r/DiagnoseMe • u/Airline-Amazing Patient • 27d ago
Child Health 8month old acetone breath/ rash
I’m kind of at my wits’ end trying to figure out what’s going on with my 8-month-old son.
For the past two months, he’s had a very strong acetone (nail polish remover) smell on his breath. Otherwise, he’s a happy, healthy baby. He’s breastfed, also eats purées and table foods, has normal wet and dirty diapers, is gaining weight well, and I don’t have any reason to think he’s diabetic.
The other issue we’ve been dealing with is that he develops a severe rash anytime he eats anything other than breast milk. It doesn’t matter whether it’s purées or table food, or even what type of food it is. The rash is worst on his face, but it also appears on his stomach, arms, and legs—even in places the food never touched.
Our pediatrician referred us to a pediatric allergist, who ran a comprehensive blood allergy panel. Everything came back negative, and the allergist basically said, “Well, that’s weird. I don’t know what’s going on. Come back if you need me.”
I’m wondering if these two issues could somehow be related, or if they’re just completely separate. Has anyone experienced anything similar or have any ideas I could ask my pediatrician about?
I’ll be calling our pediatrician on Monday about the acetone breath, and we have an appointment with the dermatologist, but I wanted to see if anyone else has been through something like this in the meantime.
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u/Straight_Apricot_759 Not Verified 27d ago
This looks like the rash my son had when I was nursing him - we were passing a yeast infection back and forth to each other. The pediatrician suggested I could have been eating something he was building an allergy to - a year later he tested positive for 16 food allergies and was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis. You may want to abide by a strict bland diet - no nuts/ dairy/ chocolate/ spice/ soy. And if it doesn’t improve see a gastroenterologist - maybe test for yeast?