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-- Posted by Zerks at 10:15 am on July 11, 2009

i was reading through some anatomy and medical textbooks the other day and i found out that a type 2 diabetics urine can sometimes smell fruity due to the presence of ketone bodies :s weirdddd


-- Posted by Chasey at 10:15 am on July 11, 2009

thats weird


-- Posted by ILY2 at 10:22 am on July 11, 2009

thats nasty


-- Posted by Chiefette at 10:24 am on July 11, 2009

It is just the body eliminating the excess keyones.  Their breath can also smell fruity or like acetone depending on the level of blood sugar


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