Woman who can smell Parkinson's!

[hyperseven]

It's like those dogs who when trained can sense when their owner is about to have a seizure and warn them, mindblowing stuff.

They can also sense if someone is human or a cyberneric organism

 

[Shocky-FM]

It's probably something a lot of people can smell unless you're around people with Parkinson's you'd never know, you'd just assume they've got BO and not say anything.

 

[robfosters]

I can sniff out people who are incontinent.

 

[Brizzles]

I can smell bull@xxx on the Internet, have had the ability for years

 

[LoadsaMoney]

I was going to say, jesus, it must be bloody rank now, as hes been dead for years, but hes still alive

 

[Derek W]

I'll do the obligatory "Parkinson's what?" post this time

I also write for the BBC

 

[Orionaut]

It's like those dogs who when trained can sense when their owner is about to have a seizure and warn them, mindblowing stuff.

Or the Cat of Doom that knows when people are going to die!

 

[Philtor]

For me this is a non news story. My Father suffered with Parkinson's and how early it was diagnosed is irrelevant.

The fact there is no cure is the bigger issue.

So the NHS tell you 2 years earlier than they would have before 'oh you have an incurable brain condition'.

They need to be looking for some sort of cure

 

[AHarvey]

For me this is a non news story. My Father suffered with Parkinson's and how early it was diagnosed is irrelevant.

The fact there is no cure is the bigger issue.

So the NHS tell you 2 years earlier than they would have before 'oh you have an incurable brain condition'.

They need to be looking for some sort of cure

They are looking for a cure, but knowing 2 years earlier gives you 2 years of living your life and making the most of it as opposed to living the same day over an over and then all of a sudden "you've got Parkinsons" and you thinking of all the things you wish you'd done.

 

[Destination]

For me this is a non news story. My Father suffered with Parkinson's and how early it was diagnosed is irrelevant.
The fact there is no cure is the bigger issue.
So the NHS tell you 2 years earlier than they would have before 'oh you have an incurable brain condition'.
They need to be looking for some sort of cure

Levodopa does slow Parkinson's down for most sufferers, if we had a test which would predict it prior to the clinical diagnosis and clinical symptoms, then those symptoms can be delayed significantly. This increases quality of life, and would also allow study and investigation into the early stages of the disease which is exactly what is needed to attempt to find a proper treatment or cure.

 

[Philtor]

Fair point on slowing down the development sooner rather than later I guess.

 

[kwerk]

Really interesting reading on hormetic bi-phasic dose-responses and Parkinsons if you're a health nerd: https://www.researchgate.net/public...nson's_disease_Perspectives_and_possibilities

 

[div0]

I'll do the obligatory "Parkinson's what?" post this time

Parkinson's disease ?

 

[Energize]

I was going to say, jesus, it must be bloody rank now, as hes been dead for years, but hes still alive

Parkinson's is not a fatal illness.

 

[Malevolence]

As someone who's currently caring for my old man, 81 in May and diagnosed with Parkinsons a couple of years back, I have say that the evidence for this claim is shaky at best.

 

[the shadow]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...sociated-alzheimers-liver-disease-cancer.html

 

[Orionaut]

Parkinson's is not a fatal illness.

It may not be fatal in the way that (Say) Rabies might be, but it is sufficiently debilitating that people will die sooner than they might otherwise have done.

 

[MassiveJim]

I wonder if she gets it herself if she would be able to sense her own smell change ?