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Are these normal occurences? I suspect I might be allergic to something in the beer as it digests... But, I have noticed that these weird things have only occurred when I'm drinking domestic (Canadian) beer, while imported European beers have never yet affected me like that... Any thoughts on this would be appreciated! Are there different ingredients that might be doing this? I really hope I there something I can do...
wow I have heard of alcohol allergies but yours sound pretty severe. although i enjoy imports myself i am not sure if they differ from domestic ingredients. well, besides maybe more hops and grains in the imports??? are you allergic to wheat?? I hope you find out, sorry i dont have any answers. I just wanted to reply.
My friend had the exact same problem. She drank Budwiser for years and started to have hives. She eliminated everything she could think of and changed all products she uses. 3 months ago she got off the bud and switched to yuengling beer. No more hives. There is a difference in beer ingredients. Don't know if bud recently change theirs that made her sick.
I also am wondering if I developed an allergy to ingredients in beer....My symptoms: Seems like a virus...about 9 am I get a terrible headache, get sick...yellowYellow fever vaccine Yellow nail syndrome bile...and alternate between sweatsSweat electrolytes test Sweat test Sweating Sweating - absent to chillsChills. I get sick about every 20 minutes, and basically hang out in the shower, bath and bed for about 12 hours and then am just fine. This happened when I drank way to many Budweiser beers on the river, so thought it was from over indulgence about a month ago. Friends came over last night and I drank 3 cheap beers, from Wisconsin and the exact symptoms within the same time frame. I have no food or medicine allergies. It is so severe~~worse than any hang over I have ever experienced...even in college!! Comments?
It sounds as if you may have celiacs disease, which is actually an allergy to gluten. The symptoms that you describe sound very much like the symptoms of celiacs. Your doctor can test you for it and if you do have it, then you can control it with dietary changes and save yourself a lot of pain and medical costs down the line. Also, you'll be happy to know that there are a lot of wonderful gluten-free products on the market now. They are not always easy to find, but they're out there - even gluten-free beer!
FGQB I have the EXACT same symptoms!!! Am doing research as well. Have heard a rumor that the beer companies are starting to use GM (Genetically Modified) grain which could lead to more of us becoming gluten intolerant. This would also explain why in the past we were ok and suddenly now we get sooo sick. If you find any additional information please pass it along and I will do the same.
Hi, i am a 38 yr old caucasian female who has been drinking beer since 16.
I started getting an allergic reaction about ten years ago. I drank mostly Miller Light. My chin started getting red and flaky under the corners of my mouth. I couldn't figure out what it was for a really long time. Then i went to London and drank European beers with no problems to my face at all. I decided to switch to Coors Light.....no red chin but gives me diarrhea. I started drinking Bud Light.....red chin was back, the more i drink the night before the worse my chin is. So im completely confused about why this is happening. I wish someone would do a comparison study to different beers ingredients and how much so i'd know what to drink now. Anyone else have this problem??
Hi, i am a 38 yr old caucasian female who has been drinking beer since 16.
I started getting an allergic reaction about ten years ago. I drank mostly Miller Light. My chin started getting red and flaky under the corners of my mouth. I couldn't figure out what it was for a really long time. Then i went to London and drank European beers with no problems to my face at all. I decided to switch to Coors Light.....no red chin but gives me diarrhea. I started drinking Bud Light.....red chin was back, the more i drink the night before the worse my chin is. So im completely confused about why this is happening. I wish someone would do a comparison study to different beers ingredients and how much so i'd know what to drink now. Anyone else have this problem??
hi i am 23 years old, i have noticed that when i drink beer like redhorse, the next day, the palms of my hands would turn into red and its sooo itchy.
But when i drink wine or tequila, i dont experience this.
Any informations regarding this matter?
The beer would contain gluten whereas the wine and tequila are most likely gluten free. As mentioned above Celiacs disease could be the cause of all of your troubles; the other common allergy would be wheat. If you have been tested for food allergies and found no allergies, it doesn't mean you don't have celiacs; in allergy testing (skin ***** test or blood test) they do not look for Celiacs.
Another option which was previously mentioned is yeast; not an allergy to yeast, but an overgrowth of candida (just google candida and have a look for yourself). The candida love the yeast/sugars, like that found in beer and would allow them to thrive in your stomach. Can cause a variety of problems.
