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Weirdest Hangover Ever

aether516 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:22:40 -0800

Has anyone ever gotten swollen purple eyelids or facial spots from being hungover before? I had a birthday party last night and my husband drank quite a lot. This morning he woke up hungover, throwing up, you know, the usual. However, he also has, bizarrely, purple swollen eyelids and some rash-like spots on his face.

What could this be due to? Something unrelated to the alcohol consumption? Is this a frequent symptom of some common illness I've just never heard about? Is it a cause for concern or should I just let him sleep off his hangover in peace? Google has been useless, so I turn to the hivemind.

Mobility Device?

Arquimedez Pozo — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:01:51 -0800

I am looking for a biological answer to a very strange and SFW question. The following are a somewhat isolated set of circumstances: When I'm hungover and in any car, whether as a passenger or driver, I will feel pretty nauseous. My cure for this nausea is to hang one hand out the window. The twist is that the cure only works if it is precipitating and cool outside, but it works really well. More below... I was traveling with my stepbrother the other day, and he wasn't feeling well (hungover) and I suggested the strange cure without telling him why. He immediately felt better. Any theories on why and how this works?

Hangover question--why the "fuzzy" feeling?

mintchip — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:48:01 -0800

Hangover question--why the "fuzzy" feeling? I am pretty susceptible to the effects of alcohol. A couple of times a month a night out on the town results in a hangover.

The day after I drink my thinking seems really "fuzzy." My reaction time is slow and I just feel really dense and out of it.

Is this typical of a hangover? I have heard about the sick feelings (headache, nausea, sensitivity to light, etc.), but I get the "dumb" feelings even when I'm not hungover enough to feel all that sick (i.e. I had 2 and a half or 3 drinks).

Secondly, while I know getting hangovers in the first place is not ideal, does my body's reaction indicate some sort of inability to handle alcohol? In other words, am I killing all manner of brain cells when I have 3 drinks in a night (which doesn't seem all that excessive to me and doesn't happen more than 3x/month)?

I should also mention that I take Wellbutrin. How would this influence my body's reaction to alcohol? I'm not so concerned about the day after, but would love reassurance that I'm not doing irreparable damage to the gray matter.

Fermented applesauce good to eat?

breath — Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:22:00 -0800

I've got a jar of organic applesauce that started smelling sour about two weeks after I bought it. Should I eat it? I know that it's possible to ferment your own alcoholic drinks in this way, but am I going to get wicked messed up/sick if it happened naturally? The total quantity is like 12 oz, so I'm not planning on going on a bender. Maybe having it on some waffles.