Alcohol flush reaction
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- Guss
Anyone else have this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alc…
I got it from my mom's side of the family (Japanese). I have one of the worst cases where it affects my breathing. Because I'm not able to drink at all (zero), my social life in high school and college was pretty boring, and it does effect my career as well.. like relationships with coworkers, clients, networking, etc.
Shitty huh?
- sureshot0
thats pretty shitty indeed... considering we have a "im drunk" thread up.
- DRIFTMONKEY0
This is the worse alcohol problem I have ever heard of.
- eieio0
you sound like an alcoholic... "waah I can't drink so I have no social life... waaah wah" ;]
- lowimpakt0
i sometimes have some reactions to red wine. affects my breathing etc.
i generally just keep drinking and it sorts itself out
- drgs0
yea thats it, the reason your life sucks is alcohol flush reaction
breath out
- Pixter0
That's some pretty healthy disease
- ItalianStallion0
Smoke some weed.
Next...
- brandelec0
lol totally an asian thing
- dbloc0
an asian guy that I used to work with had the same thing he would get beet red after 1 drink.
- Guss0
I never said my life sucks. I'm just saying that I have a shitty condition which affect my work life a little, and I was curious if there were other designers who has to deal with this.
If smoking weed was more socially acceptable in the corporate world, I wouldn't complain about this.
- matnz0
RUM FLUSH. I know a couple of people who get it, mostly occurs if they drink two nights in a row. Apparently having an antihistamine (hayfever pill) works a treat.
- fooler0
I drink more that I really should and I get that red rash thing while drinking about once a year. Sometimes it's from wine, others from bourbon or whiskey, I even got a real bad rash from a Spanish Coffee once. I'm glad it doesn't happen that often, I might have 1% japanese in my bloodline somewhere down the line.
- fooler0
Oh Shit! I'm fuct!
Research has shown that a history of facial flushing when drinking is indicative of ALDH2 deficiency, and that an ALDH2-deficient drinker who drinks 2 beers per day has 6 to 10 times the risk of developing esophageal cancer as a drinker not deficient in the enzyme.[4][5]
- monospaced0
I heard taking an antihistamine before drinking prevents this simply because it's a mild allergic reaction or some shit. At least that's what my asian ex-girlfriend used to swear by.
- cannonball19780
fuckin lightweight. sack up.
- mekk0
- sadpanda0
I have this same problem. I hate it so much. So embarrassing sometimes.
- huh? I didn't noticeProjectile
- I get hot cheeks and get super flushed. I'm not even asian!sadpanda