Hi, I'm a 28 year old bloke and I've been drinking since I was 17 or 18. Two years ago I started sneezing. Initially I blamed the cat but after a while I noticed it coincided with when I drink beer or wine or even spirits. So I had to lay of the booze but every now and again I'd be tempted back to it.
Then I read that most allergies, or more accurately for me, intolerances, are the bodies way of saying enough. I thought well if i'm not drinking very often why when I have one drink do I start sneezing again. So I tried to cut out yeast through not eating bread, which I now realise I ate loads of. Breakfast lunch and sometimes dinner.
The best thing is now I can drink all alcohol without sneezing and I can still eat soda bread which tastes just as good as normal bread. So if you're suffering from beer sneezing try ditching yeasty bread for a bit and see what happens. Good luck, Dave
I too have the same problem with beer. I used to drink it all the time and had awful hangovers (no vomiting but I couldn't get myself out of bed and had a brutal headache). I switched to just drinking liquor and have not had a problem.
Last night I had a beer with dinner. I didn't feel too bad while drinking it (I usually found that I would get a headache after my first one but after a couple it went away) but this morning I have another brutal headache. My stomach feels okay, but my head hurts so much I can barely keep my eyes open. I also didn't sleep well because of it.
I know its not as severe as some of the above, but could this also be a gluten or yeast issue?
Comment from a home brewer. I'll tell you a little about beer and make some suggestions.
Beer is a pretty simple concoction -- yeast, malt, hops, and water. The traditional grain to use is barley, but its typical to find beers with corn, rice, and wheat used during the brewing process. They make the beer feel lighter to the palate, and brewers call these adjuncts.
As grain is a very common allergy, you might consider if you have problems with particular grains. Chemicals unique to each grain survive fermentation.
Hops are the flower of a vine, and each beer uses a blend of varieties depending on their acid content. Beers have differing hops contents, and you cannot always tell from the taste. This is because the acid in the hops mixes differently during the brewing process depending on water chemistry, grain content, and brewing technique.
So you might also consider -- are you allergic to other foods? Is your stomach sensitive to acid? Do you react more to beer with a higher hops content?
There are two basic types of yeast used in beer, ale yeast and lager yeast. Breweries use the same strain of yeast in all their batches for each beer type they brew. The genetics of the yeast, and thus the chemicals it produces during fermentation, are unique to particular breweries.
It could be that you are not sensitive to yeast per se but to one of the chemicals produced by the yeast from a particular brewery.
I am not a doctor, but if you get rashes on your stomach after drinking, this could be a sign of a liver problem. You might want to chat with your doc about that.
I have also been drinking beer pretty consistently for the last five years but then this summer I think I drank too many too fast and got sick. Ever since then I have been experiencing the same symptoms and if I have one I will even feel get a terrible hangover and feel sick, but if I drink any other hard liquor I don't get the same thing. I have drank many Canadian beers, Amstel, Coors and this all happens. Unfortunately the only beer this hasn't happened with is Colt 45, what the hell?
Also, American beers contain adittives to enchance beers foaming action, mouth feel, ect. In Gremany its against the law to use any thing but the four basic ingredients, grain, hops, water and yeast. Cheep american beer could be the problem, try some good home brew, or German beer.
I would like to direct this comment to those who have 'allergy-like' symptoms the next day while drinking SOME types of beer, but no symptoms when drinking other types. Try an experiment: Find out the filtration process of the beer that gave you the killer headache/nausea the next day. I bet it is unfiltered, and therefore the beer would contain active yeast. Then, try drinking a beer (such as an import or higher quality domestic) that IS filtered (i.e. no active yeast present). If you don't feel the same after this night of drinking, then you probably have a yeast allergy. Other than that, my only other suggestion is to drink a lot more water when you drink beer, especially if you are outside in the sun or drinking a lot of coffee, etc... dehydration can give you extreme hangover symptoms!
Omg finally someone with the same syptoms (symptoms) as me..I am 23 as well femaile..I have been drinking beer since I was 13, never had any problems, until I was 21 i started getting rashes red bumps on the palm of my hands and on top the next day after drinking, it doesn't seem to happen everytime, i try to just drink vodka and it doesn't happen. Its confusing, one time i only drank keystone and the next day I was fine, but other times when I drink bud light i get the rash the next day and a bad hang over!!
