Exhausted child and a strange smell

Only after she's read and assessed all of the replies first.

Please take to your GP asap; I don’t mean to worry you but it’s possible she might have something is going on is she drinking excessively by any chance? It’s just the symptoms your describing are exactly the same as my friends little girl but she was also drinking like a fish quick trip to the GP ‘& she’s been diagnosed with diabetes which came as huge shock to everyone but everything is now under control & we have our gorgeous happy little seven year old back dancing around all the time x
I do hope your little one is ok & you get answers quickly xx

Get her checked for diabetes, ASAP and compacted constipation can also cause all of these symptoms. The smelly breath is a huge sign of constipation. The smell of peardrops, or a nail varnish type smell can be diabetes.

I hope she's OK, OP.

I can't understand you asking a random group of strangers on the internet rather than getting her to the doctors?!
If it had just happened, I could understand that, but it's been a few days!
Hope 111 can advise you.

Glad you're getting her seen to, I echo what everyone else has said and would want to get diabetes ruled out x

Same, despite my own mum getting diagnosed with T1 as an adult after going into DKA I'd no idea about the pear drops/acetone smell.

Hope OP's daughter is doing ok

Hope your daughter is okay OP.

@ChicLilacSeal of course it’s no substitute for proper medical advice, but I’m pleased OP posted this thread - I’d have had no idea the symptoms described could be indicative of diabetes, so I’ve learnt a lot from the thread and so might other people.

Any update? Is she ok?

My son has crohns. Before he was diagnosed his breath smelt vile. He also had stomach pains and completely exhausted the whole time. I would get a stool and blood samples done. You need to get her checked out ASAP.

@ChicLilacSeal who put you in charge? Mumsnet can be a very useful place whilst you decide what to do. I’ve had a post on here running whilst also in parallel following nhs advice. It was very helpful - not so much for the medical knowledge but for the general support and understanding what others would do.

Another possibility is the onset of Crohn's disease. I hope for her sake it's not.

MN should not be a substitute or a first port of call for medical advice. Get medical attention for your daughter asap, and then post.

Any update op? How is she?

Another vote here for going straight to A&E. Even if she doesn’t appear that unwell right now. It can be really serious v quickly. I hope she’s ok

Please please plese bring her straight to A and E. She could be in DKA which is quite dangerous. They can rule it out very quickly but please please go. My child had no other symptoms except lethargy but especially the smell would make me worried.

Despite many already saying it, I didn’t want to read and not also say please get her checked for diabetes.
I remember one night going to bed and distinctly thinking my husband smelt different and I even said so - a few hours later came down with a gastro bug. My son also smelt different when he had a cold recently.

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I believe that they are reporting a link between covid and diabetes in children who have had covid. So we may see an increase in diabetes going forward.

Could also be inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's or ulcerative colitis. My daughter's symptoms were non specific fatigue, diarrhea, not growing well, not gaining weight, and just losing her sparkle. She also had chronic bad breath at the time. Active Crohn's smells awful, it's a pungent unmistakable smell from the malabsorption. Blood in poo should always be checked out.

I used to be able to smell my mum's migraines the day before they came. It was so weird. But it's definitely a thing.

If diabetes is ruled out, do consider Coeliac disease.
DD, who has Coeliac disease, was so exhausted due to severely low iron levels that she could only walk about 50 yards. She had joint pain too and stomach ache occasionally.
Definitely had a horrible smell after opening her bowels (it wasn’t a normal poo smell, it was a very strange smell due to all the malabsorption she was suffering).
She was actually being investigated for arthritis but an astute GP picked up on her low iron and tested for Coeliac disease.

www.coeliac.org.uk/information-and-support/coeliac-disease/about-coeliac-disease/coeliac-disease-in-children/

Assuming you're not actually a troll, you need to pick up a grammar book. There's nothing wrong with this. Bye, Felicia.

OP, I hope you're getting help and all goes well.

I agree, at 14 DD was like this, we thought initially just being a teenager but when she fell asleep everywhere on holiday I took her straight to GP on return, she was admitted to hospital the same day...type 1 diabetes.

Smells like pear drops?

or smells slightly stale cooked eggs / sulphur ish.

pear drops is classically diabetes.

eggs / sulphur like is stomach bug.