People Shared Unique Body Quirks That Prove How Amazingly Weird Humans Can Be

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“I’ve got super smell or something. I can diagnose people.”

“Low blood sugar (diabetes) smells like rotten chemical cleaner. High blood sugar smells like heated PLA filament. Slightly sweet.

Ear infections smell like Camembert cheese.

Strep throat smells like yeasty bread and coins held in a sweaty hand combined.

Pregnancy has this sweet musty smell to it. Like the mildest plum or nectarine. I’ve gotten in some very awkward situations when I asked when someone was due, and they didn’t know they were pregnant yet.

If someone has a cold, pneumonia, gastrointestinal issues, infection, or other ailment, and I can smell it, it’s bacterial. If I can’t smell the illness, it’s viral, which made COVID extra-freaky!

Had a second-grade girl in my class, my first year of teaching, who had seizures a few times a week; they were usually absence ones, and she would recover fairly quickly. I could smell one coming with a 10-15 minute warning from the other side of the classroom. She occasionally also had a different tonic seizure and would go temporarily blind for a few hours afterwards. Those I couldn’t smell coming.”

—BanjoChick