Peroni beer brings me out in a red dry rash on my scalp, on the sides of my stomach, chest and I get little rashes & dry skin all over. It took me 3 months to conclude that Peroni was the cause. It a pity as its my favourite beer. I would love to know what it is about Peroni that set of this reaction.
Most people do not know that beer contains a lot of sodium (salt). If you have borderline high blood pressure or are salt-sensitive, or you have a lot of fluid retention, it may be better to switch to moderate booze which does not contain salt.
i'm 18 and female and around 110 pounds and the past three or four night i've drank decent amounts of budweiser. i usually drink bud light. but this morning and yesterday in the morning i woke up with hives all over me. this mornings is way worse than yesterday. last night i thought it was my cat or my bed or something, so i slept in a different room, but it happened again.
i really hope i'm not allergic to bud, because its my beer of choice.
I have reactions to all alchol. At first I was diagnosed with allergies, to all grains, corn, wheat, barly, oats, and the other grains. I am allergic to so many thing I forget. But regardless, after a year I was dianosed with celiac disease, in addition to all my allergies. They work together to make my life very difficult.
Sounds familiar indeed. I have come to the conclusion that I'm allergic to certain TYPES of beer. If I have even a single bottle of Sam Adams lager for example I feel terrible...even my heart rate increases. Later I will get eczema on my hands/fingers and terrible hangovers including ear ache. I can drink other beers such as Guinness without a problem (phew). Interestingly I also feel bad after eating white bread so it could be either the wheat itself or perhaps the yeast that causes the problems. Interesting to test diff combos and see how your body reacts (I'm a biologist by training so I got some satisfaction by playing around and narrowing it down). Good luck to all...listen to your body and it will reveal all
Hi,
It is usually not the alcohol that produces the allergic reaction to the wine or beer. The other ingredients in the alcohol, such as yeast, sulfur dioxide, and additives are often the culprits. Reactions include hives, worsening of shortness of breath in an asthmatic, and skin rashes. Alcohol can cause a reddening of the skin due to dilating blood vessels, however this should not be mistaken as an allergy.
There are many ingredients within wine and beer that can cause allergic reactions.
True allergic reactions following beer ingestion are uncommon. Beer may contain a variety of ingredients, including barley, corn, wheat, and rye that may precipitate an allergic reaction.
you feel that you are experiencing an allergic reaction to wine or beer, find out all the ingredients that are present in the beverage. Then, visit an allergist/immunologist and undergo skin testing to the available ingredients in the beverage. If the skin testing is negative, it is likely that you are intolerant to wine and beer. If the skin testing is positive, you should avoid food and drink that contain that specific ingredient.
Working with an allergist/immunologist, the best qualified medical professional trained to manage the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of allergic diseases, will demonstrate improved outcomes and quality of life for people suffering from an allergic disease.
ref:http://www.aaaai.org/patients/advocate/2006/winter/wineandbeer.asp
my husband is 47. he has been having severe stomache pain for some time now. none of the typical tests are turning up anything, which is good, however, he suffers greatly with stomache pain and also seems to have a food allergy that we cannot determine (wont go to the Dr.) that makes his throat close and causes red blotches on the joint areas - elbows, knees and his face. scares the **** out of me and he wont go to any more dr. appts. we are going to change beers. he has been drinking budweiser for at least 10 years now. he used to drink miller MGD, and had no issues, I think we will go back to trying that for a while. anyone have anything similar happen to them?
worried wife!
Hi there.
It sounds like u are not alone. I Have a chronic problem with red, scaly, very itchy dry skin around my mouth as well and still am not certain what the exact cause is. I have pinpointed beer as a potential culprit but am not 100% sure as the trend seems to be a 2-day delayed onset of the reaction.
With your condition, does it occur immediately or a few days later? I am interested to hear more about your story as it is one of the first I have heard that closely resembles my own symptoms.
