Scientists discover the chemicals behind the unique Parkinson’s smell

Post by amelius » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 9:04 AM UTC

maxerickson wrote: post #8

chrischen wrote: post #2

EDITED: She can also smell Alzheimer's, even before a person is about to develop it. https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1107030/dementia...

But her sensitivity to smell means she is unable to enter the cleaning products aisle in supermarkets. To most people, the plastic packaging has no odour; to Joy, it is so intense she starts to retch. Is that even remotely true that people can't smell that aisle? I don't think I have an extraordinary sense of smell and I think of the smell of that aisle as "rank" or something like that.

Post by hanniabu » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 9:43 AM UTC

chrischen wrote: post #2

EDITED: She can also smell Alzheimer's, even before a person is about to develop it. https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1107030/dementia...

Post by etaioinshrdlu » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 9:59 AM UTC

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Post by dustindiamond » Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 10:29 AM UTC

rectang wrote: post #16

> perillic aldehyde, hippuric acid, eicosane and octadecanal It's tantalizing to see the names fixed in print. To make a software dev analogy, it's like finally reproducing a heisenbug and knowing it's very likely you'll find the root cause soon.