Using scent to detect men with Sexual Transmitted Disease (STD)

Scent is somehow attractive for the sense of smell of some living creatures, not excluding humans. Humans can sense the good smell and bad odor. Like it or not good scent will affect our feeling to be in a good mood, while bad odor will make us feel bad too. Recently, there is a new study conducted by the Russian researchers about the scent. The study finds that scent can be used to detect men with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). The finding is somehow interesting and may be used as the alternative way for women in choosing the right man who is really healthy .

Maybe you are questioning how it scent can be one of the factor to detect men with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD). It is reported that the finding of the study found out that men with STD will lose some of his attractive odor. It is stated by Mikhail Moshkin that the infection of the disease will reduce the attractive odor in humans’ body, especially men. The difference may be so subtle, but it can be detected. It is proven by the experiment conducted to some animals like rats or mice. They are not attracted to the scent of the people with the infection. Based on this finding, the further study is conducted with some women as the testers.
The study to prove the theory about scent can detect men with Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) was conducted on 34 Russian men at the age range between 17 to 25 years old under the condition: 13 men with gonorrhea, 16 men are healthy, and the rest was infected but have been cured. The researchers took the sample of the sweat and let some women sniff on those sweat and rate the attractiveness of the scent.

After those women gave the rate to each sample of sweat, it is found out that the rate of attractive odor for men with STD was not as high as those who are healthy or have been cured from the infection.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2072413/The-scent-man-It-STD-say-scientists.html