What causes body odor

Body odor leads everyone to acute humiliation whether in an atmosphere wrapped with a romantic essence or a situation that deserves his credit. The odor has the power to snatch his position within a while and hurls him in the gulf of deep despair and desolation.

There are so many factors related to human body odor and at present both men and women are trying hard to get rid of such debacle that makes his/her life a misery. Body odor is generally caused by the sweat and bacteria grown in the specific parts of the body and various factors like gender, diet, medications and genes.  The sweat is generally caused by two types of glands, the eccrine glands which are spread all over the body and the apocrine glands spread in some specific places of our body. Bacteria living on the skin and in clothing produce odor and make inconvenience. The sweat on most part of our body is not stinky but the places where the eccrine kind of sweat prevail cause odor most. The feet are enclosed by socks and shoes so bacteria grow active there and produce odor. When sweat gets into clothes bacteria grow there and the clothes become stinky too. Again there are some items like garlic, onion and some spices that change the smell of sweat. The people who are apathetic to take shower daily stink much. Besides, there are some hormonal factors especially secretion of trimethylamine and progesterone make the presence of someone ominous.