Primary focal hyperhidrosis occurs when you sweat excessively in areas like your armpits, feet, and hands. It often happens for no apparent reason. Secondary generalized hyperhidrosis occurs due ...

The sweat produced by the apocrine glands in your armpits is high in protein and naturally odourless. However, as the bacteria on your skin break it down into acids, it creates that unpleasant ...

The key, they say, is understanding how skin bacteria create the smell from virtually odourless armpit sweat. Two teams, at the Universities of York and Oxford, say they have now deciphered the ...