Strangely, people who don't drink still get drunk

For the past 20 years, Matthew Hogg, the British are always in a state of fainting after each use of a small amount of starch or sugar. Typical symptoms: nausea, dizziness, or aggression . Hogg is suffering from an extremely rare disease 'Auto Brewery Syndrome'.

Suddenly 'drunk'

When in elementary school, Hogg was a rather shy, quiet, gentle student so he was loved by his teachers and friends. But for some reason, after a while, he sometimes behaved harshly like a drunkard, bullshit, and often harassed. The parents took him to see a psychiatrist, but every time he received an affirmation: Hogg didn't have any psychological abnormalities. Hogg himself did not understand what was happening to him. Then he realized, 'drunkenness' actually happened only hours after each meal, drinking sugary or starchy foods.

The situation with Hogg became increasingly serious in the last two years of high school. Hogg often struggles with the symptoms of a drunkard such as nausea, dizziness and difficulty controlling behavior. When the "drunkenness" happened at the school, being agitated by the scrutiny and gossiping around, Hogg fought and fought with some other students. The case turned bad, causing Hogg to write a review and suspend him several times. By the time he stopped "drunk" , Hogg was depressed, blaming himself, but he himself didn't know what to do. Many people speculated that Hogg was possessed by demons !? They keep away from Hogg's life, and their studies are interrupted, and Hogg's parents assume that the son is suffering from some strange disease. Once again, they take Hogg to the hospital.

Hogg tells of his condition to the doctors: 'Every time I eat bread, potatoes or starch, I feel that my body is producing some pure alcohol a few hours later. It circulates throughout the body throughout the bloodstream. As long as I eat a piece of rice, I also have the feeling of drunkenness like drinking 3 bottles of red wine '. Mathew Hogg's complicated situation made the doctors at the National Health Service (NHS) confused.

Matthew Hogg

People who are in the same situation

Later, Hogg found his own help from experts in London and Mexico. Hogg's family spent 50,000 pounds of savings to try to determine Hogg's condition. The results of blood tests, CT scans and electrocardiographic measurements show, abnormally high levels of ethanol and other alcohol components in Hogg's body, and there is a small amount of overgrowth in the Patient's intestinal tract.

During the years of having to live with a series of mysterious "drunkennesses", Hogg eventually found the answer. When I read a book about a Japanese man was arrested by the local police for being drunk while driving, while he insisted he could not drink. And also in Japan in the 1950s there were dozens of people reporting feeling like they were drunk after eating rice and starch. This situation in Japanese is called Meitei-sho , while in English is Auto-brewery syndrome - Auto Brewery Syndrome.

The medical community defines, 'Auto Brewery Syndrome' or 'Fermented intestinal syndrome' is a rare condition, which causes a large amount of yeast to grow in the small intestine of the patient. This has produced pure ethanol, absorbed directly into the blood. The disease progresses to "drunken patients " after ingesting a large amount of starchy or sugar-containing foods, although not drinking alcohol.

According to a study published in July's Journal of Clinical Medicine by Dr. Barbara Cordell, Head of Nursing at Panola Carthage University in Texas, USA and Dr. Justin McCarthy specialize in gastrointestinal and gastrointestinal studies in Lubbock. , during the past 3 decades only a few cases have been reported with 'Auto Brewery Syndrome'.

The new case was recorded as a 61-year-old man in Texas. This person has been known for the past 5 years, starting in 2008, always in a "drunken state " without drinking alcohol or any alcoholic beverages. The blood alcohol concentration of this man is always 5 times higher than the normal one. This syndrome caused him many problems in his life, especially when he was frequently arrested by traffic police for a "soft drunk" error when driving and many times had to be hospitalized for emergency because he was "drunk" again. age should lead to 'clinical death' consequences .

Manage 'body is a brewery'!

For Mathew Hogg, it's 'the body of a brewery' that is hurting both his physical and mental health. Hogg couldn't pursue his dream of becoming a nutritionist. He is following a strict diet to control fermentation in his gut. Hogg's meal consisted only of meat, fish, eggs, vegetables (except potatoes, tomatoes, soybeans), fruits (except citrus), water, herbs and nuts (except for peanuts).

Due to the lack of quality, the amount of food and drink, Hogg was always in a state of lack of energy. He had to give up his job at the company, rarely participate in fun activities, even though he had a girlfriend, but Hogg rarely went out because of his weak health, partly because he missed the "drunkenness" again. Hogg runs the Environmental Illness Resource website to help people like himself.