allergic to alcohol...

[robphelan]

i've never been tested, but i think i'm slightly allergic to booze :frown: Frequently, I my nose gets stuffed up after a few drinks.

however, about once or so a month, i get severely stuffed up and my face/neck turns beet red and warms up significantly. like tonight, i've had 2 glasses of wine and my face is red and I can feel my heart beating a little harder than normal.

what's that all about?

 

[IronWing]

Histamines

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: robphelan
i've never been tested, but i think i'm slightly allergic to booze :frown: Frequently, I my nose gets stuffed up after a few drinks.

however, about once or so a month, i get severely stuffed up and my face/neck turns beet red and warms up significantly. like tonight, i've had 2 glasses of wine and my face is red and I can feel my heart beating a little harder than normal.

what's that all about?

You have my deepest condolences robphelan!

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: robphelan
i've never been tested, but i think i'm slightly allergic to booze :frown: Frequently, I my nose gets stuffed up after a few drinks.

however, about once or so a month, i get severely stuffed up and my face/neck turns beet red and warms up significantly. like tonight, i've had 2 glasses of wine and my face is red and I can feel my heart beating a little harder than normal.

what's that all about?

i think wine is the culprit. does beer give you the same reaction?

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: robphelan
i've never been tested, but i think i'm slightly allergic to booze :frown: Frequently, I my nose gets stuffed up after a few drinks.

however, about once or so a month, i get severely stuffed up and my face/neck turns beet red and warms up significantly. like tonight, i've had 2 glasses of wine and my face is red and I can feel my heart beating a little harder than normal.

what's that all about?

i think wine is the culprit. does beer give you the same reaction?

yep.. even vodka, rum, etc.. but like i said, it only gets this bad once a month or so - that's what's weird. I could understand if it got his bad each time I drank, but it doesn't

 

[zinfamous]

dear lord! this must be horrible.

actually, though, I tend to get the same reaction after a few drinks. beer, wine, doesn't really matter. Though, I'm usually hopped-up on loratidine + suphedrin 24/7, so I wouldn't exactly call my situation a good control for this small sample.

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
dear lord! this must be horrible.

actually, though, I tend to get the same reaction after a few drinks. beer, wine, doesn't really matter. Though, I'm usually hopped-up on loratidine + suphedrin 24/7, so I wouldn't exactly call my situation a good control for this small sample.

it's normally not this bad. i do keep my afrin handy... a few squirts in each nostril usually clears me up pretty fast

 

[rudeguy]

I am extremely allergic to alcohol.


Every time I drink it, I break out in handcuffs

 

[FleshLight]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_flush_reaction

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I am extremely allergic to alcohol.


Every time I drink it, I break out in handcuffs

You can't break those cuffs.

 

[Jahee]

Could be psychological..?

 

[moshquerade]

somebody has to ask, are you Asian?

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol ? even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/heal...lcohol-allergy/AN00818

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
somebody has to ask, are you Asian?

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol ? even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/heal...lcohol-allergy/AN00818

Poor Asia..

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
somebody has to ask, are you Asian?

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol ? even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/heal...lcohol-allergy/AN00818

nope... irish + mexican/spanish. with those genes I should have no problem with alcohol.

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_flush_reaction

holy cow. that description

"Flushing, after consuming one or two alcoholic beverages, includes a range of symptoms: nausea, headaches, light-headedness, an increased pulse, occasional extreme drowsiness, and occasional skin swelling and itchiness."

is spot on.

 

[Pocatello]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
somebody has to ask, are you Asian?

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol ? even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/heal...lcohol-allergy/AN00818

Yep, I can't drink alcohol, not much anyway. A glass of wine, and my face is red, my nose is stuffed, heavy breathing, the works. My cousins, on the other hand, drink like fish.

 

[angry hampster]

A long-time friend of mine is acutely allergic to alcohol. Unfortunately, he found out the hard way. When he was 13-14 years old, he ordered a drunken pork chop (seared in vodka) for dinner, and wound up in the hospital for three days after his throat nearly closed shut. YOu should feel lucky.

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: Pocatello

Originally posted by: moshquerade
somebody has to ask, are you Asian?

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol ? even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/heal...lcohol-allergy/AN00818

Yep, I can't drink alcohol, not much anyway. A glass of wine, and my face is red, my nose is stuffed, heavy breathing, the works. My cousins, on the other hand, drink like fish.

95% of the time, I can and do drink like a fish... only on these certain occasions does this happen. one of the articles mentioned something about eating before drinking. I did eat, but not a whole lot. maybe that's one of the catalysts.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: robphelan

Originally posted by: moshquerade
somebody has to ask, are you Asian?

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol ? even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/heal...lcohol-allergy/AN00818

nope... irish + mexican/spanish. with those genes I should have no problem with alcohol.

jesus mang, you should be like genetically bred to drink alcohol.

i don't think life would be worth living if i were allergic to alcohol.

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_flush_reaction

..explains a lot.

Acetaldehyde and hangovers
Most people of East Asian descent have a mutation in their alcohol dehydrogenase gene that makes this enzyme unusually effective at converting ethanol to acetaldehyde, and about half of such people also have a form of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase that is less effective at converting acetaldehyde to acetic acid.[2] This combination causes them to suffer from the alcohol flush reaction, in which acetaldehyde accumulates after drinking, leading to severe and immediate hangover symptoms. These people are therefore less likely to become alcoholics. The drug disulfiram (Antabuse) also prevents the oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acid, with the same unpleasant effects for drinkers. It is used in the treatment of alcoholism.

 

[ICRS]

My friend is allergic to the alcoholo.

Symptoms he has from 1 shot:

Convulsions
Increase heart rate
Increase body temperature
Lost of conscious
Heavy perspiration

This is within minutes of drinking it.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: ICRS
My friend is allergic to the alocohol.

Symptoms he has from 1 shot:

Convulsions
Increase heart rate
Increase body temperature
Lost of concious
Heavy pesperation

This is within minutes of drinking it.

You really need a browser that supports spell check.

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: JS80

Originally posted by: robphelan

Originally posted by: moshquerade
somebody has to ask, are you Asian?

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol ? even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/heal...lcohol-allergy/AN00818

nope... irish + mexican/spanish. with those genes I should have no problem with alcohol.

jesus mang, you should be like genetically bred to drink alcohol.

i don't think life would be worth living if i were allergic to alcohol.

no doubt.

I'm 36.. i don't remember having these issues until i hit 30 - as a coincidence, that's when I got married.

 

[Gibsons]

It's not possible to be allergic to ethanol.

You might have some reaction to it (or more likely yeast fermentation by products) that's weird atypical or whatever, but a type I hypersensitivity isn't going to happen.

Keep in mind your intestinal flora produce ethanol every day.

 

[robphelan]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
somebody has to ask, are you Asian?

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol ? even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/heal...lcohol-allergy/AN00818

now that I think about it, my mom did take that trip to Hong Kong about 10 months before i was born