The body of an American began to produce alcohol and he lost his job

School teacher Mark Mongiardo from New Jersey, USA, lost his job due to the fact that he was almost always tipsy. No, he didn't take a drink in the back room during recess. It's just that the poor fellow has a rare disease in which the body produces alcohol on its own. Mark's ailment is called autobrewery syndrome (APS). With it, alcohol is spontaneously synthesized in the intestines, and then successfully enters the bloodstream.

Mark Mongiardo's illness causes him to develop symptoms of alcohol use at any time. A teacher who does not drink alcohol at all has a reddened face, a slurred tongue, and impaired coordination of movements. In addition, the smell of booze is clearly audible from him.

Before that, Mongiardo got into trouble more than once because of his rare illness. But this time he was stopped by the police when he was driving home from work. He was found drunk, which was immediately reported to the school administration. There, the teacher had long been suspected of hidden alcoholism, and after the signal, they were immediately fired.

Having lost his job, Mark found himself in an unenviable position. He had no money, no job, so he lost everything he had. He himself talks about it this way:

For the first time, Mark learned about his illness back in 2006. Then colleagues began to complain that he constantly smelled of fumes. The teacher moved to another school and worked there until recently. But after passing a police test for alcohol, he was fired for drunkenness. Realizing that the matter was in the features of his body, Mongiardo turned to a gastroenterologist. Tom had to consult with colleagues, since he himself had never dealt with APS.

When Mark was given an accurate diagnosis and prescribed treatment, he simply cried with happiness. Antifungal drugs and a strict low-carbohydrate diet helped him and the unpleasant symptoms disappeared. The poor fellow did not even guess that his problem could be solved so simply, and regrets that he did not go to the specialists earlier.

Autobrewery syndrome is associated with a violation of the intestinal microflora. This usually happens after taking strong antibiotics. Due to a malfunction, fungi, yeast and carbohydrates in the human intestine react and are converted to alcohol. True, this syndrome is extremely rare, so we can say that the teacher from Florida was “lucky”.

So if after the holidays at work they will prove to you that you came with a hangover, do not agree. Insist that you are seriously ill and need special treatment.