The mother would have to sign off work for two weeks when hit by an episode and reported to hospital with extreme tiredness and slurred speech seven times over two years before being diagnosed.
A woman who was told she was simply drunk on the multiple occasions she showed up at hospital with slurred speech and extreme tiredness has been diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome. The 50-year-old visited hospital seven times, only to be discharged with a diagnosis of being drunk - despite saying she had not been drinking - before she was correctly diagnosed with the condition. Auto-brewery syndrome is a condition which sees fungi in the gut create alcohol through fermentation.
Read more from Sky News:Doctor rescues live fish from garden lawnSpoon that makes food taste saltier on sale The patient would have to take up to two weeks off work after each episode, during which she ate very little. While her symptoms would improve after one or two weeks, they would represent within one or two months.
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