Does Your Child Suffer with Body Odour?
By Smart Marketing
While children sweat prior to reaching puberty, it’s a different kind of sweat from the type that produces body odour. In fact, our bodies contain two kinds of sweat glands - eccrine glands which are found all over the body, and the apocrine glands which are found under the arms and in the groin.
Eccrine glands produce the sweat that helps to cool us down when we’re too hot, have a fever, have been exerted or have eaten spicy food. This type of sweat is mostly a combination of water and salt and is what helps to cool the body as it evaporates. The eccrine glands are active from babyhood.
The apocrine glands produce oils as well as sweat after puberty begins. These also cause sweating when we’re hot, or when we’re stressed or feeling anxious, and are activated by the hormone changes that occur during puberty.
But what if you feel your child is too young to be starting puberty?
