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Rare syndrome: Canadian woman's gut produces alcohol, makes her feel intoxicated
Updated On: 03 June, 2024 05:19 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Doctors in Canada treated a 50-year-old woman with a syndrome that makes her gut produce alcohol, and feel intoxicated without getting drunk
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In a rare case, doctors in Canada treated a 50-year-old woman with a syndrome that makes her gut produce alcohol, and feel intoxicated without getting drunk, according to a case report published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday.
Doctors at the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai diagnosed the woman with auto-brewery syndrome -- a rare condition in which gut fungi create alcohol through fermentation.
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