Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group
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I know a lot of us have a over sensitivity to smells, but can this actually affect you physically, for two weekends in a row I have experienced a severe worsening of symptoms after staying overnight at my boyfriend s house, especially pain fatigue and dry sore eyes.
, I am aware of smells at his house such as a damp ike smell on wash cloths and towells which he can't notice, I now he's not overley carefully on what he wahses with what etc, in have been staying there every weekend for many months now and I never had this before so I don't think it's something within the house itself, and there has been no change in my activity levels
I know it sounds a strange one but its been taking me a few days to get back to normal once I've returned home I know I'm so carefull in my house with smells, maybe I'm just overly sensitive
Any ideas
Thanks
Luna x
I know a lot of us have a over sensitivity to smells, but can this actually affect you physically, for two weekends in a row I have experienced a severe worsening of symptoms after staying overnight at my boyfriend s house, especially pain fatigue and dry sore eyes.
, I am aware of smells at his house such as a damp ike smell on wash cloths and towells which he can't notice, I now he's not overley carefully on what he wahses with what etc, in have been staying there every weekend for many months now and I never had this before so I don't think it's something within the house itself, and there has been no change in my activity levels
I know it sounds a strange one but its been taking me a few days to get back to normal once I've returned home I know I'm so carefull in my house with smells, maybe I'm just overly sensitive
Any ideas
Thanks
Luna x
By the way I love your forest picture!
If I'm in a car with someone wearing many of the perfumes and aftershaves available these days, within minutes I am terribly carsick.
I have reduced the number of cleaning products I use around the house and have to be very careful which ones I do use since I can end up either ready to vomit, having a splitting headache, feeling horribly tired or unable to concentrate, depending on the smell involved.
Also, the damp smell you describe almost sounds like some sort of mold could be involved and that is known to affect people's health. Since we tend to be more sensitive than others to such things, it might explain why it affects you and not him.
My dad used to put his towels away damp after washing them, and they all developed mold...brown spots all over them...possibly Stachybotris, which can cause severe respiratory problems in some people. It spread through the washing machine to all the clothes and towels.
Modern washing machines do a terrible job of washing clothes...you need to use a lot of bleach to counter mold problems...or wash them really well by hand with yellow bar soap.
Perhaps his washing machine needs a good disinfecting, or you might check his windows in the bathrooms for mold near the window sills (common).
I use an air purifier when things get rough, one of those big 7 stage ones.
Not saying that's the reason, but it's possible.
Mixed with water, it makes a pretty darn good all-purpose cleaner. And since it is so acidic, it can change the pH of a mold's environment -- say, towels or a washing machine -- outside of the mold's habitable range. It doesn't take much on the pH scale to do the trick, but I wouldn't skimp in the washing machine. That's a lot of water and you can get a gallon of vinegar at Walmart for $2.
Denise