Eau de Cancer

[miles]

Has anyone noticed that they can smell when someone has cancer..?

This is very off-topic, but I just wanted to see... It's not that I think it's an unusual thing to be able to smell it, I was just wondering if anyone had actually noticed that they can.

[goodsamaritan]

I have not smelled cancer in patients with cancer.
I do know the stink of sewage coming from deep within a sick liver.

[RawZi]

    It depends on what kind of cancer.  Some people with cancer do not smell.  Some people without cancer do.  But yes, I have smelled the smell of cancers coming from people etc.  Do you smell it too?  

[miles]

Yes I do. I've smelt it on several people and animals who are known to have cancer. Three people from my ex-high-school, two who died from brain tumours and one who's face is deformed from where they had a tumour; and my parents' cat who died from a tumour on his face. Then, more recently I smelt it on a woman who sat behind me on a bus, who I doubt realised yet that she had cancer.

By the way, my ex-high-school had some sort of telephone mast on its' roof, so...

[RawZi]

... Three people from my ex-high-school, two who died from brain tumours and one who's face is deformed from where they had a tumour... my ex-high-school had some sort of telephone mast on its' roof, so...

    Why do we send kids to school?

[wodgina]

It's law in Australia to go to school. When 100% RPD I can smell people who are dodgy.

[afroza]

Yes, I have smelled it too. Not only cancers. I can smell other diseases too. When somebody has a couple of days left to live, they have a perticular smell. I used to work at a hospital, so I have noticed cancer and before-death-smell a lot.

 My family used to use my "dog-nose" to smell if food where rancid or moldy, I could always smell it long before anyone else could. I can sometimes smell where women are in their menstrual cycle. For what I need that talent, I do not know. It is sometimes a blessing, and sometimes a curse.

[djr_81]

I can smell sickness but have not bothered honing it to specific illnesses so don't know if I can differentiate that.

[raw-al]

Ayurveda says that excessive smells can mean different diseases. Your body secretes through the pores and various openings in your body. Cancer indicates some serious trash is being hoarded by your body in different places causing weakened tissues to rot in a sense. Thus smell. This doesn't mean the person is unhygienic. I knew a guy who had awesomely bad breath. Turned out the gums in his mouth were full of food. A dentist cleaned it up and voila, halitosis was history

Another great indicator is people's tongues. Look at the colour on the top and the location of the discoloration.  White means poor digestion and undigested food is floating around the system, yellow means excess bile in the gallbladder or there is a liver disorder, etc.

In Dr Vasant Lad's book "Ayurveda the Science of Self-Healing" he details it stating on page 59.

A bit of colour is the beginning of an problem. Heavy coating or frothing is getting to be problematic. There are a number of things to look for.

[TylerDurden]

I have heard that dogs can smell cancer