Many of us have this experience, when you walk into the cinema, conference rooms and other crowded occasions, there is often an unpleasant odor to the nose, especially in the hot summer, the smell is more intense. Where does this smell come from? It turns out that the human metabolism is very vigorous, people have to eat and drink every day, and will continue to discharge a variety of waste. Research shows that the human body has more than 400 kinds of metabolic waste, mainly carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, acetone, benzene, ammonia, aldehyde, etc., these substances are often emitted by air circulation. If the small environment is poorly ventilated, or weather problems, or more people gathered together, the air will be dirty, and therefore will produce a strong “human smell”. The odor from the human body is not only closely related to the health of the body, but it is also an important alarm signal for many diseases.
Glandular secretions
The human body has a variety of glands, which are mainly concentrated in the breasts, armpits, around the navel, anus, female labia majora and minora, etc.. If the influence of mental factors, climate, hormone production, so that the glandular secretions increase, and can not be distributed in a timely manner, or local humidity and warmth, suitable for a variety of bacteria reproduction and growth, it is easy to produce odor.
Excretion of the body
Including sweat, stool, exhaled gas, etc.. Such as smokers exhale gas has a cigarette odor, the content of carbon dioxide is 2-5 times that of non-smokers; eat garlic people discharged more sulfide, the mouth discharged garlic odor; alcoholic people discharged more alcoholic substances, the smell of alcohol; in addition there is sweat sweat smell, fart foul smell, armpit odor people produce strange odor.
Poor living habits
Especially unhygienic will produce many odors. If you do not bathe for a long time without changing your clothes, you will produce a peculiar fishy smell; people who do not have the habit of brushing their teeth will have a bad smell in their mouths; people who like to wear jeans and tight-fitting clothes and pants will hinder the volatilization of the secretion secretion, and if the temperature is high and the humidity is high, some bacteria will breed and produce bad odor.
The odor produced by the disease This is an important disease alarm signal.
Abnormal odor can identify disease
When a person suffers from a certain disease, the body can have various abnormal odors through the skin mucosa, respiratory secretions, gastrointestinal vomit and urinary and fecal excretions, and by identifying these odors, we can help detect and identify these diseases early.
Rotten apple odor
This is a characteristic of ketoacidosis in diabetic patients. In severe cases of diabetes, a large amount of fat is oxidized in the liver to produce ketone bodies and enters the bloodstream, resulting in an exhaled breath with acetone, causing the odor to smell like rotten apples.
Liver odor
People suffering from liver cancer or liver coma due to fulminant hepatitis often emit a liver odor. This indicates that the liver function has been severely damaged, which is a sign of critical illness. This is because methyl mercaptan and dimethyl disulfide cannot be metabolized by the liver, and a special odor is emitted in the body as a result of aggregation.
Urine odor
This is a typical odor emitted by patients with uremia. Patients suffering from chronic nephritis and other kidney diseases, when the condition progresses to the stage of chronic renal failure (also commonly known as uremia), due to little or no urine, certain metabolic wastes (mainly urea nitrogen and creatinine, etc.) cannot be excreted from the body and are retained in the blood, which will cause the exhaled gas to emit the smell of urine or ammonia, which is a sign of a more dangerous condition.
Garlic smell Not eating garlic, but the exhaled gas or vomiting figure emits an irritating garlic smell, which is a sign of organophosphorus pesticide poisoning.
Foot sweat odor
Also known as sweaty foot odor syndrome, it may be a chromosomal invisible genetic disorder whose main clinical manifestations are symptoms such as specific foot sweat odor, mental retardation and ataxia. The patient’s breath, vomit, urine, and skin all emit a special odor.
Patients with cystitis or pyelonephritis often have a large number of bacteria growing and multiplying in their urine, which can give off a fishy odor.
In addition, the acidic smell of sweat is mostly seen in febrile diseases; the acidic smell of vomit means that food stays in the stomach for a long time and ferments, which is common in patients with pyloric obstruction or cardia failure; the fecal odor of vomit may be intestinal obstruction; the fishy smell of stool is mostly seen in patients with dysentery; the bloody smell of sputum is mostly seen in patients with hemoptysis, and if the sputum has a foul smell, it is common in patients with lung abscess or bronchial dilatation. Patients.
Women also have special excretions such as leukorrhea, menstruation and postpartum dew, etc. If you have vaginitis, cervicitis, cervical cancer, etc., you will not only have more leukorrhea, but also a special foul odor.
Clear your body odor
Once you understand the source of the odor, you should try to remove it so that it does not affect your normal life, work and social life. According to the source of odor, its cleaning should be done in the following ways
Pay attention to personal hygiene
Insist on brushing your teeth in the morning and evening and rinsing your mouth after meals, taking frequent baths and changing your clothes and blankets, paying particular attention to the cleanliness and hygiene of your private body parts, especially during menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth and in hot weather. You should pay attention to rinsing your pubic area after sex to keep your vulva clean. In addition, the use of cosmetics should be appropriate, not too strong. Those who have armpit odor should sprinkle some flower lotion, perfume, etc.
Pay attention to the choice of diet
It is appropriate to eat more vegetables and fruits, usually pay attention to drink more water, pay attention to keep the second stool smooth. Go to work or to public places, it is best not to eat onions, garlic, leeks, etc. It is also not advisable to eat more beans, peanuts and other easy flatulence, exhaust food, so as not to produce an unpleasant smell or increased farting and affect others. Don’t drink alcohol, it is better to quit smoking and other bad habits.
Pay attention to the prevention and treatment of diseases such as dental caries, periodontal disease, indigestion, vaginal inflammatory disease in women. Armpit odor can be treated with medication, or completely eradicated by freezing or surgery.