What is the cause of body odor? How to prevent body odor?
In hot weather, besides sweating, it is very annoying, and underarm odor is also a lingering problem for many people. Not only will it attract strange eyes, but it will even affect social interaction. So how are these smells formed? Is there any way to cure it?
How is body odor produced?
Body odor mainly refers to the special odor emitted by the products secreted by armpit sweat glands after interaction with microorganisms, which has a great relationship with armpit hair. The underarm odor is more obvious when it is hot and sweaty, leaving light yellow marks on light-colored clothes. Because of its special smell, it is easy to distinguish it from ordinary sweat.
There are two kinds of sweat glands, the first is called eccrine glands, which are distributed all over the body. It is very important for us to regulate our body temperature by secreting sweat to eliminate body heat. The second type is called apocrine gland, also called apocrine gland, which is mainly distributed in armpit, pudendum, anus, nipple, etc. It secretes milky white liquid, which is colored and tasteless and related to pheromone. As for the production of body odor, the main reason is excessive hyperplasia or secretion of the apical gland. Bacteria multiply, causing bad smell.
Body odor is hereditary. According to the survey, 80% of people whose parents are dead will be passed on to the next generation. If only one parent has body odor, the genetic probability is 50%. The incidence of female body odor is higher than that of male body odor.
Heredity is inevitable. Even so, there are some simple ways to reduce the occurrence of body odor in daily life.
Most patients with body odor want to completely remove the body odor under their armpits. The bad smell has brought too much trouble to our life. What effect will it have? Let's take a look together!
What effect can body odor bring to people?
First, psychological harm.
Patients with osmidrosis have to bear a lot of mental stress, because the eyes and casual gestures of people around them often make them nervous and worried about whether they will be rejected again. This negative emotion will accumulate over time, which will form a serious mental illness.
Second, the harm of interpersonal communication.
People with body odor have few friends, and few people want to live in the same room with people with body odor, let alone friends who get along all day. For a long time, people with body odor have become more withdrawn and autistic.
? Third, body odor will have an impact on life.
Because the smell of bromhidrosis is unbearable, whenever patients with bromhidrosis appear in public places such as buses, teachers and companies. People around you can't stand this sour and unpleasant smell, they often make detours, and no one wants to stay in the same space with patients with osmidrosis, which makes patients with osmidrosis try to avoid appearing in public places and be afraid of the influence of communication with others.
Fourth, induce other diseases.
The influence of underarm odor on human body is related to the degree of odor, and the odor of more than three years may be related to heredity. If body odor is not treated in time, it can be accompanied by bad breath and foot odor, and it can also lead to genetic inheritance. Severe body odor accompanied by thin earwax will erode the eardrum for a long time, causing tinnitus and deafness.
The above is the influence of body odor on everyone. Body odor will have a great impact on everyone's life and work. So what should people with body odor pay attention to in their daily lives?
1. Pay attention to personal hygiene and keep your skin clean in your daily life. Pay attention to cleaning, wash the affected area with soap, take a bath frequently, change clothes frequently and keep the skin dry. In particular, keep the armpits, perineum, breasts and other parts clean, rinse them with clear water every day, and then use some excellent coffee.
2. Take a bath after exercise. When doing strenuous activities or excessive exercise at ordinary times, especially after exercising in summer, it is bound to sweat a lot, which creates favorable conditions for the growth of bacteria. Therefore, after exercise, you must take a bath, clean your skin, change your underwear frequently, and reduce bacterial reproduction.
3. Usually, it is necessary to reduce the long-term chronic irritation to the armpit skin, such as shaving or pulling armpit hair frequently, so as not to cause hair follicle hyperplasia and hypertrophy. If the sweat glands are hypertrophy, it can secrete too much sweat and increase the excretion and exudation of lipids. At the same time, the armpit is warm, humid and airtight, which is easy to breed bacteria, decompose excessive unsaturated fatty acids and increase odor. Therefore, don't pull out armpit hair often.
Of course, the most important thing is to remove body odor in a professional way. It is very important to keep a good attitude towards the problem of body odor. I hope everyone can get rid of body odor and have a fresh and confident life.