Wow. that's me exactly. Not all beers, usually the cheaper ones. for example the all BUD brands, all MIller brands, Coors...etc.. I Live in portland there are TONS of breweries here. I can drink most micros, but definately can't drnk any IPAs. IT's taken me so long to figure out it was beer/bread. It takes a day or so for the symptoms to come, then depending on the severity could take as long as week, sometimes longer for them to go away. Interestingly I had a haunch and completely switched to wine/liquor and stayed away from bread completely. All my symptoms went away. Then for some reason, I decided to have some cheap beer, Miller light, and bam. It all came back.
my symptoms
red rashes on the hands. kind of like blisters. sometimes a swollen abdomen and sometimes a horrible headache and if really bad, teeth hurt and get a slight ear ache.
btw. I'm white male 35yrs.
I am a 28 yr old female and am so glad to hear that I'm not the only one who has strange symptoms when drinking beer! I have drank alcohol for many years and Coors light has always been my beer of choice. Unfortunately, on three separate occasions(the last three times I have had more than one beer) I have had hives, a small red rash on my stomach that has lasted for 2 days, and most recently terrible diahrea where I couldn't stay out of the bathroom for more than five minutes and it lasted for 12 hours at least followed up by a bladder infection. There have been many times in the past where if I only had one I would have terrible headaches too. I was tested for Celiac last year and it came up negative. Not sure what could be causing this but I will try to switch next time I drink beer.
I had 5 Guinness 4 days ago and am still sick, I thought I could get away with it but alas that did not happen. I can eat bread, cereal, pasta, no problems. However, I am sure it's Sulphites.
I found this out the hard way of course and it wasn't through beer.
I was eating a bag of dried apricots and after 30 minutes of eating 10 of the tasty bits I felt suddenly very ill. Pain, diarreah, nausea beyond belief and amazing sweats to near passing out and it went on for 4 days.
Well lets just say I read the package and it warned about Sulphite allergies. So that was my verdict.
If you can get through 10 dried apricots (sulphite apricots) than your problem would not be sulphites but probably Celiac Disease or a troubled liver.
Sulphites will also create breathing problems and a stuffy nose and hives.
Sulphites are used it almost everything packaged. So I prefer raw, fresh foods.
Dried fruits and wine and beer are the highest of the culprits.
That and drink a ton of green tea with ginger and a tad of honey in it and water.
In the meanwhile, I'll remember this experience and stay away from the beer, I havn't had a glass of wine in 3 years, so it's not a problem, I bought Square One Vodka, sulphite free so I'll stick to that.
For about the last year I have been having a lot of the same problems, but it seems to be hard alcohol for me, or occasially wines depending on the brand. Even if I only have one drink I will be so sick. I wake up about 4 hours after I go to sleep, and can't sleep again for around 24 hours no matter how tired I am. I get major acidic stomach that is so painful, and this empty feeling about an hour after I eat no matter how many times I eat. I also get the pulsing headache, shakes, and increased heart rate. I have fibromyalgia, and sometimes all of this will set off a fibro flare up, so then I will be miserable for about a week. I've been hoping to pin down exactly what ingredients are bothering me, but it's really difficult to pin it down.
Something to consider in this debate over whether it is "just the beer", celiac, or an allergy to a specific ingredient (hops, wheat, etc.) is the type of beer you're drinking.
Someone mentioned unfiltered beer as being lower grade which is completely opposite the truth– most unfiltered beers are high grade micros with very fresh unprocessed ingredients.
Besides that, I noticed many people talking about bud light or coors or other cheap domestic beer which gave them reactions. MANY of these beers contain HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, a major factor in intolerant reactions in people today. Of course, there are plenty of people for whom this is an allergy to a specific ingredient or celiac disease, and it should be taken seriously. However, for those who can drink some beer and not others, I would suggest just trying to drink good beer and stay away from anything with high fructose corn syrup.
I am allergic to beer. Tested last week. Hops, yeast, and something else. Never knew it was an allergy. I just puke before it even hits my stomach. Never understood why people would like it. Now I guess it was part of the allergy.
Yeah, i had hives 6 out of 7 days this week and when i went to my doctor and asked her if you can just start being allergic to something which i knew you could she said it's very unlikely . Well I knew she was wrong but i didn't want to admit it was the bud lime, but hey I think very differently now. I'm done with that ****. Thanks for the input
well my test with just drinking bus select worked i didn't get any hives. I also emailed anheuser bush last night and asked if anyone complained about hives and they called me straight up today and got some info from me and i told them my story and they are having me send a bottle that i had left over to test i told them there was probably something in it my body that just didn't like it and they called me back to offer me a voucher for some more bud lime and i said well i don't think i want anymore of the stuff that gives me hives so they are sending me a couple of vouchers for some bud select. Pretty nice of them considering i had hives for 6 days and an allergy shot. I guess it's a happy ending.
