As the intimate parts of the body, due to embarrassment and shyness, few people will deliberately talk about them, but many people have quietly worried about what is going on with the odor down there? Could this mean we are sick?
Does a bad smell from the private parts mean that you are sick?
Not really! Because private odor can be divided into physiological odor and pathological odor. First of all, if you eat a lot of flavorful food within 48 hours, such as garlic, onions and so on, your private parts may be briefly “occupied” by the taste of these foods; secondly, hot summer or sweating more after exercise, which will lead to the private environment becomes humid and hot, it is likely to produce odor. Moreover, if you use a lot of antibiotics recently, it will make the vaginal flora unbalanced, which may also lead to odor. Finally, the smell of the private parts will change with hormonal changes, so it is normal to have odor during menstruation and pregnancy. Pathological odor is the smell caused by vaginal inflammation or other gynecological diseases, and this condition requires prompt medical attention.
Can healthy private parts smell too?
Yes! No matter men or women, healthy private parts will have more or less smell. The smell of a girl’s private parts is mainly due to the secretions in the vagina, which consist of a large number of shed cells, resident vaginal bacteria and mucus that, in a healthy state, maintain the clean balance of the vagina and keep the pH level between 3.8 and 4.5.
And because the vagina and urethra are close to each other in girls, if they are not wiped clean after urinating or if there are drops of urine on the underwear, it can also cause odor. As for boys, the odor is also mainly due to poor cleaning, such as residual urine or other body fluids on the underwear, or the foreskin is not cleaned regularly and has foreskin scale, so it produces an unpleasant smell. The solution is to change underwear regularly and pay attention to regular cleaning of the private parts.
What gynecological diseases may be present in a girl’s private parts odor? The odor of girls’ private parts includes metallic, fishy, fishy and foul odor, etc. Different odors often represent different diseases.
Metallic odor: mostly occurs before and after a girl’s period, and after sex without safety measures.
fishy smell: mostly belongs to vaginitis caused by Haemophilus vaginalis.
fishy odor: mostly belongs to vaginitis caused by anaerobic infection, trichomonas infection or Haemophilus vaginalis infection, also accompanied by a change in the color of the leucorrhoea
Foul odor: may be a serious reproductive tract infection, such as severe endometritis, tumor, etc.
What are the diseases that may have aggravated the odor of the boy’s private parts?
The reason is that under normal circumstances the glans, prostate fluid, residual urine is easier to clean, but if the foreskin is long, these substances can easily hide in the foreskin to form a foreskin scale, not only smell bad, the risk of urethritis, glansitis is also greater. And urethritis, glansitis and other urinary tract inflammation, is another culprit in the increase of odor in the boy’s private parts, after the emergence of urinary tract inflammation, the urethra will have mucus discharge, purulent discharge, etc., these secretions may lead to odor in the lower body.