Hi JK98

Having MCS is very isolating, as one becomes so sensitive to any chemical odor that even the washing powder on someone else's clothes can cause a reaction, which Dr Pall in the US as explained is due to the sense of smell becoming more acute, then a reaction set off which releases nitric oxide into the bloodstream which is not a good thing to have, causing damage, and then later an immune response. All of this causes stress to the body, which has set up its own warning signal to avoid the chemicals that the body can no longer excrete easily.

You end up being isolated anyway and especially as your relatives may think that you are nuts for reacting like this. Mine do. I tried to get them to not wear scented stuff near me but they would not comply.

Hopefully replacement will ease this condition.