I'm new here and this has been very interesting reading. I have been drinking beer since I moved to Germany 15 years ago. Never had a problem until about 5 years ago when I started getting a puffy face. It came on gradually and because I was also gaining weight, I didn't realize it was an allergy. I just thought my face was fat. I would also get dizzy from any physical exertion (climbing stairs for ex). Has anyone had this reaction?
I stopped drinking all beer/alcohol about 2 yrs ago, and eventually I had my normal face back (also lost weight). Then I started drinking beer again last summer, and my face started swelling again. My doc told me it's an allergy and to STOP. Well, I did... off and on. But now, I get this reaction that I've been reading about here: vomiting in the morning. For me it starts about 12 hours after the first beer. Worse yet, sometimes I just feel nauseous and that lasts all day. (I don't get the headache because I drink a lot of water before going to bed.) It started first with beer in cans (Becks)--then any beer in cans. Now any beer, any brand, any vessel. But not EVERY time. Seems to be every other time. And always the swollen face anyway. It's driving me crazy because I never know if I'm gonna be sick, but my doc says I should just simply stop drinking it. Seems logical. Problem is, I like the stuff...
I too get itchy hands and feet, on the inside and hot flashes. Lately swelling issues back of my head and lower back, moves eachtime. To my hands and feet too. I did get gout a couple of times last year. Very painful, fresh cherries helped alot. So why do I drink beer again?
does anyone get itchy ears and tons of phlegm within minutes of drinking certain beers? Guiness and Bell's Oberon seem to be two notable exceptions. Not sure why...
I'm a 35 yr. old male and have a very painful reaction to beer and an odd reaction to margarita's of all things. When I was younger (early 20's), I remember feeling flushed and would wheeze a bit when drinking beer; usually on a very full stomach, but it didn't happen too often and wasn't horribly severe....not enough to make me stop :) When I was about 26 I began having symptoms of GERD as well as a painful reaction to beer in particular, and after a couple years was prescribed Prevacid. That cleared up my general GERD issues, and I was very hopeful that it would also clear up my issue with beer but it has not. If I drink only a small amount of beer (1/4 cup), I have an immediate stomach pain similar to GERD but even worse. It feels like I just drank a cup of bleach and it's eating my insides. It happens immediately and lasts quite awhile. I haven't drank more than a taste of beer in over 5 years now, but if I were to actually drink a whole beer right now I'd be in agonizing pain for at least 1/2 a day to a day. I can drink all the shots and mixed drinks I can handle until I fall over and with no stomach issues at all, but just a little beer and I'm in misery. I would love to figure out what the issue is, as I LOVE beer and very much miss being able to drink it. Any suggestions?
When I drink margaritas, I still get a little flushed and start to wheeze, like I'm asthmatic. Doesn't happen all the time, but often enough that I generally avoid drinking margaritas, or at least too many of them. Any other alcohol and I'm completely fine.
I have been drinking beer for about 5 years. About 6 months ago I started vomiting in the morning after drinking alot of beer, I figured it was the draught beer so I cut that out. I continued to drink bottled beer and had no problems. I stopped drinking for a bout 3 weeks, but the last 3 Saturdays after drinking beer I have been sick. The first time was understandable because I had consumed quite a bit the night before, the next weekend I vomited violently after consuming only a 6pack, and then yesterday I was throwing up again after a night out of drinking beer. It cant be an allergy to yeast or glutan because I eat alot of bread and pasta without any problems. I dont know what it is, if anyone has any other ideas, help me out. I love beer and would prefer not to give it up.
i am 18 years old and hav been drinking since i was 15, used to drink lots of spirits now just beer... i have just returned from a 3 months trip of ireland where i consumed alot of beer (drinking heavy 3 to 4 times a week) , off the tap and out of a can....i used to get really bad hangovers, headache feeling sick just in bits the next day... since i have got bak i now longer get any hangovers at all i just get really bad rashes all over my chest, arms and behind my knees....its really worrying because its come on very quickly and fairly severely....im also on Roaccutain at the moment (acne treatment) but this alone shouldnt bring on such severe effects...any help would be brilliant
I just wanted to follow up from my previous post. I can completely confirm that all of my symptoms go away as long as I don't crappy beer. And by crappy I mean all the major brands. I suspect it's the preservatives they use, but I'm done with my science experiment :). No longer will i drink them. Thankfully I live in Oregon where there are TONS of awesome beer which are brewed fresh and are much more pleasurable and satisfying to drink.
