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Effects of Excessive Drinking on the Body and Tips for Alleviating Discomfort

[Voice of Hope September 8, 2023](Editor: Li Wenhan) The ancients would drink a small pot of wine when reciting poems and writing poems to express their inner aspirations, and they had requirements for the person, occasion, time, and method of drinking together. On the other hand, modern people drink mostly for business and entertainment, and some people drink to get drunk, which obviously lacks the elegance of drinking in the ancients.

The ancients enjoyed drinking wine. ([Qing Dynasty]Part of Yao Wenhan’s “New Year’s Eve Celebration Picture”)

Excessive drinking is not good for the human body, and it is very likely to cause pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is divided into chronic and acute, but both are related to heavy drinking. Long-term heavy drinking can lead to chronic pancreatitis. Under the long-term effect of alcohol, the protein content in pancreatic juice increases, causing blockage of the pancreatic duct and affecting pancreatic function. Over time, it becomes pancreatitis.

Drinking a lot of alcohol in a short period of time will cause the pancreas to secrete vigorously, especially if you vomit after drinking too much, it will cause duodenal fluid reflux, which can easily lead to acute pancreatitis.

abdominal bloating

When pancreatitis occurs, it will cause intestinal paralysis. Intestinal paralysis will make it difficult for gas in the intestine to be discharged from the body. If too much gas accumulates and remains in the body, abdominal distension will appear.

stomach ache

The most common clinical symptom of pancreatitis is abdominal pain. If you experience severe mid-upper abdominal pain after drinking alcohol, you should be alert to acute pancreatitis. Sometimes abdominal pain is not limited to the abdomen, but can also radiate to the lower back, causing pain throughout the upper body. In this case, you need to go to the hospital for medical treatment in time.

Abdominal pain (pixabay)

feel sick and vomit

Vomiting after drinking too much seems to be a very common phenomenon. Many people think that it is just the alcohol that irritates the stomach and do not take it seriously. However, acute pancreatitis can also cause vomiting symptoms, because the pancreas will produce a large amount of secretions when stimulated by inflammation, and when excreted into the intestine, it will cause severe vomiting.

fever

We all know that inflammation can cause fever, and pancreatitis is no exception. Although it is normal for alcohol to stimulate blood vessels and cause body temperature to rise after drinking alcohol, if an abnormal fever reaches 38 to 39 degrees Celsius and the body is boiling hot, you should be alert to pancreatitis.

Do not sleep immediately after drinking alcohol

The alcohol that enters the body is mainly metabolized by the human liver. If you sleep immediately after drinking, the metabolism rate is slow. The alcohol will stay in the body for too long, damaging the liver and causing problems such as alcoholic liver disease. Especially when drunk, vomit may block the airway and cause suffocation.

Avoid drinking strong tea after drinking alcohol

Many people think that drinking strong tea after drinking can help relieve hangover. In fact, this is a wrong approach. Theophylline in strong tea can be a diuretic. Drinking strong tea after drinking alcohol will accelerate the entry of acetaldehyde, a metabolite of alcohol, into the human kidneys, and acetaldehyde will damage the human urinary system. The most important point is that strong tea, like alcohol, has the effect of excitating nerves and will increase the stimulation of the heart.

Sleep (Ray Che/Flickr)

Avoid taking cephalosporins after drinking alcohol

The saying that “cephalosporin makes alcohol go away” is not a child’s play. When alcohol and cephalosporin meet, a disulfiram reaction will occur, which will then hinder the metabolism of ethanol’s intermediate metabolites, causing the concentration of acetaldehyde in the body to continuously increase, causing rapid heart rate, Symptoms such as a drop in blood pressure and facial flushing can even lead to heart failure and death in severe cases.

Anyone who has experienced drunkenness knows that after being drunk, you will feel dizzy and have a headache, especially the stomach will be burning and uncomfortable, the whole person will be drowsy, and you will also feel nausea and vomiting. But on some occasions, some people have to drink. How can they relieve the discomfort after drinking? The following methods may help you.

After drinking, you can drink some fruit and vegetable juice in moderation to relieve discomfort. The fiber, minerals and vitamins in freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices can be beneficial to your health, promote body metabolism, and help relieve dizziness, stomachache and other discomforts after drinking. For example, drinking a little freshly squeezed orange juice or tomato juice after drinking can be beneficial. Not a bad choice.

If there is no juice, you can also drink some rice soup to relieve discomfort. Rice soup is rich in B vitamins and polysaccharides, which is easy to digest and can relieve stomach discomfort after drinking. If you have nothing prepared at home, drink a few glasses of boiled water to reduce the alcohol concentration in your blood and promote the excretion of alcohol and its metabolites.

Rice soup(lolayitian/ins)

You should drink moderately in your daily life. Excessive drinking for a long time can be called “chronic suicide.” Alcohol has toxic effects on the human nerves, gastrointestinal tract, and liver, so you must keep this in mind.

Editor in charge: Li Zhi

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2023-09-08 09:10:59

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