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Yes, that is a thing.

The couple had heard that a treatment was being planned for just such an eventuality.

And it was even the case that a study was underway involving gut microbes.

Libby Homan of Harvard Medical School explains what they were up against.

But if the illness sounds unusual, a treatment was in the works involving faecal transplants.

The man was given numerous doses of oral capsules formulated from the faeces of a male donor.

Over time, his own gut bacteria was replaced by the healthier version and he no longer felt drunk.

And in fact, all of this is not so strange after all.

The experts think most of us generate a small amount of alcohol in our guts.

It's only when they overproduce that alcohol that it becomes a problem.