Smelly armpits

I had partial nephrectomy 3 yrs past. All ok now.
Im currently completed 3 of 8 of folfox chemo and my pits always smell.
I carry deodorant everywhere!

Sounds like your body is trying to detox. Try to be aware of what you are eating, using for cleaning, breathing in etc. Maybe you could try sauna bathing. I don’t know but just speculating.

Thank you. I just might try the sauna.

That doesn’t sound like a lot of fun. The human body can be so frustrating.

It sure can. I've realized that there is now "how too " book for this journey!

I have stage 3A CKD also. I have experienced similar issues. Thinking it could be CKD related and/or diet. Haven’t found an answer for this.

Thank you for voicing this issue. I have CDK stge. 4 and began suddenly having very odd, terrible armpit odor start a couple of months ago. I never had an issue with under arm odor in my life (77 YO). I went through any changes and the only culprit I came with was my recent change of meds. One pill in particular was new, I'd never had before. The odor has subsided, so I don't know if it was helping me detox, or I got used to the medicine,or???
Best wishes to you.

I’m 75 and I have 2 friends my age and one younger, all complaining of the same thing. Does our sense of smell sudden go into overdrive in our 70s? Washing and deodorant don’t help. It’s bizarre.

Applying baking soda first thing in underarms in the shower (so it sits there until rinsing) should help. If not, use Listerine for your mouth. Pour some on a paper towel and rub it all around in circular motions inside the underarm, especially if there is hair. Use the minty-flavored. It will kill the bacteria that causes odor. This may not be your case, but if you are a T2 diabetic, insulin resistant,you're more apt to cultivate bacteria in the damper moist areas of your body.
The skin is the largest organ of the body, known as the "third kidney" so it's possible for waste to come through pores, why not the rest of the body? I'm guessing it's a bacteria overgrowth.
When I eat garbanzo beans, especially with cumin, I have smelled it in my underarms. When I stop eating it, it goes away.
If you'e a 3a eGFR, it's an estimate only. Many things can change this instantly under a variety of circumstances. What they need to do is the "Cystatin-C" test, to get a better clinical feature of your kidney function. I'm a 3a too. Mine fluctuates. It can go from 69 to 80 and back again. Dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, poor night sleep the night before the test, lots of things. I hope the Listerine or soda works out and you can get a Cystatin-C.

I'm 76 and never had an issue with unusual BO in the armpits until this year. I rarely wore deodorant and if I did I used Tom's unscented, a safer one for me because it is preservative free and aluminum free, plus free of my other tested allergens. I have Allergic Contact Dermatitis.
But it stopped working.
I like the suggested idea of baking soda and will try it, but I have found using a 50/50 of 75/25 mixture of vinegar to water splashed on the underarm for a minute in the shower then washing with a safe soap, just lard and lye or an olive oil soap (once again my contact allergies limit deoderant of soaps with a fragrance) can get me through the day or half a day. Sometimes if active or stressed by midday I am forced to wash in wash basin using this vinegar mixture, then soap and scrub with a washcloth.
If I try to just use soap the smell is not gone.
My liver was recently tested and it just was on the border of not being normal, nothing significant.