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Rare syndrome: Canadian woman's gut produces alcohol, makes her feel intoxicated

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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Image for representational purposes only. Photo Courtesy: iStock

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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