Is yellowing of clothes under the armpits due to body odor?

Body odor is the common name for human bromhidrosis. Body odor is caused by abnormal secretion of underarm sweat glands. Compared with normal people, the sweat is yellow and has a special odor. Although everyone secretes sweat under their armpits, not everyone will suffer from body odor. It is our genetic factors that determine this outcome. If that’s the case, does yellowing of clothes under the armpits mean body odor? Let’s take a closer look.

Common symptoms of body odor include:

1. The smell of body odor is very unpleasant, similar to the odor of a fox. The hotter the weather, the stronger the smell is. It makes people want to vomit. It is very pungent and uncomfortable, so most of my friends hate body odor and don’t like this smell.

2. Friends who suffer from body odor will have tiny white crystals on their armpit hair, and the armpit hair is very soft. Even after washing, these tiny white crystals will appear again the next day.

3. Clothes worn by patients with body odor will have yellow stains under the armpits, which are difficult to clean.

4. Patients with body odor will have "oily ears" symptoms, but not everyone with oily ears suffers from body odor. Everyone must make a distinction between these.

5. Body odor is hereditary to a certain extent. Generally speaking, if one of the parents has body odor, there is a certain chance that it will be passed on to the next generation.

The above points are the symptoms of body odor. In a case like this, it is not comprehensive to conclude that you have body odor just by looking at the yellowing of clothes under your armpits.

If it is body odor, treatment:

The first type is interventional surgery, such as micro-incision therapy, minimally invasive cortical interventional debridement, etc. This type of therapy is currently more popular and is also the main therapy in major hospitals and clinics. That is, an incision is made in the skin under the armpit, and the medical device is inserted into the cortex to remove the apocrine sweat glands, or the ducts of the apocrine sweat glands are cut off to achieve the purpose of eradicating body odor. However, due to the complexity of the distribution of subcutaneous apocrine sweat glands and the tolerance of human underarm tissue, it is difficult to remove all the apocrine sweat glands one by one, which requires the doctor to have rich experience and sufficient patience and responsibility.

The second type is minimally invasive non-invasive surgical treatment, such as liquid nitrogen freezing, laser, microwave, injection, etc. This type of method uses exogenous energy or substances to destroy the subcutaneous sweat glands, or temporarily block the sweat gland ducts, affecting the secretion of sweat glands and controlling axillary odor. This method is also the most popular treatment method currently. Due to the degree of sweat gland damage and the body's tolerance, recurrence may occur after surgery. Patients who use this method must choose the method that suits them according to their own situation, take good care of themselves after surgery, adjust their diet according to the doctor's instructions, and keep clean.