My colleague in haematology reckons its Hodgkin's, he's only ever seen one
incident, and he thinks the association is supposed to be with pain in the
lymph nodes rather than flushing. I'm only the messenger by the way.
Andrew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Holding [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 09 October 2000 12:21
> To: ACB Mailbase
> Subject: Re: Sensitivity to alcohol
>
> As I understand it, a large proportion of lymphoma patients have alcohol
> intolerance, but of patients with alcohol intolerance, only a small
> proportion have lymphoma.
>
> Steve Holding,
> Principal Scientist,
> Immunology,
> Hull Royal Infirmary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Kilpatrick" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Mike Hallworth" <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: "ACB Mailbase" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 7:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Sensitivity to alcohol
>
>
> > I was always taught that alcohol 'intolerance' like this = lymphoma
> unless
> > proven otherwise.
> >
> > Eric Kilpatrick
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Mike Hallworth <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: mailbase <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 9:56 AM
> > Subject: Sensitivity to alcohol
> >
> >
> > > I've just seen a 23 year old lady sent up by her GP because of her
> > abnormal
> > > reactions to alcohol. This is not the usual flushing-type reaction,
> but
> > > what sounds like a severe conventional 'hangover' (severe headache,
> > nausea,
> > > vomiting) the day after ingestion of small amounts of alcohol (e.g. 1
> > glass
> > > sherry or 1 pint Guinness).
> > >
> > > The GP had asked for alcohol dehydrogenase levels, but presumably that
> > > would need to be done on liver/gut tissue. Does anyone offer ADH
> genetic
> > > analysis for polymorphisms in the ADH2 and 3 loci? Any other bright
> ideas?
> > >
> > > Mike Hallworth
> > > Biochemistry, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
> > >
> >
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