Is it possible to be somewhat allergic to alchohol?

[n7]

But i tend to get very stuffy (i mean a stuffy nose) when i drink

Like tonight, i was having a few rum n cokes, & now i'm all stuffed up.

Happen to anyone else?

 

[wiredspider]

we are all allergic that's why we get drunk....

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

yes...my friend in fact breaks out in hives and has diffculty breathing.

 

[AmberClad]

Happened to me once, but I was sick with a cold at the time (yeah, bad idea I know). I went to bed without drinking any water after having rum, so I apparently got really dehydrated and woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I was going to asphyxiate .

 

[n7]

Hmm interesting.

I don't get a bad reaction per say, i just devolop a really stuffy nose.

I'm thinking it could just be a certain kind of rum, since i normally am fine when i drink coolers.

 

[PING]

<---- allergic to alcohol! which sucks big time.

 

[0roo0roo]

many asians get flushed..nausea etc... various levels of intolerance of alcohol. its not an alergy.

 

[Atomicus]

Alcohol is METABOLIC WASTE. Its only natural for the body to react against it.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: wiredspider
we are all allergic that's why we get drunk....

Not really an allergy. More of a lack of the enzymes (or speed) necessary to break down the alcohol.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
many asians get flushed..nausea etc... various levels of intolerance of alcohol. its not an alergy.

Correct it is a lack or small available amount of alcohol dehydrogenase.

 

[Gibsons]

I really doubt you can become allergic to alcohol, but certainly to a lot of the yeasty by-products that come along with most drinks.

 

[AmberClad]

Originally posted by: n7
Hmm interesting.

I don't get a bad reaction per say, i just devolop a really stuffy nose.

I'm thinking it could just be a certain kind of rum, since i normally am fine when i drink coolers.

Maybe try taking a couple of Pepcid AC an hour before drinking the rum and see if that helps. No more than two tablets though, or you'll get an almost immediate headache.

 

[MX2]

I had a friend who turned all red in the face when he drank too much too fast

 

[ironchefjon]

After only one drink I break into hives and it gets harder for me to breathe. I also get red all over (arms, face, back).

 

[QurazyQuisp]

Does getting disoriented and dizzy count? That happens to me often. Last night was a riot.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: ironchefjon
After only one drink I break into hives and it gets harder for me to breathe. I also get red all over (arms, face, back).

Sounds like you lack the enzyme necessary to breakdown alcohol.

 

[skyking]

mom gets roaring headaches like the worst hangover not long after she drinks anything. Wine is the worst.

 

[PHiuR]

I should never drink again.

 

[0roo0roo]

yea theres the opposite too from what i remember. some people derive more pleasure from alcohol. all genetic. it makes them more prone to alcoholism though of course.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: skyking
Wine is the worst.

Very common. Comes from the some of the byproducts of wine production still remaining in the final bottled (or boxed if you are a cheap bastard like myself) product.