Acetone in Children
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Definition
When a febrile process in a child does not eat more than two days or by vomiting can have many before, the blood sugar falls too much and therefore the body tries to burning fat for energy. This incompletely burned fat causes an increase in circulating ketone bodies and the breath is the characteristic odor of acetone in both breath and urine.
Causes
Acetone itself is a symptom of disease, mainly children, that cause fever, vomiting and diarrhea, such as virus infections.