Drunk without alcohol: man in control, suddenly two per Mille in the blood
Neither Doctors nor police officers wanted to believe him. As an American, strongly under the influence of alcohol got into a traffic control, said he, to have nothing to drink. Several years and many medical Tests later, researchers found the explanation: the body bride-to-be beer.
For years he suffered from mood swings and aggression. Constantly he felt bad, was under the influence of alcohol, in some inexplicable way, to have something to drink. Then, Doctors solved the mystery of the 46-year-old American, He has Auto-Brewery syndrome. His stomach turns food into alcohol.
With two per thousand on the tax
In the first Moment, the police officers believed him not a word. He didn’t drink any drop of alcohol, a breathalyzer test, he would not make – this is a 46-year-old American claimed against two officers who had stopped him on suspicion of drink-driving.
Then the policemen took him to a hospital. His blood alcohol level was 2 parts per thousand of the 2.5-fold amount of the statutory limit. For this alcohol level would have the man within an hour, ten Drinks consumed is a must-have.
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His body was brewing beer
Although he vowed to have nothing to drink, gave the Doctors his words no Faith. It was only years later, scientists have found the explanation for his intoxication: The man suffered from the Auto-Brewery Syndrome (ABS), German: "Eigenbrauersyndrom".
He had actually been drinking alcohol – instead, his body produced this. In his gut, the scientists yeast were able to demonstrate that the carbohydrates in the alcohol converted. In other words: His body was brewing beer.
Now, researchers at the Richmond University in a case study on the disease. They published their results in the journal "BMJ Open Gastroenterology".
Auto-Brewery syndrome: behind the disease
Suffers from a Patient to ABS, is in his stomach , a fermentation process is set in motion. Due to the proliferation of yeast fungi in the intestine, converts these carbohydrates in the liver-damaging alcohols such as Butanol, Methanol, and Ethanol. As a result, the alcohol directly into the bloodstream.
“In these patients, the same effects as in the consumption of alcohol: your body and breath smell of alcohol, just as you are sleepy,” said Fahad Malik, lead author of the study and chief physician for Internal medicine at the University of Alabama to CNN.
Consequences could be in addition to the risks of alcohol in everyday life, or road traffic also causing irreparable damage to the liver. Also, mental effects are also possible.
Physical and mental changes
Long before the traffic control of the Americans had noticed physical and mental changes. Around six years earlier, had begun his personality to change.
For the treatment of a thumb injury he had been at the time prescribed Antibiotics. Then he went through phases of depression, memory loss and aggressive behavior – atypical for the then forty-year-old.
Disorder of the digestive tract
Background of the syndrome is a disorder of the digestive tract. Often antibiotics or other intestinal flora influence are medications the cause.
In the case of the American, researchers at the Richmond University made the Antbiotikakur, which he had taken years ago, for the changes in his digestive tract and the blood-alcohol responsible.
The only difference in comparison to alcohol would be Affected could be treated with drugs.
First diagnoses in the 1970s
So far, only a few cases of ABS are known, scientists speak of an “undiagnosed illness”. There are no generally accepted criteria to diagnose the disease. Therefore, it is not known how many people worldwide suffer from the syndrome.
For the first time, Japanese researchers had found the disease in the 1970s, ten years later, diagnosed researchers the syndrome in the United States. From Germany, no case is known so far.
Treatment with antifungal agents and probiotics
To avoid the alcohol, had the Doctors advised the 46-year-old American, first, to refrain from carbohydrates. Still, he noticed after a few weeks, the symptoms occurred again. In his Distress, he resorted to an Online self-help group and continued with the researchers of the Richmond University Medical center in connection.
These treated him with antifungals and probiotics to normalize the bacteria in his intestines. Today, he can eat pasta and Pizza.
The scientists wrote in the study: “Approximately 1.5 years later, he shows no symptoms, he was able to resume his previous life style. Today, it feeds back to normal and need only check sporadically, and his breath alcohol level.“
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