American soldiers do not drink alcohol but are drunk all day

Ray Lewis, 48, suffers from a strange syndrome that causes the stomach to ferment all food in the stomach, making him drunk all day.

Ray is an American paratrooper and is extremely healthy. His symptoms began to appear in 2013 with signs of sweating, nausea and much talk like drunken people. The car crash in 2014 due to Ray's drunken state caused him to lose his job, the new disease was revealed.

Ray then always appears in a drunken state. His wife is afraid of her husband who is heavily alcoholic, so he takes him to detox and bank account to avoid buying alcohol. However, Ray is still drunk every day."We worked together, ate together, even shared a glass of refreshment, Ray never touched alcohol, stimulants but still drunk. I don't know what's going on , " Sierra - wife Ray said.

Ray must check alcohol content every day.(Photo: Caters).

The man was later diagnosed with fermented intestinal syndrome (Auto-brewery Syndrome). This syndrome makes him drunk after eating. Sierra said that her husband never drank alcohol but when measuring blood alcohol content up to 0.14 - beyond the legal limit. The wife even had to use a GPS navigation device for her husband in case he was drunk and wandered alone.

Currently, Ray only eats vegetables and protein, cannot eat sugar and carb. He had to check blood alcohol levels ten times a day and practice living with this condition.

According to GundryMD, ABS syndrome makes sick people feel drunk and unable to perform simple behaviors. It occurs because yeast accumulates in the intestine after the sick person eats sugar. ABS due to uncontrolled intestinal yeast or also caused by abnormal enzymes in the liver. The disease occurs in anyone, any age.

This is a rare and incurable disease. The only thing patients need to do is avoid sugar and carbohydrates that can help control symptoms, as well as regularly monitor the alcohol content of the patient's blood to control behavior.