Underarm odor, consider with poor hygiene, odor sweating and other factors related. It is recommended to pay attention to personal hygiene and wash in time after sweating. If necessary, give topical drugs, injections, surgery and other ways of treatment.
1. Poor hygiene: usually a large amount of exercise, not timely cleaning after sweating, easy to induce bacterial growth, resulting in underarm odor. It is recommended to pay attention to personal hygiene, change clothes diligently, wash in time after sweating, underarm odor can be reduced or disappeared, generally do not need medication.
2. Odorant Sweat Disorder: odorant sweat disorder refers to the patient’s sweat glands secretion of sweat, with a special odor, is a pathological manifestation of this disease occurs in the armpit is also known as armpit odor or fox odor. Mild cases can be used externally aluminum chloride solution, potassium permanganate solution, etc., which has the effect of stopping sweating and killing bacteria, and can make the odor reduce and disappear. Botulinum toxin can also be injected into the armpits to reduce sweat gland activity.
When the above ways cannot relieve the symptoms, microwave therapy, radiofrequency microneedling, and surgery for removal of sweat glands can be used to achieve the purpose of treating stinky sweating.
To sum up, there are more causes of underarm odor, if necessary, go to the hospital dermatology department to identify the cause, symptomatic treatment, the above drugs need to be used in accordance with medical advice.