Woman who can smell Parkinson's helps scientists develop test to spot the disease
A Scottish woman who found she could detect Parkinson's through smell has inspired scientists to develop a swab test that could be used to diagnose it.
"He had this musty rather unpleasant smell especially round his shoulders and the back of his neck and his skin had definitely changed," she said.Joy first detected the odour on her husband Les, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's at the age of 45 Using mass spectrometry, they compared 79 people with Parkinson's with a healthy control group of 71 people.
The condition can cause a wide variety of symptoms including difficulty walking, speaking and a tremor.
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