Hi Cat,
I recently wrote about some triggers being difficult to identify because of a delay in causing symptoms, and others that I can get away with once, but more than that and the hammer falls.
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Originally Posted by cat1234
But why would it happen days afterwards if that is the culprit??!!!
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Why do some poisons kill in seconds, but others take hours, days, weeks, months, or years? The short answer is metabolism. Some chemicals metabolize fairly rapidly (within a few hours) but take longer to get down to affecting cells/tissues and/or clearing the system. In some cases, it's not the trigger per se, but its metabolites that are causing the symptoms/doing the damage (not that that makes much difference).
In the case of alcohol...
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How Long Does Alcohol Stay in Your System?
The following is an estimated range of times, or detection windows, during which alcohol can be detected by various testing methods:
Breathalyzer Test: Up to 24 hours.
Urine Test: 3-5 days via Ethyl Gluconoride (EGT) metabolite or 10-12 hours via traditional method
Blood Test: 12 hours`
Saliva Test: 1-5 days
Like many other drugs, alcohol can be detected with a hair follicle drug test for up to 90 days.
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There may also be a quantity or cumulative factor.
I don't know that there's any way at this time to determine if one of those possibilities is going on with you, or as you mention, you have a coincidental virus, or something that hasn't been figured out/thought of—e.g. another trigger.
It's been suggested when trying to identify triggers to wait a week or two between exposures to allow your system to clear.
Doc