Armpit odor, or “fox odor”, often brings a lot of inconvenience, because the pungent smell of fox odor makes people feel particularly annoyed, and most of those who smell this odor cover their noses away. This causes a lot of psychological burden and low self-esteem for people with fox odor, which affects work and study, as well as social interaction. Axillary odor, commonly known as fox odor, is the sweat excreted by the patient’s armpits, vulva, corners of the mouth and other parts of the sweat gland (also called the top pulp gland), fatty acids than ordinary people, yellowish, thicker; fatty acids reach a certain concentration, by the decomposition of bacteria on the surface of the skin, mainly staphylococcus, producing unsaturated fatty acids and emitting odor. Its and fox anal exclusion of the smell is similar, so often called fox odor. For the armpits emitted by the special odor. It is most obvious when it is hot and sweaty, and its sweat is often yellowish. The scientific name bromidrosis (bromidrosis) refers to sweating with a foul odor, can be divided into two kinds of sweat and small sweat gland osmidrosis. The former is mostly hereditary and occurs mainly in the armpits, while the latter occurs mostly in the feet. Axillary odor is to the armpit skin sweat glands developed dense accumulation of places, sweat gland secretions produced in the volatile fatty acids, by a special streptococcal infection decomposition produced by a bad odor unpleasant a smell, summer heavy winter light. A, the main reason for axillary odor. 1, first of all, is “due to human metabolism that the human body sweat glands (secretion of sweat) abnormal secretion and secretions (sweat) containing organic substances produced unsaturated fatty acids and amino acids, the result of bacterial decomposition. 2, secondly, “because the body temperature and secretions in the human armpit organic matter is the best environment for the survival of bacteria, bacteria in large numbers in this generation, reproduction, after the death of the unpleasant smell of corpse rot”. The above two reasons lead to the emission of a special smell, so it can be seen that “sweat”, “bacteria” is the culprit! 3, characteristics: axillary odor patients have more than normal number and volume of sweat gland glandular tissue, and large glandular cavity, large secretory cell body, secretion is exuberant. This shows that whether a person will suffer from axillary odor, depends mainly on the person’s sweat glands. Armpit odor is related to heredity, if both parents have armpit odor, the child almost always suffer from the disease. 4.Heredity. Armpit odor is a hereditary disease, mostly occurs in adolescence, affected by emotions and hormones, the sweat excreted by the sweat glands in the armpit, by the breakdown of bacteria on the surface of the skin, mainly staphylococcus, producing unsaturated fatty acids and emitting odor. According to the survey, 80% of people who have both parents have fox odor will inherit it, if only one parent has fox odor, then the chance of inheritance is 50%. Most patients with fox odor have a family history of inheritance, statistics show that there is a clear genetic tendency of about 60% or more. Second, armpit odor surgery. By removing the sweat glands or removing the ducts of sweat glands, the above decomposition pathway is blocked to achieve the purpose of eradication, but cannot change its genetic function. It mainly occurs in the armpit, with much sweating and odor; aggravated in summer; aggravated in adolescence; aggravated in middle-aged and young stages. Based on the generation principle of armpit odor, we found that most of the armpit odor appears in the young and middle-aged stage, that is, between 18 and 50 years old, this part of the population from the human body itself, most of the metabolism is in a vigorous period, easy to sweat, easy to produce metabolic secretions; external factors are, more time to go out, frequent contact with various bacteria in the air. On the contrary, children and the elderly are less common. Children’s bodies are developing, sweat glands are immature, sweat gland secretion is less; elderly people’s body functions gradually degenerate, the normal secretion function of sweat glands decreases, sweat gland secretion is less, so their chances of disease are relatively less. Treatment: We use high-frequency ionization surgical treatment instrument to treat axillary odor, the efficacy is as good as surgical treatment, very little bleeding, no incision, no obvious scars. The following are commonly used treatment methods: 1, antiperspirant or deodorant. Antiperspirant and better than the effect of deodorant, both have the effect of helping to reduce odor. (Suggestions: those who have shaved their armpit hair can use the spray type, those who have not removed can use the roller type) 2, keep the body clean. Shower every day to keep the armpits clean, contact clothing must also be washed every day. 3. Shave off the armpit hair. Armpit hair is easy to breed bacteria, in the summer sweating season, you can try to shave off the armpit hair. 4, eat less spicy or stimulating diet. Such as chili, garlic, onions, coffee, alcohol, etc., these diets will stimulate the sweat glands to increase secretion. 5.Traditional surgery. Surgery to remove the top pulp gland, is a complete and fox odor goodbye method. The current common surgical method is to cut a knife to two knives in the armpit where the armpit hair, the top pulp gland located in the subcutaneous tissue removed, and then the skin stitched back to the original place. This method basically works well, but the disadvantage is that the wound is not easy to take care of and can leave one or two scars in the armpit. (Parietal gland removal surgery and thoracoscopic sympathectomy are not the same, the former is to treat fox odor, the latter to stop hand sweating, do not be mistaken!) 