don't know how to rid of it,I try nizoral cream but it's not help the smell won't go away
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It is most likely an overgrowth of bad bacteria.No matter how well you wash the smell and wet anus always come back. I too went to the doctor had a full std and blood work check. Doctor looked at me like I was crazy.I know my body and wasn't going to accept her answer. Doctor's know nothing and get paid for making educated guesses! I'm glad you reached out to find that many people are suffering from the exact same condition. This can destroy your sex life and self esteem when you have no clue what to do. Here's what I did. To immediately get rid of the odor I mixed hydrogen peroxide and baking soda and applied it to my rectum,the entire length of butt crack, surrounding skin. Bacteria thrive in acidic environments. So this leads us to what many people have said a PH or gut flora imbalance may be the root of your issue. Start the probiotics, increase your water intake, reduce meats and increase vegetables in your diet. Caffeine, soda and meat all create an acidic body ans you have to take steps to alkalize yourself.  Remember all disease can be linked to an acidic body. The peroxide kills bacteria and the baking soda raises PH. Follow up with antifungal cream and start paying attention to anything that can throw off your PH balance...soap, laundry detergent, antibiotics, to the foods you eat. Hope this helps!
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Hi guys, i have had this problem for 10yrs and now i m out of it..its just bad bacteria in your gut stomach, no matter what tests you go through it would show up normal. Go see a gastrentorologst and get it check..again plz it is just bacteria problem in your stomach this can be treated in 3 to 7days by takin proboitic medicines..hope you all get well soon..i m happy now
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How can they test you for that bacteria? I have the same problem for the past 2 years and every test i do comes clear! I only have a bad smell in my rectum without any itching or other symptoms the only other thing is i always seem to be have moist in that area that i never had before.
Do you remember the name of the pill the doctor gave you? Im meeting with my GI doctor next week and i want him to know the name so he could give it to me cz he seems to think im crazy
Please if you have a response tell me im really desperate
I have had the same issue and though the Drs can't find a reason I found something that helped a lot. First of all try and take note as to if e smell gets worse upon applying soap to the area this is likely. Soap can cause the good ph there just like in the vagina. I am not saying to not use a soap but try and find an all natural one such Ar dr broners  Castile soap. Also I found an  immediate improvement  When putting a bit of  colloidal silver on my tp and wiping it on bum. I will sometimes let it sit as you would with a  hemorrhoid relief pad/wipe. After changing both the soap and using the colloidal silver I no longer have the issue at all. I truly believe it is a negative change in the anus/rectum ph balance.
Hi please me because I have the same problem to
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I praise GOD for curing me. The problem a fungus infection internally and externally. I studied real hard and realized it's a fungus similar to the candida fungus in our mouths. I went to the emergency room because the smell was out of control and asked for an: ANTI-FUNGUS PILL. The doctor was hesitant, and didn't know of this problem. I told him to Google "smelly anus". He saw it was a problem and gave me the pill. I don't know the name of pill but it was strong and just one pill. I also used anti fungus cream on my anus (jock itch cream on the store shelf). It took about 5 days to notice the change and about 2 weeks to go away. That illness made me lose my job and my apartment, but God healed me. I also asked God to heal and protect me. I took zinc, and    L- glutamine because I thought I had leaky gut. I hope this helps everyone from this horrid infection.
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Hey I'm going through the same thing now in I had to stop working at my job as well. I'm so overwhelmed and stress about this did apple cider vinegar work at all? And what cream did you use please help me
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I have anal cancer and  I am in the process of getting a colonoscopy bag.  But in the meantime I have a gaping hole from the bottom of my butt hole to the top of my vagina wall well I guess the bottom of my vagina law. It's hard to see down there but when I do that or have someone like for me  there is a lot of green ***** licking stuff that even with a Q-tip I can't get off. I don't know what to do either I would ask my doctor at my next appointment should I do  anything special or just leave it alone. I haven't even been comfortable taking a bath in two months since I had the biopsy that made this gashing home and I will only taken a shower twice because I'm scared of what the bacteria could do to it open wound. Any suggestions from you guys would be greatly appreciated. I will definitely let you know if the doctor said thank you Tracee from Idaho
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I meant green nasty stuff.. Not licking stuff!!
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https://authoritynutrition.com/6-proven-health-benefits-of-apple-cider-vinegar/
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http://mamavation.com/2015/01/25-ways-apple-cider-vinegar-will-change-life.html
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Look up benefits of apple cider vinegar.
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I suspect it's because of zinc deficiency but here is the contents of the supplement that cured me immediately after ten years of suffering:
 * Essential Vitamins & Minerals. Biotonic.
* Composition: Each capsule contains:
  Vitamin A (palmitate) 2000 i.u. + Vitamin D3 200 i.u. + DL-Alpha Tocopherol acetate (Vitamin E) 10 mg +
  Vitamin B1 15 mg + Vitamin B2 3 mg + Vitamin B6 2 mg + Vitamin B12 5 mcg + Biotin 3 mcg +
  Calcium D- pantothenate 3 mg + Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 50 mg + Folic acid 25 mcg + Nicotinamide 15 mg +
  Para amino benzoic acid (PABA) 50 mg + L-Lysine HCl 20 mg + Rutin 10 mg + Iron 10 mg +
  Potassium 2 mg + Copper 1 mg + Zinc 1 mg + Manganese 1 mg + Calcium 50 mg + Pollen extract 16.6 mg
  (eq. to Pollen grains 50 mg).
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Had the same exact problem. Cured by Taking Multivitamins  supplements that contains ZINC. It's a deficiency problem.
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How are everyone here doing with the 'fishy stinky odor' from anus. I just have that stinky small drop liquid two times last week. I have been using 'Hemorrhoid a suppositories' tube. You know the one that you insert into your anus for two weeks ago. I use two time a day one in the morning and one at the bed time. Also take pills to get rid of hemoroid. That pill contain of 'Witch Hazel, white oak bark, butchers broom root, stone root, ginger, cayenne. That pill I brought online. So I use suppositories tube insert and take that pill two times a day for two weeks.. and now I get a little drop kinda like golden clear liquid leak out from my anus. I found it on the chair I just sit. I found it two times. That leaking clear golden drop smell like fishy smell really bad to me. Is this a smell from getting rid of Hemoroild? Does anybody got the same problem with me? And do you guys able to get rid of your smell leaking from Anus yet? Otherwise I will gonna wear very long thin pad, panties liner to catch that leaking if I might have when I go to work. And use clean wipe to wipe it off every time if I see leaking on my pantries liner. And change that panties liners every times also.  
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Hi I have the same problem,I have stinky odor from anus
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Bile is probably the culprit here. Any gallbladder issues? If not aware of any, then have it looked at.
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Sorry, I don't mean to hijack the post, but can you elaborate on why bile would cause these symptoms?
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I am fat and smelly?
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