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Researchers at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology in the U.K are close to forging the first diagnostic test for Parkinson’s disease as a result of the fact that a woman could smell the odor of the disease.
According to a report by CBC, a former nurse, Joy Milne, first detected the odor of the disease from her late husband before he was diagnosed with the disease, six years ago. He died of the disease two years ago.
With Milne’s help, the researchers found 10 molecules connected with Parkinson’s and their identification could lead to the first ever diagnostic test.
Milne was interviewed on the show “As It Happens,” on CBC Radio, Monday, and said: “It’s a very heavy, oily, musky smell. It’s not like the musk of a plant — it is definitely an animal musk.”
She stated that she began mentioning to her husband that he smelt bad when he was aged 32 or 33. She reportedly told him: “You’re smelling. You’re not showering enough.”
She then stated that a lack of a proper bath was not the reason for the smell.
The report said the first time Milne linked the smell with the disease was when she and her husband went to a meeting for Parkinson’s patients. “We went to a Parkinson’s meeting. We got home and I sat him down……
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