sweet breath in child with very restriced diet

[hazeyjane]

Ds's diet has always been very limited (he has special needs), but it seems even more restricted than usual, and he is starting to lose weight. He is under a specialist dietician, who has always said as long as we can get calories in, and try tiny steps to expand his food tastes (it seems to work on a 1 tiny step forward,3 steps back.....at the moment!) I struggle to get any supplements into him, as he can detect a rogue element in a loved food at a 100 paces. I have recently noticed that his breath has a sweet smell, and I am worried that this could be connected to his diet. Has anyone any experience or advice? Have also posted in SN Children.
Thankyou.

Hazey I've posted on your thread in SN - a sweet smell (pear drops) can indicate very high levels of ketones and I thought you should get DS checked for type 1 diabetes.

Even if the ketones are caused by the restricted diet, I think you should see your GP as soon as you can. It was also what you wrote about the recent weight loss which can also be a sign of diabetes

Sorry if I'm suggesting something you've already ruled out or I'm way off the mark!

Thankyou MrsBob

Ds's gp is going to call me tomorrow. Hopefully she can squeeze us in.

Oh that's good - if you can take in a urine sample they can do a dip test to check for sugar and ketones.

Hope all goes well.