Bacterial infection "odour" ?

[Keep-positive]

Hi Fellow Bronchiectasis Sufferers Was wondering if this was just my imagination.

When I was really poorly, high fever etc, Haemophilus Influenza and Moraxella had shown in sputum sample , I noticed during this time I had an odour not BO but quite a pungent smell.

I was showering twice daily , around an hour afterwards I was aware of this odour again , it's gone now thankfully, was wondering if anyone else had experienced this ?

[Patk1]

Yes,I have..and mucous smelly.sweat not strong smell but definitely there

[Keep-positive in reply to Patk1]

Thanks Patk1 , it's the first time I noticed this

[Patk1 in reply to Keep-positive]

Hibs nasty.took 3+mths of being v ill b4 got on top of it xxx

[Keep-positive in reply to Patk1]

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[Karenanne61]

I read an article where a lady 'smelled' her husbands Parkinsons years before it was diagnosed. I also know that many of us moms can smell if our child is unwell before symptoms start. If so, then I'm sure our own odour could alert us to problems.

[Patk1 in reply to Karenanne61]

Yes,v true.I also knew whn son was starting with frequent tonsillutis,by smell x

[Karenanne61 in reply to Patk1]

It's interesting isn't it? Worthy of further research I think.

[Ergendl]

Yes, I've known a change in my sense of personal smell when I have a bad case of flu. As I lived on my own then, I don't know if others could smell it too.

[Keep-positive in reply to Ergendl]

I was like you Ergendl, paranoid others could smell it.

[B0xermad]

All very strange but it's a noticeable smell like when children have a cold ,slightly off from usual scent

[Alberta56]

My husband would have been too polite to mention it when I was really ill. I have had skin infections which gave out a nasty pong .

[Keep-positive in reply to Alberta56]

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[Keep-positive]

Thanks everyone for your help xx

[Jaybird19]

I used to work with cultures in microbiology and you can smell some cultures very strongly when handling culture plates . haemophilus and pseudomonas particularly.

[Patk1 in reply to Jaybird19]

Gd to have yr input on this Jaybird,thanku.hibs b a problem 4me x

[shouty]

Def with Haemophilis. I had it for months before diagnosed & it caused the Bronchiectasis damage. I knew my breath stank at the time. It was gross😝