What is it about?
Auto-Brewery Syndrome is an overgrowth of yeast in the intestines that causes a person to ferment carbohydrates into alcohol. This paper presents three representative cases to show the spectrum of issues that can arise in diagnosis and treatment.
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Why is it important?
This paper is important because ABS is a rare but underdiagnosed health problem and patients are being turned away from healthcare because providers are not familiar with Auto-Brewery Syndrome
Perspectives
Healthcare providers must treat individuals with an open mind and compassion. If a person is drunk but insists they have not been drinking, the provider should consider Auto-Brewery as a possibility. We continue to research this rare syndrome. For more information go to www.autobrewery.info
Dr. Barbara Cordell
Panola College
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This page is a summary of: Auto-Brewery as an Emerging Syndrome: Three Representative Case Studies, Journal of Clinical & Medical Case Reports, January 2015, Avens Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.13188/2332-4120.1000013.
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