Why is it that feet smell and noses run?

Answer 1

That is SO hilarious - I have never thought of that before - thanks for the chuckle. Oh, and my answer is - I'm not sure - kind of an English language thing....

Answer 2

Well if you look at it another way feet run and noses smell, so. . .

Answer 3

well it Gods law for the two to do like that.our body are sensitive so both are respond to environ.feet smell cos it doesnt enjoy all time heat without being expose to air,whilst nose runs with excess of cold air that is no good for the body though.bcos its one of the sensitive organs.

Answer 4

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Why do feet stink?






Everybody is familiar with this phenomenon. Most of us have a friend or relative who can clear out a room when they kick off their shoes. And even the sweetest smelling person can do a decent job stinking up a pair of shoes by running a few miles in them. So what's going on here? Why do your feet have a stronger odor than the rest of you does?
The main thing that feeds foot smell is sweat. With more than 250,000 sweat glands each, your feet are among the most perspiring parts of the body. In one day, each foot can produce more than a pint of sweat! Sweat is basically just salt and water, though, so it doesn't have a distinctive smell of its own. The smell is actually caused by bacteria on our skin that eats the sweat and excretes waste that has a strong odor. It's perfectly normal to have bacteria on your skin, and it doesn't ordinarily produce a noticeable smell, but sweat attracts bacteria and gives them a whole lot to feed on.

Of course we sweat all over -- our hands have a comparable number of sweat glands, for example -- and most of the rest of our body doesn't particularly stink (the armpits being a notable exception. See How Sweat Works for details.) So what's different about our feet? The answer is our socks and shoes. The sweat our feet excrete can't easily escape into the air like the sweat our hands excretes -- it all collects on our skin and in our socks. The bacteria love this dark, damp feast and have a sort of feeding frenzy. When you take off your shoes, the smell that hits you is all the bacteria excretion that's collected on your feet and in your socks and shoes.

The main reason some people's feet (or more precisely, some people's socks and shoes) smell worse than other people's is that some people sweat more than other people. This is just one of the many variable physiological qualities of human beings. This is also why sometimes your feet smell much worse than at other times -- it all has to do with how much you sweat.

So, since foot odor is caused by bacteria digesting sweat, there are two main ways to reduce the stink. You can:

decrease the amount of bacteria on your feet
decrease the amount of sweat that collects on your feet and in your shoes
Reducing the level of bacteria is really a matter of cleanliness. To control the bacteria population on you feet, you should:
wash your feet with strong anti-bacterial soap
wear clean socks
don't wear the same shoes everyday - give a pair of shoes 24 hours or more to air out before wearing them again
To reduce the amount of sweat that collects in your shoes, you should:
wear well-ventilated shoes instead of very constrictive shoes, such as boots
always wear socks, preferably made of cotton or other absorbent materials that absorb a lot of the sweat so the bacteria can't feed on it
change your socks a few times a day
buy some absorbent Odor-Eater type shoe inserts
apply an antiperspirant to your feet
If your foot odor is really bad and these solutions don't help much, then you should see a doctor. There are a number of prescription drugs that can treat serious foot odor, some by killing bacteria and some by reducing foot sweat.
Here are some interesting links:

What causes smell?
How Sweat Works
What causes the smell after rain?
How long can a germ live in a room?
The Smelly Foot Fest
Foot Odor: How to Clear the Air
Gran's Remedy for Smelly Feet and Footwear


Rhinitis is the medical term describing irritation and inflammation of the nose. Symptoms include a runny nose, sneezing, congestion and irritation in the nose, eyes, throat and ears. It is related to and often occurs together with other disorders such as asthma and sinusitis. It is chronic or acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose due to viruses, bacteria or irritants. The inflammation results in excessive mucous production producing a runny nose, nasal congestion and post-nasal drip.

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Types
ICD-10 codes are provided for the major types of rhinitis:

(J00) Rhinitis is first usually divided into acute or chronic, with acute rhinitis classified with the common cold.
(J30.0) Vasomotor rhinitis is non-allergic, and thought to be due to nerve disorders.
(J30.1-J30.4) Allergic rhinitis is one of the most common allergies. It can be seasonal, caused by outdoor agents such as pollen (pollen allergy is called hay fever), or perennial, caused by house dust mites, indoor mold etc.
(J31) Chronic rhinitis
(A50) When rhinitis is due to congenital syphilis, it is called "snuffles".
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See also
Post-nasal drip

Answer 5

well if your feet are cramped up in a somewhat closed/tight space then what ELSE would you expect? of course they'd stink.lol.and your nose runs when it's cold because that just how it reacts to cold.k?

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Answer 6

Each part of the body has a particular function in a normal condition and a special reaction in a special condition.

Answer 7

Dyslexia

Answer 8

because feet don't like being in confined spaces and noses don't like being cold

Answer 9

For the same reason you can pick your nose and you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friend's noses.

Answer 10

Because you're built upside-down.

If I had a nose full of nickels
I'd sneeze them all
Aaaat you!

ABCD goldfish
MNO goldfish
OSAR!
CMPN?

Answer 11

I suppose bodily fluids have to come out somewhere and dont forget smelly armpits.