Disease and odor: An intriguing relationship

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Disease and odor: An intriguing relationship
Published Thursday 5 October 2017
By Tim Newman   
 
The relationship between odor and disease is an interesting two-way street. In this article, we discuss the aroma of illness, electronic noses, and the hidden dangers of losing your sense of smell.

Olfaction, or smell, is, evolutionarily speaking, our oldest sense. Despite this pedigree, it receives much less attention than the show ponies of the sensory world: vision and hearing.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319615.php

[Silver Pines]

I wish I could have turned off my sense of smell for a brief period last night.  I bought a container of organic broccoli and cauliflower for dipping.  It looked perfectly fresh.  Got it home, took off the lid, and it was the worst thing I've smelled in my life.  The kitchen was rank for an hour after I got it out of there.   It was in the trash can in the garage overnight prior to going to the dump.  Now both garage doors are open because the place stinks.