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What are some things that could be causing me to have body odor?
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Stress: Eccrine sweat glands produce salty water to cool body when it's hot. Apocrine sweat glands produce a fatty sweat which causes odor when broken down by bacteria. Apocrine glands are found is hairy areas—scalp, armpits, groin.
Answered 12/18/2013
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