Pear Drops

[Skudd]

I'm sat here having a relax, watching TV and browsing the net and I keep on getting whiffs of pear drops. Beats the dog smell or the cheap Lemon air freshener, just don't know where it is coming from.
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[P.addy]

Usually a sign of homosex.

[Skudd]

[kitty kat]

Are you diabetic? Ketones have a smell of pear drops or it could be amyl acetate which is a decomposition by-product (fungus/fermenting/decomposing fruit type).

[Tracey Suntan-King]

Can be a symptom of diabetes. Ketoacidosis. You should probably get yourself checked. Can be serious, obviously, not a source of humour so I hope no more jokes about this boys and girls

Just sayin'

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[Lord Percy]

Not really related, but sometimes I get quite a clear taste of cigarette in my mouth. I'm convinced it's part of the cleansing process, like after a few months of having had a cig, some deep-rooted bit of lodged chemical is finally removed and does the rounds in my circulatory system so I can taste it one last time before it goes through my kidneys or whatever. Not that I'm a smoker at all - haven't touched one for aaaaaaaaages! - but I do get this sudden taste of it sometimes after having not had one for a long while.

When did you last have pear drops?

edit: Just seen the Diabetes/Ketoacidosis posts above ... Don't have any more pear drops!

[Tracey Suntan-King]

'Ang on..... In your leaky bum thread you've mentioned eating a load of eggs. Ketosis smells like pear drops and can occur if a diet is heavy in protein.

PS are you going to post more intimate details of others parts of your anatomy? I just want to be prepared, that's all.....



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[Shaft]

Is someone painting a car in their lock up?

Cellulose paint smells like pear drops.
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[Skudd]

Oh Bugger, I have changed my diet somewhat cutting out fizzy drinks almost completely, cutting out bread, gone from a loaf a day to nothing, Haven't had chocolate for at least two weeks, used to have at least 200g a day or more. Turned to eating bacon instead of snacking biscuits/butties/coco pops.

I will pop down the drop in centre in the morning. although I did get tested last year for diabetes and was all ok.
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[Lord Percy]

[Skudd]

[Lord Percy]

[Skudd]

Like I said I will get checked out in the morning at the drop in centre. It may be because of the dramatic change in diet, I did drink 2 lt of fresh orange juice yesterday, couldn't seem to get enough of it and I have been drinking lots of water, more than the amount of pop that it has replaced.

I did think the pear drop thing was funny at first......... now not so.
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[Ariel Badger]

Lay off the fruit juice until you are tested. Do you know any diabetics that have a kit and will test your blood? Some chemists (Lloyds, maybe others) will test for you without a referral. With luck it will not be diabetes just gayness.
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[cimbian]

My Aunty used to do that... she's dead now.
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[Islander]

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[stinkwheel]

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Pear drops are flavoured by an ester (ethyl ethanoate if my memory serves me correctly).

Acetone is not the only ketone produced in diabetes, there are many. Beta hydroxy butyrate springs to mind. The combination of all of these could well be reminiscant of the odour of pear drops.

Dairy cows fairly commonly suffer from a similar problem (but due to very low blood sugar rather than an inability to utilise blood sugar). Farmers often report a sweet smell on the cows breath and when it urinates.
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[Islander]

Stinkwheel's answer is more complete but it is ketones that produce the odour on a diabetic's breath.

[keggyhander]

[TUG]

I'm worried, as i get none of these symptoms and i'm diabtetic and have been since the age of 6.

I get all sorts of weird sensations though like burning nostrils or tingling ears, become very weak but vision isn't really affected.
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