Auto-brewery syndrome linked to ME?

[forestglip]

Auto-Brewery Syndrome, Painter et al, 19 Jan 2023

Auto-brewery syndrome or gut fermentation syndrome is a condition in which ethanol is produced through endogenous fermentation by fungi or bacteria in the gastrointestinal (GI) system, oral cavity, or urinary system. Patients with auto-brewery syndrome present with many of the signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication while denying the intake of alcohol and often report a high-sugar, high-carbohydrate diet. Several strains of fermenting yeasts and rare bacteria are identified as pathogens.

Auto-brewery syndrome has significant effects on a person’s life. The patient may experience side effects of vomiting, belching, chronic fatigue syndrome, dizziness, loss of coordination, disorientation, veisalgia, and irritable bowel symptoms. Chronic fatigue syndrome can result in health problems such as anxiety, depression, and poor productivity.

Only two inline citations are given after that paragraph, and only one of them mentions fatigue, but says "chronic fatigue", not "chronic fatigue syndrome". I assume they made a mistake writing CFS.

A news article about auto-brewery syndrome that came out today also says CFS, but I wouldn't be surprised if they used the above article as a source.

The few people - roughly one in 405 million - who suffer from the condition experience symptoms commonly associated with drunkenness, including vomiting, chronic fatigue syndrome, dizziness, loss of coordination, disorientation, and irritable bowels.

 

[Yann04]

It sounds like they are using “chronic fatigue syndrome” to mean chronic fatigue since they are referring to it as a symptom and not an illness.