# Alcohol Allergy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [January 31, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600 "2009-01-31T18:18:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![revivia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/revivia/32/2124_2.png) [@revivia](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/revivia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/1 "2009-01-31T18:18:29Z")
I never knew there was possibly such a thing, until I have experienced it. No matter what I drink: vodka, whiskey, beer, long island iced tea, etc. I always seem to get a poison ivy type rash all over my body. Maybe my body is thinking this is a foreign substance and is rejecting the alcohol, who knows..Any ideas? I should probably quit drinking lol \*sad face ---
**Author:** ![Xiphoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/xiphoid/32/1852_2.png) [@Xiphoid](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Xiphoid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/2 "2009-01-31T18:42:38Z")
> [@revivia](#): > > I never knew there was possibly such a thing, until I have experienced it. No matter what I drink: vodka, whiskey, beer, long island iced tea, etc. I always seem to get a poison ivy type rash all over my body. Maybe my body is thinking this is a foreign substance and is rejecting the alcohol, who knows..Any ideas? I should probably quit drinking lol \*sad face Oh yes, its real & very common in some ethnic groups, in particular Vietnamese & other asians. It’s not an allergy per se, it’s a lack of or deficiency of the enzyme the body uses to break down alcohol with 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![revivia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/revivia/32/2124_2.png) [@revivia](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/revivia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/3 "2009-01-31T18:54:36Z")
I am half Japanese…that might explain it haha. ☹ thanks for the very imformative and useful input ---
**Author:** ![Xiphoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/xiphoid/32/1852_2.png) [@Xiphoid](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Xiphoid)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/4 "2009-01-31T19:00:18Z")
> [@revivia](#): > > I am half Japanese…that might explain it haha. ☹ thanks for the very imformative and useful input If you google Alcohol Dehydrogenase you’ll find bucketloads of info on it… ---
**Author:** ![revivia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/revivia/32/2124_2.png) [@revivia](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/revivia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/5 "2009-01-31T19:01:25Z")
thanks again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![revivia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/revivia/32/2124_2.png) [@revivia](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/revivia)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/6 "2009-01-31T19:06:57Z")
“Approximately 50% of Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans are deficient in ALDH. This has been reported to be protective against the development of alcoholism.” Well at least I won’t be an alcoholic right? lol…Plus I’ll save money from not buying alcohol. Just trying to see the positives of this situation. Oh well, I guess this is the end of my drinking, during my college years. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![denec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/denec/32/1730_2.png) [@denec](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/denec)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/7 "2009-01-31T23:40:14Z")
well that sucks…i think i would go into a major depression ---
**Author:** ![zeph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/85e7bf/32.png) [@zeph](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/zeph)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 12:06am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/8 "2009-02-01T00:06:17Z")
> [@revivia](#): > > “Approximately 50% of Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans are deficient in ALDH. This has been reported to be protective against the development of alcoholism.” That’s a really high number 😮 My friend who’s korean gets red from his face down to the rest of his body. That’s how we tell if he should stop drinking. xD Almost all my asian friends get the “asian glow.” To counter that, some of my friends take pepcid AC. I also hear Vitamin B time release helps. ---
**Author:** ![revivia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/revivia/32/2124_2.png) [@revivia](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/revivia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2009, 5:41am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/9 "2009-02-01T05:41:19Z")
Denec for me stopping alcohol is ok..I am at a very young age, so I really dont mind. ---
**Author:** ![Wrlprchnx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/wrlprchnx/32/1360_2.png) [@Wrlprchnx](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Wrlprchnx)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/10 "2009-02-02T14:58:43Z")
It also means you get righteous drunk on almost nothing if I remember properly (lucky bastard) ---
**Author:** ![revivia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/revivia/32/2124_2.png) [@revivia](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/revivia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/11 "2009-02-02T15:09:52Z")
Yeah…I got drunk off of 2 glasses of beer, and 1 glass of long island iced tea…the long island fucked me up haha…I got an instant buzz. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![revivia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/revivia/32/2124_2.png) [@revivia](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/revivia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/12 "2009-02-02T15:10:47Z")
What does it take for you to get drunk btw? As in, when you start getting buzzed at least. ---
**Author:** ![diamond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/diamond/32/859_2.png) [@diamond](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/diamond)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/13 "2009-02-02T15:18:28Z")
> [@Wrlprchnx](#): > > It also means you get righteous drunk on almost nothing if I remember properly (lucky bastard) Honestly, some people just don’t realise how lucky they are 😛 I went out a few weeks ago, had about ten pints, three gallons of scotch and a kebab. When I woke up, a gorilla had stolen all my cash, rubbed the kebab in my hair, hit me over the head causing a massive headache and, to make matters worse, I swear blind it had crapped in my mouth! But I wasn’t drunk, eh revivia? 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![revivia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/revivia/32/2124_2.png) [@revivia](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/revivia)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/14 "2009-02-02T15:20:32Z")
Haha nice one diamond. 😛 I guess you weren’t drunk after all…I won’t say anything if you don’t. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mtnjim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/mtnjim/32/2010_2.png) [@Mtnjim](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Mtnjim)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/15 "2009-02-02T19:07:21Z")
Alcohol allergy is why God made ganja.🙄 ---
**Author:** ![zeph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/85e7bf/32.png) [@zeph](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/zeph)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/alcohol-allergy/25600/16 "2009-02-03T01:13:03Z")
> [@Wrlprchnx](#): > > It also means you get righteous drunk on almost nothing if I remember properly (lucky bastard) not true. The friend I mentioned goes through the same symptoms that rev is describing but pounds the alky like nothing. I don’t turn red what so ever no matter how much I drink, but I’d say my tolerance is pretty low. 6-8 shots and I’m pretty buzzed.