Man’s gut fermented food into alcohol, making him drunk, case study finds
(CNN) — Most beer guts are the result of consuming fermented brew, but a new case study describes a rare syndrome that had one man’s gut fermenting brew, not consuming it.
It’s called gut fermentation syndrome or auto-brewery syndrome, and it’s “a relatively unknown phenomenon in Western medicine” according to a study published in July’s International Journal of Clinical Medicine. “Only a few cases have been reported in the last three decades” according to Dr. Barbara Cordell, the dean of nursing at Panola College in Carthage, Texas, and Dr. Justin McCarthy, a Lubbock gastroenterologist, the study’s authors.
The most current case comes courtesy of an unnamed 61-year-old Texas man who for five years seemed to be drunk — all of the time.
Sounds like some bloggers I’ve run across!
No, not me.
PS – because Squeaky Wheel informed me of the real health issues in this post, she asked for a link to the original article. Here ya go Squeak: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/19/health/gut-fermentation-syndrome/index.html
Guffaw in AZ 
A human with multiple stomachs? How else do you get food to sit long enough to ferment (rot)?
Did these people have antlers too?
Posted by KM | October 27, 2013, 10:30 amHAHAHAHA!
Posted by guffaw1952 | October 27, 2013, 1:08 pmGotta admit that is one helluva excuse… 🙂
Posted by Old NFO | October 27, 2013, 11:32 amGood point!
Posted by guffaw1952 | October 27, 2013, 1:08 pmOf course, now that the excuse has been used, it’s that much harder to use it again.
Durned spoilsports! 🙂
Posted by Rev. Paul | October 27, 2013, 2:37 pmHAHAHAHA!
Posted by guffaw1952 | October 27, 2013, 3:21 pmGastroparesis – it’s a condition where the stomach doesn’t digest things very quickly (I know someone who has it as a result of bad Lyme treatment plus diabetes…she’s really skinny and doesn’t eat much because it’s so uncomfortable for her). It’s essentially partial paralysis of the stomach. I would posit that the man has it, and also has a lack of stomach acid, causing the food to just sit there stewing in its own juices. Pair that with a case of digestive candida (basically a digestive yeast infection), and I think it’s perfectly plausible for someone to brew alcohol in their belly, though I’m not sure how he’s survived that long.
Link to article?
/nerdtalk
Posted by Squeaky Wheel | October 28, 2013, 9:29 amWow! I’d no idea.
I’ll look for the link and get back to you.
Thanks.
Posted by guffaw1952 | October 28, 2013, 9:59 am🙂 Yay, my giant nerd-dom helped something! Heh.
Posted by Squeaky Wheel | October 28, 2013, 10:02 amWe expect no less! 🙂
Posted by guffaw1952 | October 28, 2013, 10:03 amhttp://www.cnn.com/2013/09/19/health/gut-fermentation-syndrome/index.html
Posted by guffaw1952 | October 28, 2013, 10:05 am