I don't know what to make of this disease/condition. In some ways I found it humorous. I read a book in the 1980s about a lawyer and politician from the capital, DC, that reportedly had gut-fermentation syndrome. He had a successful career in life. After retiring he was tired of being told he acted drunk all the time. Alcohol never touched his lips though.
He search for a cure, tried many different ideas, diets, drugs, but all that was offered in America didn't work at helping his gut alcohol being condition. Then he learned of an anti fungal drug used in Japan. it was highly toxic and dangerous to use but he was determined to rid his body of the alcohol brewing yeast from his intestine. He traveled to Japan and met doctors their. The Japanese doctors arranged to have him take the anti fungal drug. He described it as being similar to a harsh chemo therapy treatment. He was terrible ill the whole while, throwing up all the time, terrible weak, etc. After a month of the Japanese anti fungal/ yeast treatment he was cured!
I looked at the story two ways. It could be read truthfully. He might have been cured of the yeast. Or it could have been that the retired politician decided he had enough of the chemo therapy.
Either way I have read that fugal infections can be difficult to treat due to yeast/fungus being similar to humans cells. They are also expensive.
I remember reading that TB was largely cured in the west before antibiotics were on the scene. I've read that a few times. It was mentioned that sunlight helped patients along with improve diet. It was observed that eating meat products high in cholesterol and fat nutrients seemed to have helped rid people of active deadly TB.
Woman charged with DUI has 'auto-brewery syndrome' - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/31/health/auto-brewery-syndrome-dui-womans-body-brews-own-alcohol/
excerpts:
Imagine being charged with a DUI when it's been hours since you've had a drink, only to later discover that your body brews its own alcohol.
That's what happened to an upstate New York woman when she blew a blood alcohol level more than four times the legal limit....
...Also known as gut-fermentation syndrome, this rare medical condition can occur when abnormal amounts of gastrointestinal yeast convert common food carbohydrates into ethanol. The process is believed to take place in the small bowel, and is vastly different from the normal gut fermentation in the large bowel that gives our bodies energy.
First described in 1912 as "germ carbohydrate fermentation," it was studied in the 1930s and '40s as a contributing factor to vitamin deficiencies and irritable bowel syndrome. Cases involving the yeast Candida albicans and Candida krusei have popped up in Japan, and in 2013 Cordell documented the case of a 61-year-old man who had frequent bouts of unexplained drunkenness for years before being diagnosed with an intestinal overabundance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or brewer's yeast, the same yeast used to make beer....
...In the meantime, Marusak's client is treating her condition with anti-fungal medications and a yeast-free diet with absolutely no sugar, no alcohol and very low carbs. While that works for some, Cordell says, others relapse or find little relief.
