Body Odour

Hyperhydrosis or overactive sweat glands are the most common cause of abnormal body odor.


Body odor is identified as any unusually strong smell or odour related to your body.

An unpleasant smell your body gives off when bacteria on your skin break down sweat into acids, it actually is the result of bacteria breaking down protein into certain acids.

Sweat itself is odorless to humans, it is the multiplication of bacteria in the presence of sweat and breaking down sweat into acids that eventually causes the unpleasant smell.

However, your body ordour is caused by the inability of the bacteria to break down your sweat into acids due to the high salt level of your sweat.

It all depends on where the excess sweating is occurring and which type of sweat glands is affected.

Body odor is most likely to occur in your feet, groin, armpits, genitals, pubic hair and other areas such as hair, belly button, anus, behind your ears, and on the rest of your skin.

If you are obese and regularly eat spicy foods as well as having a certain medical conditions such as diabetes, you are more likely to have body odor.

Each person can be identified by having unique individual body smell, it can be influenced by your diet, gender, medication and health.

Having body odor can have an impact on you psychologically, you will feel of embarrassed and ashamed.

Medical research shows that people with body odor suffer from severe personal and social relationships problems.

Sweating and perspiring is necessary to cool your body and is triggered by warm temperatures, exercise or physical exertion.

Also as a stress response to nervousness, fear, embarrassment and anger.

Fluid from sweating combine with skin bacteria produced a familiar odor recognized as body odor.

There are two types of hyperhidrosis,

Primary or focal hyperhidrosis
Your hands, feet and your armpits sweat excessively.

Secondary hyperhidrosis
You sweat all over your body or in one particular area besides your feet, hands or armpits.

Secondary hyperhidrosis is caused by conditions, such as anxiety disorders, cancers, diabetes, hyperthyroidism, lung disease, pheochromocytoma, tuberculosis or other infections.

If you have persistent body smells or causes you concern, consult your family doctor.

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