22 Hard-To-Detect Illnesses, From The Commonplace To The Truly Bizarre

14. Auto-Brewery Syndrome

As most of us know, hangovers in the morning are the price we all must pay for having imbibed the night before. There are people, however, who experience the high of getting drunk, and the pain of an ensuing hangover, without ever cracking a beer. They suffer from a rare disease called auto-brewery syndrome, in which alcohol is produced in a person’s gut whenever they eat carbohydrate rich foods. All of the pain with none of the fun? That’s no way to live.