Causes of body odor

The term body odor is so disgusting that one is at a loss when he/she is associated with it. The odor causes disaster in his/her life and leads to acute despair. So many factors are there behind body odor.

At present there go so many researches to remove it from the body for good .Body odor is usually caused by the sweat and bacteria. Various factors like gender, diet, medications and genes play important role to cause body odor. The sweat which generally plays the crucial part in creating body odor is secreted by two types of glands, the eccrine glands, spread all over the body and the apocrine glands spread in some specific places of it. Bacteria living on the skin and in clothing produce odor and make inconvenience. The sweat on most part of the body is not stinky but the places where the eccrine kind of sweat prevailing cause odor most. Generally the feet are enclosed by socks and shoes so bacteria grow active there and produce odor. Some spices like garlic and onion cause odor. Asafetida hinders someone to come to close proximity. Even there are some persons who are not so careless regarding hygiene yet they stink. Actually some hormones play important roles behind this catastrophe. It has been noted that trimethylamine is basically responsible for women odor. Progesterone boosts it. Again absence of FM03, an enzyme causes indigestion and as a result stink ensues. Sometimes excessive sweating due to acute stress, thyroid problem and so many factors related with metabolism cause body odor to a great extent.