When you drink, do you have any of these alcohol allergy symptoms?
The wide range of symptoms associated with an alcohol allergy includes the more common red face and red patches on the skin on other parts of the body. An allergy to alcohol can be of varying severity, from mild and uncomfortable, such as facial flushing, congestion, and itchy skin, to severe and dangerous, such as difficulty breathing and vomiting.
The reason for this reaction to alcohol consumption is that the body does not produce enough of the enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase, whose job it is to break down alcohol. People refer to this as the Asian Alcoholic Shock Reaction or Asian Shock for short. Almost half of the Asian population has this condition, which supports the idea that alcohol allergy is genetic.
You must remember that alcohol is a totally unnatural substance and a foreign invader, so it could be said that people who suffer from alcohol allergies have the most fine-tuned body defenses. In addition to the mere annoyance that these alcohol intolerance symptoms produce, on a more serious note, the risk of mouth, throat and stomach cancer is very high if something is not done about it.
There are 3 things you can do to stop the short-term symptoms of an alcohol allergy, as well as the long-term health risk.
- Stop drinking. A choice that many people would prefer to avoid, at least for now.
- Take Zantac or Pepcid before alcohol consumption to reduce allergic reactions, but their effectiveness is not reliable and varies by use.
- The ‘Asian Glowing Cure’ will instantly end all these symptoms of an alcohol allergy with the added bonus of reducing your hangover the next day too.
