Use soap or shower gel and lather up thoroughly. Pay special attention to the areas prone to body odor. If you are in a very hot or humid area, you may need to shower twice a day. You can also use a washcloth to wash just your armpits, groin, and skin folds. Be sure to shower immediately after you exercise or sweat. If regular showers don't seem to help, try a special cleanser.
These include:. These washes can help reduce the amount of bacteria on your skin. There are two types of underarm products: deodorants and antiperspirants. Deodorants make your underarms less hospitable for bacteria.
They also help mask body odor with a fragrance. Antiperspirants block sweat glands to reduce perspiration. If you don't sweat much but still get body odor, deodorants are a good choice. If you sweat a lot, look for a product that is both an antiperspirant and a deodorant.
If you have strong body odor, look for a product with higher amounts of active ingredients. If over-the-counter products don't seem to help, talk to your doctor. Natural fabrics like cotton are better than polyesters, nylon, and rayon at controlling body odor. Natural fibers breathe. This lets sweat evaporate.
Avoid fabrics that trap sweat against the skin. These create a better breeding ground for body odor. When working out, choose moisture-wicking fabrics. Remove or reduce spicy or pungent foods from your diet. This includes foods like:. These foods can cause a more pungent sweat. Even alcohol can change the smell of your sweat.
If you eat these types of foods regularly, try eating less of them or stop eating them altogether. This might help improve your body odor. Apocrine glands are concentrated in areas covered by hair. This includes the armpits and the pubic area. Hair holds sweat and makes a good home for bacteria. Removing hair can help control body odor. Consider shaving your underarms.
If you'd rather not go bare, try trimming the hair short. This can also help reduce body odor. Daily showering, anti-bacterial soap, and the right underarm product can help control body odor. You can also try wearing breathable fabrics, avoiding certain foods, and shaving or trimming body hair.
If you've tried these tips and haven't seen an improvement, call your doctor. Something else may be causing your body odor, such as a fungal infection. Or, you just may need a stronger treatment. Some options include:. Body odor is caused by bacteria breaking down the sweat from the apocrine glands in your armpits, groin, and pubic area.
You may be more prone to body odor if you are overweight, eat certain foods, have certain health conditions, or are under stress. Genetics may also play a role. You can prevent body odor with lifestyle changes like daily showering and choosing the right underarm product. If you still have body odor after trying these things, ask your doctor about prescription medication or medical procedures that might help.
Your body naturally produces body odor. Everyone gets body odor sometimes. Additionally, DKA causes your breath to have a fruity odor. If you have diabetes and experience a sudden fruity smell in your breath accompanied by frequent urination and a very high blood glucose level, see a doctor immediately. Diabetic ketoacidosis is a medical emergency. Have you ever thought you might smell different during your period? Research has found that women at high fertility within their menstrual cycle actually put out a different, perceived to be more attractive, scent to men than those at low fertility in their cycle.
Other times, hormone fluctuations may cause a change in body odor or vaginal odor. This may not necessarily be unpleasant — just different. Several vaginal infections , such as a vaginal parasite infection or bacterial vaginosis, may cause a sudden change in vaginal odor. Other types of infections that occur outside of the vagina may also cause a change in body odor in the affected area.
Bacterial vaginosis is the most common vaginal infection in women of childbearing age and often produces a fishy odor. Its other symptoms are similar to those of a yeast infection.
Trichomoniasis , a type of parasitic sexually transmitted infection, often has no symptoms but may change vaginal odor. Discharge can smell bad, change color, or become frothy. If your skin develops an infection, either new or due to a preexisting condition, you may experience a sudden smell at the site of the infection.
Some types of skin infections or conditions that might cause a smell include:. Fungus thrives in the warm, moist environment of your shoes and socks. Can cancer smell? These wounds occur in around 5 percent of people with cancer. Some people with gynecological tumors do complain of unpleasant-smelling vaginal discharge. This results from certain acids that occur, which can be reduced by using the antibiotic metronidazole.
For instance, scurvy — vitamin C deficiency — can cause sweat to smell putrid. If your hyperhidrosis is secondary to an underlying condition, treating that condition should help your symptoms.
It can also help to make lifestyle changes where you bathe daily, choose clothing based on breathable, natural materials, and change socks often to let your feet get some air. Infections will be treated differently depending on the cause and severity.
Treatments are usually done with an antibiotic or antifungal agent. These are typically topical, but may be oral or intravenous as well. If you have the symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis where you experience fruity-smelling breath, you should seek emergency medical treatment.
Managing diabetes is all about adequately managing your blood glucose level. Check out the best ways to manage diabetes with medications , alternative treatments , or natural remedies. If your body odor changes are due to foods, you may want to avoid them and increase variety in your diet. If you have a vitamin deficiency, a doctor can find out with a simple blood test.
You can get more of these vitamins by adding certain foods to your diet, or by taking supplements. They can help you discuss your options, either adjusting your dose or switching to another medication. Kidney failure puts urea into your sweat excretions, diabetes puts in acetone yes,the stuff in nail polish remover , and liver failure means an uptick in methyl mercaptan.
All of these things smell faintly different, which means they can be used as diagnostic tools, and, as you can guess, they're all medical issues, so if you detect any of those smells, it's important to talk to your doctor ASAP.
A study found that up to a third of people with unexplained body odor might have a rare genetic disorder that fiddles with your metabolism, and is known as trimethylaminuria, or, charmingly enough, "the fishy-smelling syndrome".
The basic problem for people with this condition is that they lack the enzyme that breaks down a compound called trimethyamine, and so it builds up and comes out through the pores. The smell? You guessed it: fishy. One of the unfortunate things that holds true about body odor is that if you're prone to sweating more, you're also likely to smell more. It's just the nature of the beast. And one particular thyroid issue, Grave's disease, is associated with excessive sweating.
Grave's disease is basically a case of an overactive thyroid , where the thyroid reacts to an immune system malfunction by going into overdrive. Thyroids are responsible for regulating the metabolism, so one going the speed of a race car can contribute to shakes, rapid heartbeat, poor sleep, and, yep, buckets of sweat.
Thyroid-related sweating often tends to happen at night, which, incidentally, is also associated with serious infections , located most commonly in the heart valves or bones. The equation of more sweat making more odor is, unfortunately, pretty foolproof, and the sweat can also be caused by medication side effects.
Some analgesic pain medications, SSRI antidepressants, hormonal medications, and heart-based drugs have excessive sweating as part of their known catalogue of side-effects, so you'll have to be prepared for a bit of body odor increase if you're on a course of any of those meds. Hormonal shifts are a big cause of sweating increases, from perimenopause the period right before menopause to the early teen years.
This hormonal change then leads to excess sweating, which can contribute to body odor. Other common symptoms of hormone fluctuation, like hot flashes and night sweats, can also contribute to excessive sweating and increase body odor. People who are pregnant frequently report waves of sweatiness in response to the massive hormonal upheaval of conception and carrying a fetus, so if you're at any point in your life where hormones are rampant or you're on medications with hormonal side-effects , you may have found your culprit.
In some cases, though, consistent or sudden body odor can indicate a chronic problem, like a metabolic condition or a more serious illness like yellow fever and typhoid fever, which can have distinct scents," says Dr. If your body odor has suddenly changed and there's no clear reason why, you should schedule a doctor's appointment; it could be a sign of something more serious.
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