Ontario

If your doctor doesn’t understand what Chemical Sensitivity or Scent Disabilities are you will have to educate them. This document from the Women’s College Hospital of Toronto Environmental Sensitivities Department clearly outlines the medical requirements and calls out lack of knowledgable specialists. It’s 42 pages long so you might want to email it to them. 

In Ontario, you can be referred to the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto. Just download and fill out the form and give it to your doctor to fax. They will ask your doctor for blood work to rule out other conditions, there is a 13 month wait, so get in your forms. They do not treat children. 

Nova Scotia Health Authority Integrated Chronic Care Services, outside of Halifax, accepts referrals from family doctors across the country and internationally. Nurse practitioners can refer patients within the province. They accept adults and children. 

If you cannot travel to Toronto or Nova Scotia, ask your family doctor to send you to an immunologist or a rheumatologist with an interest in chemical issues. Ask that your doctor send the specialist the Teach a Doctor PDF, and that they contact the Environmental Sensitivities Clinic for additional literature. This referral form is very long, but fill it all out and bring it with you to the specialist. It will help tease out your medical history.

If your doctor is ignoring your chemical sensitivities or will not refer you to a specialist, report them to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.