Here's how auto-brewery syndrome works
Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY. Published 2:30 p.m. ET Oct. 25, 2019 | Updated 3:31 p.m. ET Oct. 25, 2019
Free beer: Great. Beer that ferments inside your stomach without you knowing why you're getting drunk: Not so great.
In a case study published in the peer-reviewed British Medical Journal Open Gastroenterology, doctors describe a patient who repeatedly had elevated blood alcohol levels but denied ever drinking a drop.
The cause: a rare condition known as "auto-brewery syndrome," or ABS, which causes the carbohydrates one ingests to turn into alcohol, fermented by fungi or bacteria in the gastrointestinal system.
"ABS is probably an underdiagnosed condition," the study authors wrote, adding that no diagnostic criteria exists to confirm the syndrome or treat it. However, the researchers do propose treatment that could be tested in future studies.
A friend told me about this today. I didn't believe it could be true, but it apparently is.
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