In Texas, a man showed up at a medical facility claiming that he felt drunk when he had not ingested any alcohol. Indeed his blood alcohol measured 0.37, many times the legal limit. Although he was a home brewer, he claimed that this intoxication had been happening often without his drinking any alcohol. Which of these hypotheses and actions might be most useful in diagnosing this problem?

This condition might have arised due to  recent round of antibiotics that had killed the bacteria which live in his gut and had allowed a yeast species to grow.

Explanation:

Here, it is given:

Man when showed up at a medical facility felt drunk but he had not ingested any alcohol. His blood alcohol has measured 0.37 which is many times a legal limit.Also he claimed that he is home brewer and that intoxication showed is without any consumption of alcohol.

So, this condition can be hypothysed as the man may be on dosage of antibiotics. Whwn human body intakes an amount of antibiotics it kills the bacteria which is present in oue gut and allows an yeast formation to grow there.

So, this might be hypothysed from the given situation.

This condition of his can be changed by putting him on probiotics and by keeping him on a low carbohydrate diet for a week and then recheck for this alcohol consumption test.

Surely, this condition will improve.

When you are making a guess you are forming a hypothesis

The correct answer is b