Hypoglycemia Forum - Ketonic hypoglycemia

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Q: Ketonic hypoglycemia

asked by: DoctorQuestion on March 16th, 2009

My daughter is 5 years old and has ketonic hypoglycemia, which we control with diet. lately, infrequently and with no real reason, she will complain her stomach hurt and will eventually throw up and then 100% feel better. Sat. night we were out and she was up fairly late, and we had to wake her from sleep to drive home (3am). the stomach pain started in the car and when we got home I gave her a snack. a few minutes later she threw up again, felt better and slept the rest of the night.
Can anyone help me understand this??? should I be concerned???

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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD

replied on March 19th, 2009

Hypoglycemia Answer A6080

The symptoms you reported might be related to ketosis. Ketosis is a condition in which the diabetes is not controlled good enough. Therefore, the liver converts fat into fatty acids and then into ketones. The increased ketones in the blood can cause vomiting in younger children, more often in the morning
You might want to visit your doctor and have medications for the diabetes prescribed because the control of the diabetes might not be good enough.

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