Education and Health Child

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. Symptoms * The smell of acetone on the breath * The smell of acetone in the urine * General decay * Increased fever * It causes more vomiting, which makes a closed, since these are more acetone, which causes more and more vomiting fever. Treatment It relies mainly on sugar to the body. It often results in small sips of sugar water diluted to prevent vomiting and could open the circle of acetone / vomiting / fever / acetone. You can also take a water with lemon juice, very little salt and ...