I am a 24 year old Caucasian female, I love beer and have been drinking it since i was like 20. In the past 6 months or so, every time I would drink beer, the next morning I would be miserable, not even hungover, it felt like I had a really bad cold. Completely stuffed up nose, swollen sinuses, itchy throat. Recently I did a little experiment where I drank beers all night and woke up with the weird stuffy feeling. Then the next night I went out and drank Tequila margarita's all night, about 7, and woke up feeling fine. I still occasionally drink beer, but now, I can't even drink 1 beer before I feel awful. One time I had such a bad reaction that when I woke up around 9 AM, my hands were incredibly tingly, that feeling lasted til about 5 PM. As soon as I drink beer now, I instantly feel my face swell, mostly around my sinus area, I get all stuffy in my nose and now recently my eyes get itchy, bloodshot and swollen. I drank a few Mike's hard Lemonade's and still felt a little stuffy. And my symptoms start right away, not the next morning now, within minutes of drinking beer I feel flushed, hot, stuffy, just totally miserable. I'm sure its the hops in beer, as Sam Adams (which is known for their massive amount of hops) is the worst for me, half of one of those and I'm in pain.. Am I allergic to hops? I can't think of anything else it could be.
I am getting a rash around the eyes the crease line around the mouth,the corners of the mouth , hair line.I feel fine mabe a little shortness of breath. I have no hangovers just this rash. I drink bud lite,thinking it maybe allergy to that. I am going to start experimenting
with different beer and see what happen.I may just be allergic to acohol.
I crave beer they say you are always allergic to the food you crave the most whether milk,chocolate.yeast,etc.
JEEZ there are a lot of responses to this question.
Perhaps it is in the way that it is fermented. American beers may use a different method? I have a mold allergy and drinking a lot of beer/wine exacerbates it because anything that has been fermented feeds into the mold. Maybe you could have allergy testing done to identify what exactly it is that you're allergic to (like mold) and maybe they can give you some advice as to what else you could avoid.
Hi
I am a 25 years old male from the philippines, believe it or not i dont drink beer recently (4 days ago) we were celebrating my friend's birthday and for the first time i drank a beer that is light. just a while after that i got rashes coming out of my skin(stomach ,back, hands, none in the face and feet) these red rashes appears to be inside my skin,its not hurting when u try to touch them and its been 3 days now. my problem is that my back is giving me the itchy feeling every once in a while as if someone is hurting my back with a needle. when i scratch the itchy part i dont feel relieved so its kinda annoying.
so i started searching the net for a solution, this page seems to contain what may have caused the allergic reactions but im done with that,im certain im allergic to beer ,millions drinking the same beer and only a few getting the symptoms.
I guess what im looking for in this page is something to heal the allergies even for a while... a medicine of some sort.
Hi iam a 18 year old college student and over the last month it seemed when i drink beer my left eyelid gets a horrible rash and yellow junk comes out of it. After the day i put aquaphor on it and it seems to go away. I stopped drinking for a week and my eyelid was better. So a week later i drank beer again and the same thing happened. I was wondering if anything was wrong or maybe i developed an allergy to something in the beer. In the past i could drink all the beer i wanted and nothing would happen.
ANy suggestions or some idea what might be wrong?
I started getting an allergic reaction about ten years ago. I drank mostly Miller Light. My chin started getting red and flaky under the corners of my mouth. I couldn't figure out what it was for a really long time. Then i went to London and drank European beers with no problems to my face at all. I decided to switch to Coors Light.....no red chin but gives me diarrhea. I started drinking Bud Light.....red chin was back, the more i drink the night before the worse my chin is. So im completely confused about why this is happening. I wish someone would do a comparison study to different beers ingredients and how much so i'd know what to drink now. Anyone else have this problem??
