Many of us are troubled with body odor. Those of us who have body odor detest it and try various methods to fight that. The first thing all of us do is - use deodorants. Do deodorants remove body odor? No, they only mask it and as the deodorant evaporates the body odor becomes prominent again. The need is to fight the odor itself rather than mask it. How to do that? To find out, let us know more about sweat that causes body odor.

Sweat is the body's natural defense to maintain body temperature. By sweating, the body cools itself of the heat that may get generated because of outside temperature, physical work, and emotional stress. Some diseases can also cause sweating. For that, you should consult your doctor.

Have you noticed the places on your body from where you get maximum body odor? They are armpits and genital areas. Why? Because they produce sweat of a different kind compared to sweat produced by other body parts. Do types of sweat glands.

Our body has two types of sweat glands- Eccrine sweat glands and Apocrine sweat glands.Eccrine glands are distributed all over the body. Apocrine sweat glands are located on the scalp, armpits and the genital area. Eccrine sweat contains water, and very small amounts of salt, urea, sugar and ammonia. Apocrine glands produce sweat that contains fatty matter. The body odor is mainly caused by Apocrine sweat. That is why you get more body smell in your armpits and genital area but not on your hands or legs.

Sweat is generally odorless. Most of the times, it is the bacterial disintegration of sweat of both the types that produces odor. It is the Apocrine sweat that causes more of body odor. To stop body odor, the need is to remove sweat as it accumulates on the skin and to reduce bacteria that thrives on the sweat and produces odor. Use of a good anti bacterial soap can reduce bacteria to a substantial extent. Those who are more troubled by this problem of body odor also use antiperspirants. As antiperspirants reduce the amount of sweat considerably, the problem of body odor is taken care of.

To conclude- Use an antiperspirant if you sweat excessively. Use anti bacterial soap to kill the odor-producing bacteria. Do not wear the clothes after drying them of sweat. That stale sweat will cause lot of odor. Use clothes after washing them again.

This article is only for informative purposes. This article is not intended to be a medical advise and it is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult your doctor for your medical concerns. Please follow any tip given in this article only after consulting your doctor. The author is not liable for any outcome or damage resulting from information obtained from this article.