Miikka Niiranen of the band Gasellit told Yle what kind of difficulties environmental smells can cause him.
The gazelle’s Hätä-Miikka was seen in the 14th season of Vain lääää program. Henri Kärkkäinen
Hätä-Miikka or Miikka Niiranen, 37, known from the band Gasellit, said To Yle about his symptoms, which he thinks not enough is known about. Niiranen suffers from smell sensitivity, due to which, from time to time, for example, breathing becomes difficult, the voice goes out, or the mucous membranes of the mouth and nose become ulcerated.
Niiranen admits that he has hidden his symptoms in the past.
– The most violent and frightening experiences have been the times when I have had to go to the emergency room in an ambulance or the moment when I had to go to a hospital in Miami due to symptoms, Niiranen tells Yle.
Odor sensitivity refers to an abnormal reaction to environmental odors. Health Library according to 10-40% of cases, smell sensitivity occurs. However, smell sensitivity does not have a precise definition or an objective way of ascertaining.
Mild sensitivity is more common, while fragrances cause significant harm to 1% of the population.
For Niiras, smell sensitivity broke out ten years ago after pneumonia. Asthma started at the same time.
Due to his symptoms, he has had to limit his visits. However, in the profession of a performing artist, avoiding odors that trigger symptoms is not easy. He thinks carefully about what kind of events it is safe to go to, so that he doesn’t lose his breath.
– Few can imagine how much pain, uncertainty and fear such situations can cause in advance.
Niiranen says that, for example Just life -participating in the program was stressful and stressful. However, she decided to tell about her scent sensitivity honestly, and the entire work group took the situation seriously and committed to being fragrance-free. The masking was done with unscented products and the shooting locations were decorated with artificial flowers.
After the publication of Yle’s article and podcast, Niiranen took to her Instagram account to praise the positive reception of talking about smell sensitivity. He says that he has received a lot of messages on the subject.
– It is easy for a person to feel that he is alone in the face of difficulties. Clearly, this kind of illness and symptoms are quite common, and I am by no means the only one, Niiranen wrote in his Instagram stories.
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– I got the feeling that this issue was really important to bring up now.