Strange smell of the hands

[Dude]

Hi friends,

I have a somewhat strange question. At the beginning of my illness, about a month before I felt any of the typical CFS symptoms, my hands started to smell strange. They smelled very strongly like garlic, although I had neither eaten nor cooked anything in that direction. At first I thought I was only imagining it, but my wife confirmed the very penetrating smell. I could not wash it off. I remember it lasting about 2 weeks. I was a bit worried at that time, because I suspected that something was wrong with my body (oh boy, should i be right). I never had this before and never had it again. I wonder to this day, if this is somehow related to CFS? I could not find anything on the Internet about the smell and certainly not related to CFS. But maybe someone has experienced something similar?

Greeting Lukas

 

[Judee]

A lot of us develop sensitivities to sulfur/thiol based foods and supplements. Your comment makes me wonder if that happens because this disease throws our phase I and II liver detox off even more. Your body may have been having a hard time clearing sulfur.

https://livingnetwork.co.za/chelationnetwork/food/high-sulfur-sulphur-food-list/
https://livingnetwork.co.za/chelationnetwork/food/sulfates_sulfation_feingold/
https://livingnetwork.co.za/chelationnetwork/food/liver-detox-pathways/

The second link mentions, "These foods need to be sulfated in the liver phase 2 pathways. The reason for avoiding foods that require sulfation, when you are low sulfate, is to conserve the little sulfate that you do have and thereby prevent them from ‘backing up’ in the liver, waiting to be processed and cause problems."

Note that the fonts on that website are really bad. I can actually barely read some of them so I copy and paste it into a Word document.

 

[linusbert]

- Trimethylaminurie
- Helicobacter pylori
- Medication / supplements containing sulfur
- Alcohol
- Diabetes, high blood sugar

 

[Dude]

The theory with the liver makes sense. Right after that i had strange yellow stool for a while. Which i first thought i had some kind of liver inflammation. Such a strange illness, i hope some day they can uncover every process thats behind it.

 

[Seadragon]

In the first few weeks of my illness, I noticed that the palms of my hands seemed very slightly yellow.
I have positive Anti Smooth Muscle Antibody and weak positive ANA.
Have you had blood tests done by a doctor to rule out, for example, problems with your liver or kidneys? @Dude

 

[Dude]

In the first few weeks of my illness, I noticed that the palms of my hands seemed very slightly yellow.
I have positive Anti Smooth Muscle Antibody and weak positive ANA.
Have you had blood tests done by a doctor to rule out, for example, problems with your liver or kidneys? @Dude

Yea, i made every possible test at that time. Since i had a Medical Private Insurance, which is a huge deal here. Like PET Scan, Calprotectin, ultrasound of the organs, colonoscopy, every blood test i can imagine,
rheumatism. It was so obscure, that despite the clear CFS symptoms, not a single doctor suggested it.