My husband is a type 2 diabetic who does nothing to help his condition. Consequently, his blood sugars (only tested when the doctor does it) are always in the mid-200s. He spends almost all day in a small room watching TV. Sometimes the smell in there is overwhelming. It's difficult to describe. It's acrid, somewhat metallic, and sour, is the best way to describe it. It isn't like what one would call BO from not bathing or being hot and sweaty.
Anybody know what this might be? When I look it up, I usually get info about not being clean or having fruity-smelling breath. That is not the issue in this case.
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The smell can seem alcohol like, so if he gets pulled over by police often gets assumed under the influence. It’s also described as the smell if you try to make candy and mess up the recipe at the hard ball stage…. It’s not sweet smelling but almost acrid burn smell cause it’s fats and whatever tiny amounts of insulin getting processed.
ketone spill will be in his urine. So if he dribbles, it will get on linens, and clothing. Maybe even the chair he always sits in and outside of the toilet bowl. Using bacterial cleaners may not be what you need cause it’s not bacterial but fats which are oily that’s causing the problem. Original blue Dawn would be better as it’s a surfactant designed to cut grease which are fats. Old school Castile soap bars are also surfactants.
Adding drinks with electrolytes will help balance out his ketones somewhat…so maybe try switching to couple of glasses of pedialyte ea day. His doctor absolutely needs to know what his urine strips are showing for insulin levels. As his meds may need to be adjusted.
I can't get him to do anything to help his condition. It's very frustrating.
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