Beer Belly
Oct 21, 2019 08:44:21 #
I had heard of this before. Odd situation.
"A man in the US started producing beer in his gut after it became colonised by high levels of brewer’s yeast. He began to experience mental fogginess, dizziness and memory loss in 2011 and had to give up his job, but doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong. In 2017, he was finally diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition that occurs when certain gut microbes become overgrown and convert carbohydrates to alcohol. It probably arose after he took a prolonged course of antibiotics for a thumb injury, disrupting his normal gut flora."
from New Scientist Daily (England)
"A man in the US started producing beer in his gut after it became colonised by high levels of brewer’s yeast. He began to experience mental fogginess, dizziness and memory loss in 2011 and had to give up his job, but doctors couldn’t work out what was wrong. In 2017, he was finally diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition that occurs when certain gut microbes become overgrown and convert carbohydrates to alcohol. It probably arose after he took a prolonged course of antibiotics for a thumb injury, disrupting his normal gut flora."
from New Scientist Daily (England)
Oct 21, 2019 08:47:24 #
chippy65
Loc: Cambridge
a walking "MicroBrewery"............sounds funny but having a permanent hangover cant be good
Oct 21, 2019 09:06:10 #
Oct 21, 2019 09:09:38 #
Oct 21, 2019 10:03:56 #
That’s interesting Jerry. Antibiotics have their downside too, I guess!
/George
/George
Oct 22, 2019 04:38:27 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
This also happens with diabetics.
It's called "wine breath".
Too much sugar on an empty stomach can easily do that.
Some are more susceptible than others.
It's called "wine breath".
Too much sugar on an empty stomach can easily do that.
Some are more susceptible than others.
Oct 22, 2019 06:01:44 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I had heard of this before. Odd situation. br br... (show quote)
I saw a show on that guy, he had a tough time till they figured out what was wrong.
Oct 22, 2019 09:48:40 #
Oct 22, 2019 09:57:05 #
And I was expecting this to be a joke. Imagine it is not very funny to him.
Oct 22, 2019 10:04:26 #
Leo_B
Loc: Houston suburb
One of this season's Hollywood go to plots. There have been at least two shows using it as a plot device as we've seen both. Another is sympathy illness although they call it by some multi-syllable multi-word psychobabble name where a group becomes ill due to the suggestion of and sympathy for another. It has been used on three shows we've seen so far. Neither counts how many times on shows we don't watch.
Oct 22, 2019 11:12:58 #
Oct 22, 2019 14:34:43 #
No, the one I saw was a medical documentary, its a real deal, at least for this poor guy, according to the fix, he had to really watch what he ate, for him it was a natural condition, what initially brought it on I don't remember
Oct 22, 2019 14:44:12 #
Leo_B
Loc: Houston suburb
Yes, it's a real deal and that's why Hollywood is putting it in any show where it will fit. Sort of like every show now has significant and sometimes numerous LGBTWXYZ plot lines since that's such a huge part of society.
Oct 22, 2019 14:52:37 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
Saw a portrayal of the same ailment on an episode of "The Good Doctor" last night. Sounded plausible.
Oct 22, 2019 14:55:30 #
I've heard that in some rare cases to get the gut back to the proper flora they sometimes transplant someone else's poop into the gut of the affected persons gut.
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