When your belly button is wet and smelly it's likely because you have a fungal infection, bacterial infection or yeast infection in the belly button.
These conditions can cause your belly button to be wet and smelly.
When your belly button is leaking it's most often because of a fungal infection, yeast infection or bacterial infection.
Dirt, bacteria, fungus, and germs can get trapped inside your belly button and start to multiply, which can cause an infection.
If you develop a belly button infection, you might notice white, yellow, brown, or bloody discharge seeping out of it.
When your belly button smells like poop it's most often caused by fungus or bacteria growing in the belly button.
That fungus and bacteria growing in the belly button can lead to the belly button emitting odors such as a poop odor.
Cleaning your belly button often can help prevent your belly button from growing that bacteria and fungus and prevent the belly button from smelling like poop.
Bacteria and Fungal Infections are the most common cause of a belly button smelling like poop or even just smelling bad in general.
You can use some rubbing alcohol to help clean out your belly button.
Dip a cotton swab in some rubbing alcohol and then use the cotton swab to clean out your belly button.
You should clean your belly button daily or at least every few days to help keep bacteria and fungal infections from occurring in the belly button.
Your belly button smelling like poop is most likely caused by a fungal infection that can be cleared up using some fungal cream and washing out your belly button.
You can also clean the belly button using some rubbing alcohol or vinegar which helps to kill the bacteria causing the fungal infection.
Some other causes of a smelly belly button and a belly button that smells like poop is due to an unclean belly button that has dirt and bacteria, and other germs inside it.
Even when you shower sometimes dirt and germs and that other bacteria may still reside in the belly button especially if you don't clean it good enough.