Your body goes through thousands of processes every day, from digesting food, regulating your temperature and dealing with your ever fluctuating hormones. Body smells are nothing to be embarrassed of, but you should familiarize yourself with the normal smells your body creates. They help you get some insights into your health. These body smells calls for a trip to the doctor.
- STINKY STOOL. We all know stool smells bad, but you should know the difference between regularly smelly stool and an extreme smelly one.an extremely smelly stool can mean you are lactose intolerance. Your small intestines cannot break down lactase, a sugar found in dairy products. So it sends it to your colon, where it ferments and creates a foul smell in your stool.
- SWEET BREATH. This doesn’t really sound like a problem at first. We spend a lot of money on gums and mouthwash to keep our breath smelling nice, but if your breath smells sweet all on its own something can be wrong. Sweet breath can mean diabetes. When your body does not produce enough insulin, it struggles to turn sugar into energy and starts breaking down fatty acids instead. This creates a buildup of acetone, a sweet smelling acid in your body that can make your breath smell sweet.
- SMELLY FEET. Feet doesn’t always smell nicely especially if you keep them in shoes and socks all day. Foot smell should go away after you have cleaned your feet or let them breathe for a while. Smelly feet can mean athlete’s foot. If your foot odor doesn’t go away it could be a sign that you have athlete’s foot, a terrible fungal infection. Other indicators can be dry, flaky skin, and inflammation. It is important to treat this illness because when left untreated it causes the skin between your toes to soften and welcomes in more bacteria to thrive.
- SMELLY BLOOD. This is blood from a wound and not period blood. If you notice a foul smell coming from the site of a wound that’s not something you should ignore. Smelly blood can mean an infection. You should see a doctor immediately if you suspect you have an infected wound that produces a terrible smell.
- This is another thing our bodies creates that we don’t expect to smell good. If you have held your bladder for a while or are dehydrated, your urine can create abit of smell but if the smell is chronic and strong is a sign that there is a problem. Very strong smelling urine can mean a UTI [urinary tract infection] this occurs when bacteria get into your urinary tract. Once there, it multiplies and can create some terrible smelling urine. Treat UTI as soon as possible because it can be a sign of kidney damage or a prostate cancer in men.
