Hi,
Sorry to post but I am having trouble finding information and I thought someone might be able to help.
I have a nearly 4 year old boy who is well in himself but for the last few weeks his urine has had a very odd sweet smell to it. I have done 3 urine tests and all have come back absolutely normal with no sign of glucose or Ketones or anything else for that matter. This is dip test not lab test. The GP as a result thinks I'm mad but I am not happy that things are OK.
I have got him to wee into a potty and the urine smells very faintly pleasant if that makes sense! The stronger sweet smell is always when I smell his pants as he does tend to leak from time to time, and his nappy also smells of it in the morning as he is not yet dry at night
He had Balanitis at the beginning of the year and he had antibiotics for this. He is no longer complaining that he is in pain but he said to me his penis felt heavy today and it may be slightly swollen.
In terms of drinking / peeing he has some days when he has lots to drink and goes all the time and other days when he hardly drinks anything and goes very little. He is usually on good form if a little whiny.
Does this sound like diabetes? Do you think that he may have a urine / yeast infection? Nowhere does it say on the internet that these cause sweet smelling urine - if anything they apparently cause foul smelling urine. There's a rare genetic disease called MSUD but if he has this it's the intermittent type and anyway his pee does not really smell of Maple syrup, more like fruit with a faint whiff of ammonia.
Any advice would be very helpful
Thanks in advance.
Sorry to post but I am having trouble finding information and I thought someone might be able to help.
I have a nearly 4 year old boy who is well in himself but for the last few weeks his urine has had a very odd sweet smell to it. I have done 3 urine tests and all have come back absolutely normal with no sign of glucose or Ketones or anything else for that matter. This is dip test not lab test. The GP as a result thinks I'm mad but I am not happy that things are OK.
I have got him to wee into a potty and the urine smells very faintly pleasant if that makes sense! The stronger sweet smell is always when I smell his pants as he does tend to leak from time to time, and his nappy also smells of it in the morning as he is not yet dry at night
He had Balanitis at the beginning of the year and he had antibiotics for this. He is no longer complaining that he is in pain but he said to me his penis felt heavy today and it may be slightly swollen.
In terms of drinking / peeing he has some days when he has lots to drink and goes all the time and other days when he hardly drinks anything and goes very little. He is usually on good form if a little whiny.
Does this sound like diabetes? Do you think that he may have a urine / yeast infection? Nowhere does it say on the internet that these cause sweet smelling urine - if anything they apparently cause foul smelling urine. There's a rare genetic disease called MSUD but if he has this it's the intermittent type and anyway his pee does not really smell of Maple syrup, more like fruit with a faint whiff of ammonia.
Any advice would be very helpful
Thanks in advance.
