Helping you to beat smelly feet, foot odour and excess sweating
It's easy to dismiss the problem of smelly and sweaty feet as a bit of a joke but foot odour can be a major cause of embarrassment for sufferers and make life unpleasant for those around them.
The medical condition of smelly feet is known as bromodosis and the reason for it is that your feet have considerably more sweat glands, compared with the other parts of your body.
Foot odour and bromodosis
Wearing socks and shoes can prevent the sweat on your feet from drying up and this makes an ideal breeding ground for bacteria and it is this that causes the unpleasant smell of foot odour/bromodosis.
Your feet sweat in to your shoes all day and bacteria continue to breed once you have taken them off and popped them in the wardrobe.
So when you put on your shoes the next morning you are immersing your feet in decomposing bacteria.
Footwear made of manmade, rather than natural substances, can significantly exacerbate this problem.
Excessive sweating
Also, some people sweat excessively, a medical condition known as hyperhidrosis and they are more likely to suffer from smelly feet.
This can be a particular problem for pregnant women and teenagers as they go through hormone changes.
More rarely, there can be medical reasons for an increase in sweat production, including hormonal changes and the side-effect of certain medicines.
On this site we look at the causes of smelly feet and excessive sweating and give information and advice on how to prevent and treat the problem of foot odour and hyperactive sweat glands.
