Every day, patients here in Tennessee and across the U.S. seek treatment at clinics and hospitals for what they believe to be run-of-the-mill illnesses only to be caught completely off guard by the news that they are suffering from a medical condition of which they have little or no knowledge, and which can have serious health ramifications.<\/p>\n
By way of illustration, consider the rather surreal case<\/a> of a woman who was taken to the hospital after a DUI arrest and later learned that her body actually produces its own supply of alcohol.<\/p>\n In the fall of 2014, a woman and her husband met for food and drinks at a restaurant in Upstate New York with the woman consuming four alcoholic beverages over a six-hour period, meaning less than one drink per hour.<\/p>\n The woman and her husband parted ways thereafter, and she got a flat tire close to home. Rather than stopping to change the tire, however, she attempted to make it home with the struggling vehicle.<\/p>\n The police ultimately pull her over after receiving calls from concerned citizens and, after administering a blood alcohol test, they don’t find that her blood alcohol content is somewhere between 0.01 and 0.05, the anticipated range based on her alcohol consumption, size and weight. <\/p>\n