14 years the body of this woman exudes the smell of fish and rotten eggs.Blame - Trimethylaminuria syndrome (fishy smell).
Before opening the gift that colleagues gave her last Christmas, Ellie James knew that hidden under wraps.The gift turned out to be scented soap.Some colleagues burst out laughing, and Ellie burst into tears and ran out of the office.
have 44-year-old James extensive experience receiving gifts, consisting of different types of soap, deodorants and perfumes.For the past 14 years such gifts handed her the people who do not know that it suffers particular syndrome, which is found in women 30 years of age.
body of Ellie, who lives in the English city of Abingdon, exudes a peculiar smelly smell of fish and rotten eggs.
These symptoms Trimethylaminuria.The disease is caused by accumulation of trimethylamine in the patient.This substance is excreted through sweat, urine and exhaled air, and creates an unpleasant odor.
This smell is often not perceived by the patient, there is a great surrounding.
Medicines fish syndrome yet, and therefore transformed life Trimethylaminuria James in hell.
As mentioned above, Ellie suffers syndrome 30 years.Her body can not properly process a lot of foods, including meat, dairy products, fish, coffee ... When Ellie eats something from above, her body starts to stink.But even if James did not eat these foods, the body often it accumulates trimethylamine and continues to exude the stench.And it becomes a cause of ridicule, humiliation and criticism when Dorothy walking down the street or traveling on public transport.
In those days James takes a shower five times a day, but the smell disappears.
"When it started, I did not understand what is wrong with me, Ellie said in an interview with British media. - I always carefully monitor their own hygiene and I am a very clean person. Sensing the stink for the first time, I thought it was mycat dragged a dead mouse and put it somewhere in the apartment. Gradually, I began to come to the smell huffing myself. On the street people are throwing at me strange looks, some pinched noses. In the office where I worked, when I appeared began to whisperand I came home in the evening, weeping.
Then I began to receive a lot of presents - soap, deodorant, perfume. What it was humiliation. One day when I was riding my usual bus route. The driver turned on the specially set by the air cleaner, and some passengersconsidered it their duty to explain to me that he did it because of me.
I was so broken down that sometimes only a huge effort of will forced herself to get up and go to work.
There was a time when I was rubbing his body various kitchen detergent, after which she blushed and constantly itched ".
According to Ellie, only seven years later, her doctor discovered that the patient syndrome fishy smell. But this cure forthis disease does not exist, so the doctor read her a lecture about hygiene and how it is necessary to wash. A year later, the woman was sent to the endocrinologist, who became to treat it with antibiotics and diet. On his advice, she stopped to enjoy all sorts of ordinary soap, going solely onliquid soap.
"Medicines syndrome is not, but a little complex of measures taken pomoaget, - says James.- Parallel to this, I began to practice a new approach.Now, when someone next to me pinches his nose, I bring him aside and explain that suffer from a rare disease ".
Have Ellie and the man who helps her in her difficult life and sincerely in love with her. In 2006 sheI met with Dan (he is now 50). They became friends on the basis of the common hobbies bike riding. acquaintance grew into friendship first, and then in love.
Photo source: mirror.co.uk