6, new surgical methods. The electric rotating scraper used to remove cartilage in orthopedic endoscopic surgery can be used to scrape the axillary parietal glands, and then use the endoscope to check whether the scraping is complete or not, so that the surgical wound is only about one centimeter, and the surgery time is shortened, and because the damage to the tissue is small, the wound recovers faster and there are fewer complications. The surgery is performed under local anesthesia and does not require hospitalization. The surgery takes about one and a half hours and you can go home immediately after the surgery, but you must wrap gauze under the armpit after the surgery and avoid too much activity. Since the secretion of the parietal glands is influenced by hormones, most people with fox odor start to appear after puberty and gradually disappear in middle and old age. When the temperature is high, the sweat glands secrete more, and the high temperature is suitable for the reproduction of bacteria, so the secretion of the parietal glands decomposes faster; the sweat secreted by the exocrine glands also increases, which makes the odor more easily spread; in summer, the clothing is thinner, so the odor cannot be hidden; therefore, the problem of fox odor is usually especially serious in summer. If you want to completely solve the problem of fox odor, in addition to keeping your body clean and shaving your armpit hair, surgery seems to be the only solution. 1.Self-medication precautions: (1) pay attention to cleanliness, frequent bathing, and change clothes regularly. (2) Keep the skin dry, keep the armpits, breasts and other parts of the clean. (3) Wash with soap and water several times a day, or even remove the armpit hair to destroy the bacterial growth environment. (4) In the treatment, keep a cheerful mood, and should not do strenuous exercise. (5) Quit smoking and drinking and eat less stimulating food. The treatment of this disease is mainly external treatment, the patient had better go to the hospital. (2) At present, there are two types of treatment methods for axillary odor: (1) non-surgical methods and surgical methods, non-surgical methods for patients with mild axillary odor, surgical methods for patients with various degrees of axillary odor. (2) Non-surgical methods: pay attention to personal hygiene, bathe regularly, change underwear regularly, and keep the armpit area dry and clean frequently, which can reduce the emission of odor. Do less excessive exercise, eat less stimulating food, maintain a regular life and emotional stability. Topical application of aromatic lotions that have an inhibiting effect on axillary odor to remove odor. Use 25% aluminum chloride solution, 5% formaldehyde alcohol, armpit odor or alum powder often rub. (3) medical preventive treatment and surgical preventive treatment: 1, diligent bathing, diligent change of clothes, the use of neutral soap such as Shu Shi Jia cleaning sweat glands more concentrated places, the habit of morning and evening bath. 2, local application of ice chips, talcum powder, celandine dew, to reduce sweat gland secretion. Topical 75% alcohol or 0.5% Androlatum (PVP-I disinfectant) can be used to kill local bacteria. The above treatments can only relieve the symptoms for a little while. For a complete cure, surgical treatment must be chosen. Surgical treatment is divided into laser destruction of sweat glands, sweat gland excision and sweat gland removal. The above three procedures must be performed under local anesthesia without pain. 1, laser treatment, is the use of laser high energy instantaneous carbon destruction of sweat glands on the skin, its characteristics are fast treatment, no bleeding. The treatment effect is more reliable. The disadvantage is that the area of damage is large, the depth of laser cauterization of the skin, inexperienced people difficult to grasp, easy to miss the large sweat glands, and cause unsatisfactory results. 2, skin sweat gland excision: characterized by the removal of all sweat glands on the axillary skin, the efficacy is reliable and can completely cure axillary odor. The disadvantage is that the damage is too large, resulting in local skin defects, bleeding, to stitches, due to the tension of the skin when suturing, limiting the function of the upper extremity activities, easy to cause wound infection, sutures off, resulting in larger surgical scars, affecting the activity function of the upper extremity, especially scar body is more unsuitable. Therefore, this surgical treatment method is only suitable for serious, by other methods of treatment is not effective patients, clinicians are very careful to choose this method. 3, tiny incision sweat gland removal method is to make a wheat grain size incision in the armpit, with sweat gland removal device into the armpit skin, carefully destroy the sweat gland and remove the body, to achieve the purpose of the root of the axillary odor. Its characteristics are no incision, no stitches, little damage, little bleeding, no pain, no scars. It does not affect the patient’s work, study and life, and he can go to work after the surgery with proper attention. This is a new treatment summed up in long-term clinical work, applicable to the vast majority of patients, the cure rate of this method in thousands of cases up to 92%.