Look out world, here comes sobriety...

[jdubbs32584]

Some people are more sensitive to the effects of alcohol than are others. However, this doesn't mean you have an alcohol allergy.

A true food allergy involves your immune system. In such cases, your immune system mistakenly identifies a specific food or a component of that food as a harmful substance. Your immune system triggers certain cells to produce immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies to fight the "enemy" food or food component. Signs and symptoms of food allergy include tingling in the mouth, hives, breathing difficulties, and swelling of your lips, tongue or throat.

An alcohol allergy would be very uncommon. However, you could be allergic to other ingredients in an alcoholic beverage, such as wheat or sulfur dioxide, a preservative. There are also substances in some alcohol beverages such as wine that can cause flushing or even rashes.

Still, it's more likely that you have an alcohol intolerance â€" which means you are more sensitive to the normal effects of alcohol. Alcohol can cause a variety of immediate adverse effects on the body, including headache, rapid heartbeat, nausea or vomiting, heartburn, abdominal pain, nasal congestion, or warm, red, itchy skin.

Many people of Asian descent experience an unusual flushing reaction after drinking alcohol â€" even in very small amounts. This is caused by a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to break down alcohol completely. Some research suggests that people who experience alcohol flush reaction may be at increased risk of alcohol-related conditions, such as cancer of the esophagus and liver disease.

The only solution to all of these problems is to avoid alcohol.


-from the mayo clinic

well shit, i do all that

For those that don't understand, Mother is part slanty eyed.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I guess I have to embrace the dark side and become one of those health freaks

Hrm. Lake Ontario is boiling.

Huh?

Make sense now? You being a health freak=sign of end of world.

[Mother]

but lake Ontario actually boils...

[herm]

For those that don't understand, Mother is part slanty eyed.

why yah gotta make this a race thing??

[jdubbs32584]

why yah gotta make this a race thing??

I am a backwoods redneck from the South you know 

[somegirl]

So are you gonna get tested hon for the allergy and the diabetes?

+1, many doctors seem to downplay diabetes.   If you are at risk it may be worth it to get a referral to an endocrinologist.

[ducatiz]

I had the same thing happen to me a while back (oh, 5 years?) after a night of binge drinking soju and nigiri sake (i.e. Shiboritate)..

... the next morning, i felt a jillion tiny nipponese pounding on my brain stem and whacking me in the eyes with golf balls.  i thought it was just a hangover from hell until a few weeks later, i had a business meeting (err ahem) with one of our european pals who liked to drink (oh, the Finns) anyhow, i got home stinking drunk and around 2 am i awoke with the worst headache of the 21st century -- went to the bathroom to self-decapitate and when i switched on teh lights, it was as if someone punched me in the face.

--migraine!!--

after a few rounds of MRIs and stuff, i was given a few drugs and sent home -- those drugs have kept me alive. 

i still drink, if i didn't, i'd be on one of those COPS shows being arrested after something "horrible"...  drinking keeps me sane, God help the world if alcohol is banned.

[cyrus buelton]

Do you use Immatrax of Maxalt?

[Sinister]

Do you use Immatrax of Maxalt?

He uses Midol.

[Oldfisti]

He uses Midol.

ZING!

[Mother]

I experimented

Purely organic beer has zero negative effect

I am going to explore the possibility that this is some kind of reaction to a preservative

[Oldfisti]

I experimented

Purely organic beer has zero negative effect

I am going to explore the possibility that this is some kind of reaction to a preservative

            Glad to hear the good news!             

[jdubbs32584]

Thank god. Hopefully I won't lose my drinking buddy! 

[Oldfisti]

It's good and bad. You may have lost a DD.  However IMO it's more fun when both SO's get tipsy.   

[jdubbs32584]

It's good and bad. You may have lost a DD.  However IMO it's more fun when both SO's get tipsy.