Acetonemic vomiting

Japanese: acetonemic vomiting(英語表記)acetonemicvomiting
Acetonemic vomiting

...It is described as a disease seen in children around 2 to 10 years old, in which children suddenly lose energy and lethargy when they wake up, and sometimes during the day, and begin vomiting, with an increase in blood ketone bodies and acetoneuria. It is likely to occur repeatedly in the same child. This condition is medically called acetonemic vomiting or cyclic vomiting, and since the word "autointoxication" sounds like a completely unrelated food poisoning, it is now thought that the above diagnosis is more appropriate to describe this condition than the disease name autointoxication. Such symptoms can also be seen in encephalitis, meningitis, uremia, hepatitis, acute appendicitis, peritonitis, intussusception, brain tumors, and diabetic coma, so it is important to accurately differentiate these, and the disease (acetonemia) is diagnosed only when the cause is unclear. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "acetonemic vomiting" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈2~10歳くらいの小児にみられ,多くは起床時,ときに日中,急に元気がなくなり,ぐったりとし,嘔吐をはじめ,血液中ケトン体の上昇,アセトン尿をともなう疾患〉と説明され,同一小児にくり返して起こりやすい。この状態は,医学的にはアセトン血性嘔吐症acetonemic vomitingあるいは周期性嘔吐症cyclic vomitingと呼ばれているもので,〈自家中毒〉という言葉がまったく無関係な食中毒を連想させる響きをもつことから,現在では,この状態を表現するには,自家中毒という病名よりも上記の診断名を用いるのが適切であると考えられている。このような症状は脳炎,髄膜炎,尿毒症,肝炎,急性虫垂炎,腹膜炎,腸重積症,脳腫瘍,糖尿病性昏睡でもみられるので,これらを確実に鑑別することがたいせつで,原因の明らかでない場合のみ,本症(アセトン血性嘔吐症)と診断をつける。…

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