Auto-brewery Syndrome - A Medical Condition That Makes Your Body Produce Alcohol & Get Drunk!
I had no idea such things were possible but today is a day for discovery. Auto-brewery Syndrome is a medical condition where the body produces intoxicating quantities of ethanol in the digestive tract.
Although this is obviously a cheap way to get drunk it sounds like an extremely distressing condition.
Auto-brewer Syndrome
This appears to be relatively rare in our population but people who suffer from this get drunk from the ethanol produced in their digestive tract. This has been used as a defense in drink driving cases and one sufferer went 20 years without knowing they had it.
The symptoms are the catalogue of a bad hangover and sound terrible. People who suffer from auto-brewer syndrome surely also suffer psychological issues from the effects.
Apparently it can be combatted by eating a diet low in carbohydrates and high in protein. This is to prevent the sufferer from producing alcohol from sugars.
Although I thought it was bizarre and interesting when I discovered this syndrome, after thinking about it I feel very sorry for those who suffer with this. Imagine having to be hungover all the time? Sounds awful...
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This is so unique. Honestly speaking, I am hearing about this for the very first time. Human medical is so complicated.
I had a friend who had this - she would eat sugar and get drunk. She got pulled over for dui after eating a box of oreo cookies.