allergic to alcohol...

[minendo]

Your body is probably not producing enough alcohol dehydrogenase.

 

[imported_Devine]

Im sorry, I dont encourage abuse but a good amount of booze relieves lots of stress for me

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: 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.

I think he was drinking all his friend's shots

 

[OutHouse]

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?

beer will give me a nasty nasty headache after half a bottle.

 

[Chaotic42]

I thought I was "allergic" (or whatever) to alcohol because it all tastes like the middle part of a pecan. No big loss for either of us, I say. That crap is expensive.

 

[zinfamous]

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.

this genetic issue is that certain ethnicities, including all women iirc, do not produce both "types" of alcohol dehydrogenase, the enzyme that breaks down alcohol. Asians and Native Americans are among those groups, and I could be wrong, but I also believe that Mexicans may have this deficiency as well.

All it means is that alcohol will not be metabolized as quickly and effectively as it will in those who produce both types of the enzyme, thus alcohol consumption will have a stronger effect with less consumption.

 

[CKent]

Switch to pot.

 

[SampSon]

No, you're not allergic to alcohol.

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: Devine
Im sorry, I dont encourage abuse but a good amount of booze relieves lots of stress for me

..you're relieving mental stress but inducing massive oxidataive stress.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Originally posted by: 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.

Wait a minute...you just edited your post for grammar and it still reads like a first-grader wrote it. FAIL.

Oh, and being allergic to alcohol sucks, man. I guess you're gonna have to be a stoner.

 

[alexvorn2]

No alcohol drinks anymore.

 

[Gibson486]

never stopped me when i was in college and high school. I had the same thing. I always thought it was what happened when you start drinking. .

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: 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.

That does....I usually got hangovers right away (like 1 hour after I stop drinking a whole thing of wine).....man...you learn something new everyday....

 

[dquan97]

For me, 1/2 shot of anything alcoholic produce labored breathing and extreme hives...

 

[skyking]

Allergies are bizzare. In many of the cases, I would bet the reaction would be linked to very small quantities of byproducts from the brewing/fermenting process.
Allergies are not constant conditions and do change over time. I tried a taste of a drink a while back, and within a half hour I had headache symptoms. It was like a hangover before the fact. 18 years ago I drank almost daily.
My mom has the same thing happen with a glass of wine.
As a kid I could eat cherries by the fistful, then suddenly I became allergic to them, and apples, canteloupe, honeydew, and peaches, nectarines
The upside is the particular enzyme that I react to is destroyed by heating, so pies and cobblers are good to go:thumbsup:

 

[wheresmybacon]

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


Every time I drink it, I break out in handcuffs

lol indeed sir. me too...