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What Can Be The Cause Of Foul Smell Coming From Buttocks?

My husband is 65 yrs old and he shower more often then I do, His Hygiene is very clean, but,for 21 years - every single night when its bed time, He's bottomless, he says, he gets uncomfortable other wise. For 21 years, I never said anything, I wanted to, but wasn't sure how or how he woud react to such a touchy subject, Plus,I had the hardest approaching with it...But,The past 2-3 years,He has had several foul smells [not all at one time, but one at a time, when one would finally go away[FINALLY!!!!after 6-8months...] another foul smell would come out of his body and every morning when I would get up, I could smell it allover me...''ICK''. But anyway, the past 6 months or so has been beyond gagging for me. We live in a Studio Apt. and when its bed time and his shorts come off, he can go to sleep with no problem....ME?...NO WAY.....He 's sound asleep while I'm feeling sick,after a while, I can smell it in my hair, the whole apt, smells,cant get away,tired of showering 3times a day.So, A month ago, I forced myself to bring it to him, I was very polite about, and asked him to use one of my BUTT-WIPES every night before bedtime. [I would also spray ''baby oil'' all over it. ]He uses it for me. Even after his shower before, I had to make him get up to use a butt-wipe. [ EVEN HALF THE TIMES THE BUTT- WIPES DONT WORK, MY WIPES WERENT SCENTED, SO, HE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT SOME THAT WERE SCENTED, NOT ALOT ODIFFERENCE. I didn't mean to write you a book, I've just never told anyone before. Can you tell me what's going on?
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Hello,
Welcome to healthcare magic,
Is the bad smell bad body odour or flatulence ?
If it is bad body odour, then he should apply an antibiotic cream like fusidic acid 2% twice a day over the perianal and groin region for a week. An antiseptic soap for bath will help. Anti perspirant deo sprays also will help.
Rule out any infection or ulcers or growth over penis and around anus. Hope this helped,
Take care.
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What Can Be The Cause Of Foul Smell Coming From Buttocks?

Hello, Welcome to healthcare magic, Is the bad smell bad body odour or flatulence ? If it is bad body odour, then he should apply an antibiotic cream like fusidic acid 2% twice a day over the perianal and groin region for a week. An antiseptic soap for bath will help. Anti perspirant deo sprays also will help. Rule out any infection or ulcers or growth over penis and around anus. Hope this helped, Take care.