Pear Drops

"George Eberhardt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I asked a friend of mine, who works as a Perfumer, about
the smell of Pear Drops. He said it smells like Acetone,
and that this smell was used to diagnose Diabetes when he
was young.

It's how my cousins doctor dx'd her. Just walked into the
house and said "Your baby's diabetic" and so she was. 18
months old at the time. That was 40 odd, maybe 50 years ago.

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Acetone makes sense to me, I'm sure that is some form of
byproduct of Ketoacidosis.

Most of the "tones" have a distinct aroma and we produce
ketones when we're burning fat and muscke instead of
glucose, so it makes sense to me too.

Beav

George Eberhardt said:

I asked a friend of mine, who works as a Perfumer, about
the smell of Pear Drops. He said it smells like Acetone,
and that this smell was used to diagnose Diabetes when he
was young.

Acetone makes sense to me, I'm sure that is some form of
byproduct of Ketoacidosis. But that's all the
information I have,

a fruity smell on the breath is commonly a sign of dka.
confirm with a urine test and get to a doctor if moderate to
high ketones are present.

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I read some place that doctors use to taste the urine and if sweet, it was
a sure bet your diabetic. I am glad I am not a doc lol. Patricia
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George Eberhardt said:

I asked a friend of mine, who works as a Perfumer, about
the smell of Pear Drops. He said it smells like Acetone,
and that this smell was used to diagnose Diabetes when he
was young.

Acetone makes sense to me, I'm sure that is some form of
byproduct of Ketoacidosis. But that's all the
information I have,

a fruity smell on the breath is commonly a sign of dka.
confirm with a urine test and get to a doctor if moderate
to high ketones are present.

Mâck©® Type 1 since 1975 alt-support-alt-support-Open ↗
diabetes.org diabetic-talk.orgdiabetic-talk.orgOpen ↗ insulin-insulin-Open ↗
pumpers.org

In tribute to the United States of America and the State
of Israel, two bastions of strength in a world filled with
strife and terrorism.

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the
President, or that we are to stand by the President right
or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is
morally treasonable to the American public."

...Theodore Roosevelt

Have you heard of the NO-CARB Diet for 2004?

NO C-heney NO A-shcroft NO R-umsfeld NO B-ush

"Patricia1966wa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I read some place that doctors use to taste the urine and
if sweet, it was a sure bet your diabetic. I am glad I am
not a doc lol. Patricia

And if you were one of those docs Patricia, you've probably
be about 200 years old now :-)

Beav

lol.
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I read some place that doctors use to taste the urine and
if sweet, it was a sure bet your diabetic. I am glad I am
not a doc lol. Patricia

And if you were one of those docs Patricia, you've
probably be about 200 years old now :-)

Beav