What is the reason for sweaty armpits and sour smell when touching the hands

Many people will find that their armpits sweat a lot in the summer or after exercising. After touching their hands, they will smell a sour smell. This situation makes people feel very embarrassed. For such a phenomenon, we must find out the cause and then treat it according to the situation. Now let’s understand the reasons for sweaty armpits and sour smell on the hands when touching them.

1. Genetic factors:

Genetics is the main cause of underarm odor. Clinical investigations show that if both parents have axillary odor, the chance of inheritance can reach 80%, while if only one parent has it, the chance of inheritance is nearly 50%.

2. Metabolic factors:

Bromhidrosis mainly occurs from adolescence to middle-aged and elderly people. The secretion of the human body's apocrine sweat glands is related to the gonads. During adolescence, the gonads secrete vigorously, the structure of the apocrine sweat glands develops basically intact, the number increases significantly, and the chance of abnormal secretion will also increase.

3. Personal living and eating habits:

If you don't pay attention to hygiene, it will provide an ideal breeding ground for bacteria in your armpits, causing underarm odor; frequent plucking and shaving of armpit hair will damage the normal growth of hair follicles, causing underarm odor; frequent consumption of spicy foods such as alcohol, peppers, garlic, or high-fat foods such as meat and fried foods can easily lead to increased oil secretion, providing bacteria with more and better food, causing them to reproduce vigorously and secrete more fatty acids, causing underarm odor.

4. Mental factors:

Mental abnormality leads to changes in hygiene and physiological habits, and high stress and nervous tension lead to abnormalities in the endocrine system, causing body odor.