Strange Smells

[Pcullen]

Just before and during an excaberation, do you experience a strange smell? Maybe an infection smell ?

[Damon1864 Volunteer]

I tend to get an awful taste in my mouth that's how lknow I've got an infection. 😊 Bernadette xx

[2greys in reply to Damon1864]

I concur with that observation, a real bad taste is what I experience, but taste and smell are interlinked.

[Damon1864 Volunteer in reply to 2greys]

So true, I suppose I never linked the smell with an infection.😊

[BSA-3 in reply to Damon1864]

Me too

[cofdrop-UK]

Absolutely. In fact I have brought it up at meetings in the past as a symptom of exacerbatioin, but clinicians have never chosen to put it amongst the symptoms for bronchiectasis.

I used to be able to differentiate what bacteria I was growing from the taste/smell, along with the pattern it was taking. With strep p my mucus woud be it’s usual pale green (but with subtle dirty overtones I recognised). It had a taste/s I recognised and woud get a sample down and start abs. By tea time I would be in full blown exacerbation and my temp would quickly climb to 40 and gunk would become dark and filthy.

In comparison HI had a different taste/s and my temp, although high, usually 38+ would rise quickly and sputum would become dark and filthy quickly.

Such is the beast of bronchiectasis it now apprears to have changed it’s pattern competely and I can no longer differentiate the taste/s I get and/or the pattern.

I believe it to be an ignored symptom of exacerbation by clinicians.

Cx

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Dogs can be trained to warn their owners of the onset of certain health conditions, presumably by their highly developed sense of smell. So It wouldn’t surprise me if I could train my dog to tell me when to start taking my antibiotics if I knew how to go about it.

[Ergendl]

Yes, I have. Glad to know others experience it too.

[Kristicats]

Strangely I have experienced a smell like bonfires/ burning.