So I thought this was a universal thing, but a conversation I had earlier has made me doubt myself.
When someone’s ill, they usually smell a bit funny, don’t they? Not horrible, just a bit weird.
Don’t they?
Mrs TMN x
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By *eckard25Man 22 weeks ago
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Think if you are spending a lot of time in hospital then you often smell like the hospital. If you are at home ill, then maybe you aren't showering quite as often as if you are going out places and seeing people. Other than that it's not something I've noticed. |
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"So I thought this was a universal thing, but a conversation I had earlier has made me doubt myself.
When someone’s ill, they usually smell a bit funny, don’t they? Not horrible, just a bit weird.
Don’t they?
Mrs TMN x
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I suppose they could smell of sick if that’s how there ill 🤷🏻♀️ |
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My kid can smell my insulin as soon as I take the cap off the injector.
Can't say I've ever registered a different smell around someone who's sick, apart from, like, sweat from a fever.
I'm probably just used to it though. It's been 15ish years since I felt "well". |
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By (user no longer on site) 22 weeks ago
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Yes. They smell off. I’m not sure I can explain it but they smell different.
My mum is really sensitive to it. She knows when I'm going to get tonsillitis about a day before I start feeling like I’m dying  |
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Dogs have been trained to sniff out certain types of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, they can detect the smell at very early stages, even before it’s detectable by modern medicine. So this is definitely a thing. |
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I think it possibly might be a leftover from a more privative time. Animals will generally leave other sick animals alone and that's based on scent. It could be a case that they are giving off a smell that they are ill and you just happen to still be sensitive enough to pick it up. All speculation of course. |
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By *eliWoman 22 weeks ago
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Yes. There's that almost fruity, artificially sweet tinge to their smell.
When I'm not attracted to people, like not in the slightest they have a faint smell of damp goat.
Smell is an odd one. |
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By (user no longer on site) 22 weeks ago
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"Good to hear I’ve not finally lost my remaining marbles.
Mr said I smelled like a mouldy old carpet yesterday. He’s such a romantic."
have you been to the doctor about it? |
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"Good to hear I’ve not finally lost my remaining marbles.
Mr said I smelled like a mouldy old carpet yesterday. He’s such a romantic."
That’s unfair and inaccurate. I said mouldy wet carpet, not old 
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Our bodies can produce different aromas, relating to health and medical conditions.
Diabetic ketoacidosis is the long talked about pear drops smell, that can be noticed from breath.
Dogs have been able to spot smells from a range of cancers, including breast and prostate. Obviously their sense of smell is usually more advanced than ours but we also got attuned to how someone smells.
We excrete through our skin, breath and other systems. It's good to notice if you're smelling differently, though this can also be due to changes in our sense of smell etc |
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If someone has a cold Ior sore throat virus I've noticed a particular smell, it's actually the mucus that the body releases to try to fight the virus. So you can smell thier snot basically, gross but fascinating.
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"Good to hear I’ve not finally lost my remaining marbles.
Mr said I smelled like a mouldy old carpet yesterday. He’s such a romantic.
That’s unfair and inaccurate. I said mouldy wet carpet, not old
Mr TMN "
I stand corrected  |
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