Can sweat in your armpits kill bacteria?
just wondering because we have a science question ;
Over two million bacteria are found per square centimeter of skin under the armpits. Why don’t they cause disease more often?
and i was wondering if maybe sweat kills the bacteria?
No sweat does not kill bacteria. the bacteria feed off the sweat and that is what causes the odour the sweat itself does not smell as it is just water.
He is correct. The nature of sweat in the armpits is great for certain bacterias that causes the bad odor. However, they don’t cause diseases because these bacterias don’t produce toxins that are poisonous to humans and the odaor they produce comes from the by-products they produce in cellular respiration.
In short, it is the odor that causes dizzines if inhaled excessively.
No, that’s what CAUSES the bacteria, which is what in turn causes the Odor