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Originally Posted by Castor
Hi all,
I'm a male in my early fifties.
Over the last 3 or 4 years I have developed a sensitivity for certain types of fragrances.
I love the smell of essential oils. I can handle wet paint, gasoline and cigarette smoke. No problem with that.
What makes me sick are perfumes and synthetic ‘personal’ scents. I can’t breathe when I’m out in public. Lots of people seem be drenched in aggressive perfumes these days. I can smell an overload of it everywhere. It’s suffocating.
Musk based perfumes and ‘powdery’ ones have the worst effect on me. My eyes get sore, I get a headache and feel instantly terrible when I smell that stuff. I can even taste it in my mouth.
I simply don’t understand that most people seem to be not bothered by this.
I might have developed some type of MCS and if that’s the case, well, I’m screwed for life.
Can anyone else relate to this problem?
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I HAD THAT PROBLEM BIG TIME!
My problems began when I helped a Church group clear a field for a new Church. On the property was poison oak and poison ivy. We threw these poisons on the bomb fire and I breathed in the fume.
NEXT, during twilight, I mowed over a nest of hornets, wasp, whoever..... accidentally. They stung me probably 100 times or more.
THEN, where I was working, somebody let of an insecticide bomb in the close ventilation office working area. I ended up choking on the floor.
Doctor after doctor gave up on me. Finally I found an environmental Doctor. She monitored my blood work, provided me what I needed in vitamins/minerals, etc. and put me on a regime of allergy shots which I took 2 shots once a week. Slowly, I was brought back to 'normal'.
MAYBE THIS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU!