Smelling Parkinson’s

This article tells the story of Joy Milne, a Scottish nurse who realised that she could smell Parkinson's disease. Tragically, she noticed the smell on her husband, a decade before he was officially diagnosed with Parkinson's. The smell comes from the changes in the skin, the same changes that affect tolerance to temperature changes.

Read to the end, as Joy's comments are very powerful. She shows how the non-movement symptoms of Parkinson's can be far more damaging to quality of life and relationships than the tremors and other movement problems.

For more about the non-movement symptoms and their importance, read parts 4 and 5 of this post.