Topics discussed in last night's Women's Conference Call

In last night’s conference calls we began discussing how BO affects our personal relationships with our significant other. In our discussion, we noted that body odor doesn’t seem to stop some people from having a very active sexual life, and in some cases, with multiple partners resulting in infidelity issues, while others believe that their odor prevents them from establishing even one relationship. After much discussion, there seems to be the consensus that what really determines whether or not a sufferer will be in a relationship is how each individual sufferer deals with his or her own BO condition at an emotional level, along with all the same factors affecting non-sufferers, including personality types and social opportunities.

We also discussed the various remedies that have worked and not worked for bromhidrosis and hyperhidrosis including body odor cleanser alternatives, particularly around the groin area. Thai crystals (for external groin area – not vaginally), feminine washes, and corn starch were considered effective by those who have tried them, while Dial antibacterial soap seemed to be too drying. Some wondered if long term usage of this soap may be adversely affecting the healthy vaginal microbial balance.

We were most impressed with Dr. Richard Lord’s new way of looking at the quantification of intestinal microbial global composition using a stool testing method involving the DNA analysis of fecal microbiota. We noted how much more advantageous his method is compared to the old techniques of testing microflora using stool cultures. The Polylmerase Chain Reactions (PCR) approach provides a unique bacterial identification result that could then help a clinician restore the proper microflora balance in the gut. This much more accurate testing method determines whether a person has dysbiosis, which Dr. Lord defines as an overgrowth or lack of diversity of microflora. We were all very excited with the potential this new testing method which may provide us the opportunity to identify odor-producing bacteria, and thus help us manage and control our odor.