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Syndrome caused man to brew alcohol in his gut, become drunk when he ate carbs
Auto-brewery syndrome is an under-diagnosed medical condition, doctors say.
For years, no one believed an apparently drunk man who said he didn’t drink any alcohol.
He’d become prone to falls, displayed “brain fog and aggressive behavior” and was even arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, all while swearing he hadn't touched a drop of booze...
The truth was much stranger: the 46-year-old man’s body had begun producing its own alcohol in his gut whenever he ate carbohydrates — a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome...
Auto-brewery syndrome is an under-diagnosed medical condition, doctors say.
For years, no one believed an apparently drunk man who said he didn’t drink any alcohol.
He’d become prone to falls, displayed “brain fog and aggressive behavior” and was even arrested for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, all while swearing he hadn't touched a drop of booze...
The truth was much stranger: the 46-year-old man’s body had begun producing its own alcohol in his gut whenever he ate carbohydrates — a rare condition known as auto-brewery syndrome...
