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Alcohol flush reaction; Other names: Asian flush syndrome, Asian flush reaction, Asian glow, Asian red face glow: Facial flushing. Before (left) and after (right) drinking alcohol. A 22-year-old East Asian man who is ALDH2 heterozygous showing the reaction. [1] Specialty: Toxicology: Frequency: 36% of East Asians [2] [1] [3]
Skin flushing and nasal congestion are the most common symptoms of intolerance after alcohol ingestion. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It may also be characterized as intolerance causing hangover symptoms similar to the "disulfiram-like reaction" of aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency or chronic fatigue syndrome .
Alcohol-induced asthma reactions among Asians has been most thoroughly studied in those of native Japanese descent. In such individuals, the ingestion of virtually any alcoholic beverage or pure ethanol and, in some cases, the smelling of ethanol fumes may be followed, typically within 1–30 minutes, by one or more of the following symptoms: an alcohol flush reaction (i.e. the "Asian flush ...
Columnist Mary Chao describes what it's like to deal with a lifetime of being a teetotaler due to the Asian Flush.
Today, 6 million American children live with food allergies, and young Asian Americans like Wong’s son, now in college, are 40% more likely to develop one compared to the general population.
So far, there isn’t a definitive explanation for why the mutation is so common among East Asians. However, the 2010 study floated the possibility that, with a historically “more pronounced ...
The high concentration of acetaldehyde causes the alcohol flush reaction, colloquially known as the "Asian Flush". Since the alcohol flush reaction is highly uncomfortable and the possibility of hangovers is immediate and severe, people with this gene variant are less likely to become alcoholics .
“Asian American ‘80s,” now streaming on the Criterion Channel, spotlights 12 landmark and underappreciated Asian American films.