What Causes Body Odor
Our body produces a number of odors in the form of chemical substances which arouse the sense of smell. Since you can’t prevent bad breath or smelly feet, you have to seek remedies for them.
Body odors sometimes serve a purpose; a particular obnoxious smell can indicate an infection. Most of our body scents are socially unpleasant, but there are some scents which attract other people. The worst odors come from the intestines, mouth, feet and armpits. The odor is dependent on the kind of bacteria that reside in the intestines, and the kinds of food you consume.
Some bad odors produced by the body include:
Bad breath or halitosis may be due to bacterial growth on the teeth, dental cavities, or a dry mouth. Saliva cleans up bacteria, but because saliva production is low at night, you will have bad breath when you wake up in the morning. Bad breath can also be due to an intestinal or lung disorder.
Another unpleasant body odor comes from sweat that originates from the armpits and from the feet. When the sweating is excessive, the condition is known as hyperhidrosis. Men or women’s feet can smell equally bad. While some glands release odorless sweat, other glands located under the armpits, genitals or where hair is present produce foul-smelling sweat.
Odors from different parts of the body smell differently. Since no two people are alike physically, each person’s smell is different from another person’s.
If a woman has a fishy odor, she could be suffering from bacterial vaginosis or from a rare hereditary malady called trimethylaminuria, or fish-odor-syndrome; the odor can be present in their breath, sweat and urine.
While our body produces a number of bad odors, is there a definition of bad odor? An unpleasant smell may be due to sickness, infection, or poor hygiene. If you don’t clean your body properly, you will definitely smell bad. Just as sweet-smelling milk acquires a putrid smell after some time, your body parts which are not cleaned properly can also smell. Many people clean only their faces and hands … there are other parts which they should not ignore!
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