It stinks when I wipe behind my ears

If the area behind your ears smells bad when you touch it with your hand, it is usually related to the sebaceous glands. It may also be caused by sweat secretions. Bacterial infection or eczema cannot be ruled out.

1. Sebaceous glands: Sebaceous glands are a tissue structure disease of the skin appendages. Most of the time, they occur in infancy and adolescence. During this period, sebum secretion is relatively vigorous, leading to increased secretion activity, resulting in an unpleasant odor when you touch the back of the ear with your hand.

2. Sweat secretion: Sweat is the most developed organ in the human body. Most of the secretions are caused by patients not paying attention to personal hygiene. If the weather is hot and humid or the mood is impatient, sweating will also occur, causing the area behind the ears to be particularly smelly when touched with the hand.

3. Bacterial infection: If the area behind the ear smells bad when you touch it with your hand, it is usually caused by a bacterial infection. At the same time, if a bacterial infection occurs, purulent lesions will occur afterwards, so it is easy to produce abnormal odor symptoms. You should go to the dermatology department of the hospital for examination in time and apply antibiotic ointment under the guidance of a doctor to relieve the symptoms and inhibit the growth of the disease.

4. Eczema: Eczema is a common skin disease in daily life. Most of them are caused by various allergic factors. When the disease occurs, erythema will appear. In severe cases, there will be an odor behind the ears when touched.