I started getting an allergic reaction about ten years ago. I drank mostly Miller Light. My chin started getting red and flaky under the corners of my mouth. I couldn't figure out what it was for a really long time. Then i went to London and drank European beers with no problems to my face at all. I decided to switch to Coors Light.....no red chin but gives me diarrhea. I started drinking Bud Light.....red chin was back, the more i drink the night before the worse my chin is. So im completely confused about why this is happening. I wish someone would do a comparison study to different beers ingredients and how much so i'd know what to drink now. Anyone else have this problem??
But when i drink wine or tequila, i dont experience this.
Any informations regarding this matter?
Another option which was previously mentioned is yeast; not an allergy to yeast, but an overgrowth of candida (just google candida and have a look for yourself). The candida love the yeast/sugars, like that found in beer and would allow them to thrive in your stomach. Can cause a variety of problems.
Then I read that most allergies, or more accurately for me, intolerances, are the bodies way of saying enough. I thought well if i'm not drinking very often why when I have one drink do I start sneezing again. So I tried to cut out yeast through not eating bread, which I now realise I ate loads of. Breakfast lunch and sometimes dinner.
The best thing is now I can drink all alcohol without sneezing and I can still eat soda bread which tastes just as good as normal bread. So if you're suffering from beer sneezing try ditching yeasty bread for a bit and see what happens. Good luck, Dave
Last night I had a beer with dinner. I didn't feel too bad while drinking it (I usually found that I would get a headache after my first one but after a couple it went away) but this morning I have another brutal headache. My stomach feels okay, but my head hurts so much I can barely keep my eyes open. I also didn't sleep well because of it.
I know its not as severe as some of the above, but could this also be a gluten or yeast issue?
Beer is a pretty simple concoction -- yeast, malt, hops, and water. The traditional grain to use is barley, but its typical to find beers with corn, rice, and wheat used during the brewing process. They make the beer feel lighter to the palate, and brewers call these adjuncts.
As grain is a very common allergy, you might consider if you have problems with particular grains. Chemicals unique to each grain survive fermentation.
Hops are the flower of a vine, and each beer uses a blend of varieties depending on their acid content. Beers have differing hops contents, and you cannot always tell from the taste. This is because the acid in the hops mixes differently during the brewing process depending on water chemistry, grain content, and brewing technique.
So you might also consider -- are you allergic to other foods? Is your stomach sensitive to acid? Do you react more to beer with a higher hops content?
There are two basic types of yeast used in beer, ale yeast and lager yeast. Breweries use the same strain of yeast in all their batches for each beer type they brew. The genetics of the yeast, and thus the chemicals it produces during fermentation, are unique to particular breweries.
It could be that you are not sensitive to yeast per se but to one of the chemicals produced by the yeast from a particular brewery.
I am not a doctor, but if you get rashes on your stomach after drinking, this could be a sign of a liver problem. You might want to chat with your doc about that.
i really hope i'm not allergic to bud, because its my beer of choice.
It is usually not the alcohol that produces the allergic reaction to the wine or beer. The other ingredients in the alcohol, such as yeast, sulfur dioxide, and additives are often the culprits. Reactions include hives, worsening of shortness of breath in an asthmatic, and skin rashes. Alcohol can cause a reddening of the skin due to dilating blood vessels, however this should not be mistaken as an allergy.
There are many ingredients within wine and beer that can cause allergic reactions.
True allergic reactions following beer ingestion are uncommon. Beer may contain a variety of ingredients, including barley, corn, wheat, and rye that may precipitate an allergic reaction.
you feel that you are experiencing an allergic reaction to wine or beer, find out all the ingredients that are present in the beverage. Then, visit an allergist/immunologist and undergo skin testing to the available ingredients in the beverage. If the skin testing is negative, it is likely that you are intolerant to wine and beer. If the skin testing is positive, you should avoid food and drink that contain that specific ingredient.
Working with an allergist/immunologist, the best qualified medical professional trained to manage the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of allergic diseases, will demonstrate improved outcomes and quality of life for people suffering from an allergic disease.
ref:http://www.aaaai.org/patients/advocate/2006/winter/wineandbeer.asp
worried wife!
It sounds like u are not alone. I Have a chronic problem with red, scaly, very itchy dry skin around my mouth as well and still am not certain what the exact cause is. I have pinpointed beer as a potential culprit but am not 100% sure as the trend seems to be a 2-day delayed onset of the reaction.
