Do you, or somebody you love, have chronic bad breath, or in medical terms, halitosis? The cause for this smelly breath can be as simple as poor dental hygiene or a sign of disease.
Dental Hygiene & Diseases
Poor dental hygiene that leads to periodontal disease can be a source of bad breath. When food particles are [...]
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Filed under: Body Odor, Breath, Mouth
You have smelly feet because you have sweaty feet. The average foot contains around 3,00 sweat glands per square inch. Encase all these sweat glands in a shoe, where the temperature routinely climbs to above a 100 degrees, and your feet will tend to perspire.
When you combine this perspiration with bacteria that normally lives on [...]
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Filed under: Body Odor, Feet, Infections ~ Bacteria, Smell
The cause for a fish to smell fishy is the compound trimethylamine. The cause for an individual to give off an abnormal body odor, routinely described as a strong fishy smell, is the same compound.
Under normal conditions, when trimethylamine compound, and its precursors, are consumed in our everyday diets, our bodies convert them to a [...]
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Filed under: Body Odor, Smell