Can you smell when DC are getting ill?

[NoItsStillNighttimeDarling]

DS 2.5 has been particularly whingey and although he didn't feel hot I could tell by the smell of him that he had a temperature/was coming down with something.

I can always smell illness on him and I remember my mum saying the same about me when I was small.

DH can't smell it and it's very difficult to describe - he doesn't smell bad, just not like him.

Anyone else or am I mad?!

Yes I always know trouble is on the way!

Yes
their breath reminds me of scrambled eggs when they are ill

I can tell by my smell if I'm going yo be unwell

Yes I've had this, to me the smell is like beef and onions!

Yep, I can only do it with DS, no one else

Definitely - I can smell it on the small children I work with, but not my children who are older!

No, not by smell, but their skin feels odd to me (not just hot, it’s something else) and something about their eyes.

I read about a woman who could smell Parkinson’s. First her dh smelled weird, then when he was diagnosed and attended a group she noticed they all did) and dogs can smell certain illnesses too.

Yes. They smell metallic-ky, really weird but that’s the best way I can describe it.

DS2 gets a strange chemically smell when he's getting a chest infection. I always know to be ready. I lose a lot of hearing just before getting the more classic cold symptoms. If I find I'm struggling to tell what people are saying I know it's time to stock up on lemsip.

Yes and I can smell it on my DH also

Yes, I can smell it with close family.

I can on my DD. And her gets a sort of puffy eye too.

Yes definitely, though not as impressive as my aunt, who worked in nursing and could smell the particular infections. She did say it was pretty common though after some time on the job, to be able to detect certain bacterial infections immediately by the smell of urine/faeces etc.

On their breath I could, not on their skin or hair.

I can't, but DH can smell if me or DS is about to be ill - it's a bit disconcerting when I hug him and he suddenly announces I'm going to have a cold soon.

Yes, a smell and a pallor, something different about the eyes.

I can also smell when DH and my mum are ill. Other people - no.

I can smell a sweet smell on my soms breath when he is getting ill.

Recently my sense of smell has been super sensitive ... a random person in a queue had a horrible metallic smell. I couldn't think of a polite/non freaky way to suggest she visits a doctor. But I really do believe she wasn't well. I wondered if she knew. But i hope I was wrong, I'll never know

Yes. DH can too.

Oh yes! Me too!!

I think DS's breath smells like acetone when he's poorly

I definitely could when they were little. Not so easy nowadays.

My DS smells of pear drops when he's properly ill, not with a cold but usually ear/throat/chest infection. It's really strong. I can smell it as soon as I go into his room.

I've never noticed it on my DD but she's never had more than a cold somehow!

Aye - breath smells funny.

Yes I could smell when they were ill. It meant they couldn't pretend to be ill to get out of something because I could tell if it was genuine.