With your condition, does it occur immediately or a few days later? I am interested to hear more about your story as it is one of the first I have heard that closely resembles my own symptoms.
my symptoms
red rashes on the hands. kind of like blisters. sometimes a swollen abdomen and sometimes a horrible headache and if really bad, teeth hurt and get a slight ear ache.
btw. I'm white male 35yrs.
I found this out the hard way of course and it wasn't through beer.
I was eating a bag of dried apricots and after 30 minutes of eating 10 of the tasty bits I felt suddenly very ill. Pain, diarreah, nausea beyond belief and amazing sweats to near passing out and it went on for 4 days.
Well lets just say I read the package and it warned about Sulphite allergies. So that was my verdict.
If you can get through 10 dried apricots (sulphite apricots) than your problem would not be sulphites but probably Celiac Disease or a troubled liver.
Sulphites will also create breathing problems and a stuffy nose and hives.
Sulphites are used it almost everything packaged. So I prefer raw, fresh foods.
Dried fruits and wine and beer are the highest of the culprits.
That and drink a ton of green tea with ginger and a tad of honey in it and water.
In the meanwhile, I'll remember this experience and stay away from the beer, I havn't had a glass of wine in 3 years, so it's not a problem, I bought Square One Vodka, sulphite free so I'll stick to that.
Someone mentioned unfiltered beer as being lower grade which is completely opposite the truth– most unfiltered beers are high grade micros with very fresh unprocessed ingredients.
Besides that, I noticed many people talking about bud light or coors or other cheap domestic beer which gave them reactions. MANY of these beers contain HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, a major factor in intolerant reactions in people today. Of course, there are plenty of people for whom this is an allergy to a specific ingredient or celiac disease, and it should be taken seriously. However, for those who can drink some beer and not others, I would suggest just trying to drink good beer and stay away from anything with high fructose corn syrup.
I stopped drinking all beer/alcohol about 2 yrs ago, and eventually I had my normal face back (also lost weight). Then I started drinking beer again last summer, and my face started swelling again. My doc told me it's an allergy and to STOP. Well, I did... off and on. But now, I get this reaction that I've been reading about here: vomiting in the morning. For me it starts about 12 hours after the first beer. Worse yet, sometimes I just feel nauseous and that lasts all day. (I don't get the headache because I drink a lot of water before going to bed.) It started first with beer in cans (Becks)--then any beer in cans. Now any beer, any brand, any vessel. But not EVERY time. Seems to be every other time. And always the swollen face anyway. It's driving me crazy because I never know if I'm gonna be sick, but my doc says I should just simply stop drinking it. Seems logical. Problem is, I like the stuff...
When I drink margaritas, I still get a little flushed and start to wheeze, like I'm asthmatic. Doesn't happen all the time, but often enough that I generally avoid drinking margaritas, or at least too many of them. Any other alcohol and I'm completely fine.
with different beer and see what happen.I may just be allergic to acohol.
I crave beer they say you are always allergic to the food you crave the most whether milk,chocolate.yeast,etc.
Perhaps it is in the way that it is fermented. American beers may use a different method? I have a mold allergy and drinking a lot of beer/wine exacerbates it because anything that has been fermented feeds into the mold. Maybe you could have allergy testing done to identify what exactly it is that you're allergic to (like mold) and maybe they can give you some advice as to what else you could avoid.
I am a 25 years old male from the philippines, believe it or not i dont drink beer recently (4 days ago) we were celebrating my friend's birthday and for the first time i drank a beer that is light. just a while after that i got rashes coming out of my skin(stomach ,back, hands, none in the face and feet) these red rashes appears to be inside my skin,its not hurting when u try to touch them and its been 3 days now. my problem is that my back is giving me the itchy feeling every once in a while as if someone is hurting my back with a needle. when i scratch the itchy part i dont feel relieved so its kinda annoying.
so i started searching the net for a solution, this page seems to contain what may have caused the allergic reactions but im done with that,im certain im allergic to beer ,millions drinking the same beer and only a few getting the symptoms.
I guess what im looking for in this page is something to heal the allergies even for a while... a medicine of some sort.
ANy suggestions or some idea what might be wrong?