Parkinson’s: a test made to find out in 3 minutes

thanks to a skin test can you diagnose Parkinson’s in just 3 minutes. The University of Manchester has developed this methodology to accelerate research into the treatment of diseases. A fast, non-invasive and reliable method with a skin swab. This is to detect changes in the sebum that can raise the alarm about the disease.

Parkinson’s is the fastest growing neurological disease. There is still no cure or even a precise test to diagnose it. The researchers’ research evidence was based on a case of a woman’s hereditary hyperosmia: a strong sensitivity to smells. Many years before he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, she smelled a strong musky odor from her husband. Here he could detect the presence of the disease with the smell.

Because they already knew that the chemical mixture of sebum changes in people with Parkinson’s, neurologists created a test to recognize this change. The team did this by streaking a group of people to check their molecular makeup. The exam looked at the decisive differences between healthy people and people with Parkinson’s. the test also has a speed of three minutes and is the least invasive. It is ideal to have such a quick and early diagnosis and thanks to sebum analysis, the method could also be applied to other diseases and conditions.