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My husband's face would turn red after drinking. Is he prone to alcoholism?

Dr Lo Wing Kee
Many people think alcohol flushing reaction after drinking is caused by alcohol, but the truth is, it is caused by ethanal which is toxic. For those whose faces turn red after drinking, although they have effective enzymes to convert alcohol into ethanal, but they have deficient in aldehyde dehydrogenase and it takes them longer to metabolizing alcohol. If these people drink too much alcohol, they may be more vulnerable to alcohol-induced intoxication.
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