65 years old in Britain can detect Parkinson's disease with a sharp sense of smell
Beijing October 23rd news according to the news of China's "news late peak" report, according to foreign media reports, the British 65 year old woman Mir Thanks to his keen sense of smell, Parkinson has been able to detect early stage of the disease, shocked the medical profession.
the British Parkinson's foundation is sponsoring researchers in Manchester, Edinburgh and London to make tests to further confirm whether the disease can be detected by olfactory sense, or to help develop non invasive diagnostic methods, diagnose a disease before the emergence of obvious symptoms, delay or even cure drugs.
Milne, from Perth, Scotland, sniffed her husband's taste gradually more than 20 years ago, but she did not realize this was Parkinson's alarm. Later, she attended a lecture at University of Edinburgh to bring her experience to the researchers and attract attention. The researchers then conducted experiments on her and found that she could identify the patient with the T-shirt worn by the tester.
scientists believe that Parkinson's disease can cause changes in sebum secretion in patients, making the body emanate a subtle and unique body smell, only a person with a very sensitive sense of smell can be found. Professor Baron of the Manchester Institute of biology said the study will focus on analyzing the metabolites secreted by the skin and try to distinguish early patients.