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Can drinking a small amount of alcohol cause a person to faint?

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How much is small: Some may react to alcohol , like any drug reaction , or may lack the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase , that preventetoo much accumulation of acetyl aldahydes , especially in ascian population due to lack of this enzyme.

Dr Szawaluk agreed

Answered 12/9/2013

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