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A painting from 1681 showing a person affected by vomiting, a typical symptom of alcohol hangover. An alcohol hangover is associated with a variety of symptoms that may include drowsiness, headache, concentration problems, dry mouth, dizziness, gastrointestinal complaints, fatigue, sweating, nausea, hyper-excitability, anxiety, and a feeling of ...
Acute alcohol poisoning is a medical emergency due to the risk of death from respiratory depression or aspiration of vomit if vomiting occurs while the person is unresponsive. Emergency treatment strives to stabilize and maintain an open airway and sufficient breathing while waiting for the alcohol to metabolize.
Hangxiety, short for hangover anxiety, is the colloquial term that refers to the anxiety some people experience during a hangover following alcohol consumption. It describes the sense of worry, stress, and unease that can occur alongside the physical symptoms of a hangover, such as headache, nausea, and fatigue. Hangxiety affects about 12% of ...
A hangover, Dasgupta said, "is what happens when you drink more alcohol than your body can handle. It's a combination of dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, inflammation and your liver working ...
A doctor talks about hangovers and what to do to get through them as binge drinking continues to be a significant problem in the U.S., according to the American Addiction Centers.
The hangover simply isn’t at the top of list for government and industry groups that fund research. A hangover alone won’t kill you, though the binge-drinking that caused it could.
[34] [35] [36] On the other hand, the more uncommon alcohol allergy is an immune system reaction to alcohol (specifically ethanol) that causes symptoms such as rashes, difficulty breathing, and anaphylaxis in severe cases. [37] [38] Nausea is a symptom common to both alcohol intolerance and alcohol allergy. [35]
A disulfiram-like drug is a drug that causes an adverse reaction to alcohol leading to nausea, vomiting, flushing, dizziness, throbbing headache, chest and abdominal discomfort, and general hangover-like symptoms among others.