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How do you define quite unusual? I’m not East Asian, but I most often get symptoms similar to Alcohol Flush Reaction with even only a single drink. I often find
by lloydde 8y ago
How do you define quite unusual? I’m not East Asian, but I most often get symptoms similar to Alcohol Flush Reaction with even only a single drink. I often find a single beer strong. I’ve never been able to figure out why sometimes I’ll get a headache after a single beer.
“Approximately 36% of East Asians (Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans) show characteristic physiological responses to drinking alcohol that includes facial flushing, nausea, headaches and a fast heart rate.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_flush_reaction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_flush_reaction
- justtopost 8y agoDiabetes, poor liver and/or kidney function, similar genetic mutation, etc. There are a host of reasons, I would bring it up with your physician, as they may have more insight than a psudoanonymous commenter.
- copperx 8y agoIt could be some other cause too. A couple of years ago I started noticing that one or two beers would make me almost drunk and to feel terrible the next morning. I attributed it to aging (36) but I also noticed none of my friends had the same problem. Later, I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and after daily treatment now drinking a few beers is completely ok. I don't understand what the relationship between those two things are. I would have never imagined.
- DenisM 8y agoAlso medication.