“The skin’s odor reveals Parkinson”
“With the help of a former required sensitive nose, the british researchers identified the odor that patients with Parkinson’s disease secrete. Now hope the researchers on a test that can reveal the disease long before it affects the movement.”
“It is to researchers in Manchester, England, who now say they have identified the location of the fragrances that patients with Parkinson’s disease secrete to a greater degree than others, writes BBC News.”
“the Study was inspired by the now-retired nurse Joy Milne from Perth in Scotland, which noted a myskdoftande smell of her husband, Les, several years before he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.”
“During the three-year-long research project, Joy Milne collaborated with scientists that can now show that patients with Parkinson’s disease secrete a variety of substances, including hippursyra, the hydrocarbon eikosan and oleylalkohol. According to the researchers, these substances to a greater extent in the sebum secreted from the skin’s sebaceous glands and found in all of the people to keep the skin soft and smooth.”
“it was previously known that patients with Parkinson’s disease have an increased activity of these glands, which means that many people with Parkinson’s disease also suffer from various skin conditions, as seborrhea.”
“– What we have discovered is that certain substances are more common in patients who have Parkinson’s disease and the reason we found them is that the Joy Milne could feel a difference. She can smell who has Parkinson’s disease, ” says professor Thinker Barrandov, at the University of Manchester, for the BBC News.”
“Joy Milnes husband Les, who passed away in 2015, was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 45. Already ten years previously noticed, however, Joy Milne doftförändringen, even if it was only when she met other patients with the same distinct smell that she associated the smell to the disease.”
“the Researchers hope now to be able to design a test based on their findings in order to be able to detect the disease at a much earlier stage than what is happening today. Perhaps years before the motor symptoms that are so typical for the disease breaks out.”
“Even if there is no cure for the disease, the information can as such still be valuable, says Joy Milne.”
“– Given the fact that he (Les) was withdrawn, reserved, and had bouts of both depression and mood swings, so had it changed our outlook on life, if I had understood what happened, ” says Joy Milne for BBC Scotland.”
“As a thank you for their efforts has Joy Milne have been appointed to an honorary lecturer at the University of Manchester.”
“Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder, named after the british doctor James Parkinson (1755 -1824).”
“the Disease affects, among other things, motor skills and coordination, and mainly affects people older than 50 years.”
“the Stiffness, tremors and slow movements are among the common symptoms.”
“In Sweden has about 22 000 people with the disease. Around 2 000 new cases are diagnosed each year.”
“Source: the Swedish national encyclopaedia, and the parkinson’s society”
