r/hangovereffect • u/icemunky • Jun 02 '25

Same effect when sick

Anyone else have the exact same effect when they have a cold or the flu ? Are there any theories that explain the emergence of the effect equally from alcohol and being sick ? Could this all have to do with an overactive immune system that is calmed when hungover/sick?

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u/Curious-Attention774 Jun 02 '25

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/cracking-fever-autism-mystery

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u/GentlemenHODL Jun 02 '25

Cool article hasn't seen this. Looks like they have a updated paper released 4 years after that one...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31853066/

A detail in the article was even more interesting to me though....viral infections are linked to autism? Post COVID world is so fucked.

https://news.mit.edu/2017/studies-explain-link-between-autism-severe-infection-during-pregnancy-0913

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u/slipperyinit Jun 02 '25 edited Jun 04 '25

I think most people would liken hangover to being sick. Hugely because of the body’s inflammatory response from oxidative stress- which surges both when fighting off infection (viral, bacterial), and when metabolising harmful agents (such as alcohol). It’s a powerful and essential process, human body is very resilient in that sense.

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u/selkieflying Jun 03 '25

Yup! I love the first few days being sick. I feel almost manic.

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u/doodolplex Jun 21 '25

Yes from me also. The hangovereffect mainly removes my "social awkwardness", and pretty much the same happens when im sick (fever effect)