It probably sounds trite to say that alcohol is a poison for the human body. But, fully aware of this and agreeing with the correctness of this postulate, our people drink. They drink a lot, without thinking about the consequences and believing that nothing will happen to them personally, because they “control the situation”! But, alas, this is self-deception - someone who drinks even a small amount of alcohol can no longer be considered adequate, and someone who “had fun” from the heart runs the risk of serious alcohol poisoning. We will discuss the symptoms and treatment of this condition in this article.
Degrees of alcohol poisoning: mild poisoning
In medicine, alcohol intoxication is divided into three degrees: mild, moderate and severe. A mild degree is exactly the state for which, in fact, drinking is started: elation, a feeling of lightness and joyful excitement.
A person highly appreciates his capabilities, he is “knee-deep in the sea.” But, interestingly, this stage of intoxication still leads to an increase in errors in work and a decrease in mental and physical activity.
Externally, alcohol poisoning is manifested by slight redness of the skin and dilated pupils. The drunk person sweats more and the urge to urinate becomes more frequent.
A drunk person speaks loudly and becomes categorical, although he expresses his “smart thoughts” incoherently. Movements become sweeping, facial expressions are disrupted, and concentration becomes difficult. Added to these symptoms are hidden experiences and personality traits “rising from the recesses of the soul,” which were controlled when sober, but are now not restrained by anything. Usually, this state It goes quickly and quite easily.
Moderate degree of alcohol poisoning
Alcohol poisoning medium degree characterized by more serious symptoms: impaired gait (swaying) and coordination of movements, double vision, loss of speech intelligibility.
This stage of intoxication leads to the fact that the “friend of the green serpent” is no longer able to control his words and actions. Depending on their character, a drunk person can become boastful and cheeky or, conversely, touchy, sad, depressed and overly self-critical. For some people, this stage of poisoning leads to aggressiveness and a desire to get into a fight for any reason.
As a rule, after alcohol poisoning moderately “having fun” feels weakness, severe headache, thirst, fatigue, nausea and vomiting.
Severe degree of intoxication
If the state of intoxication intensifies, then a person’s speech becomes illegible, slurred and meaningless, he loses the ability to understand the meaning of what was said. Consciousness becomes foggy, the skin becomes hot, the face turns red, and pain sensitivity decreases. By the way, a drunk may accidentally injure himself and not detect damage to his body in time.
Severe alcohol poisoning has very serious symptoms. A person suffering from severe intoxication may experience breathing problems. There is also a high risk that the intoxicated person will have cardiac arrest. In some cases, when the amount of alcohol in the blood exceeds 3%, stunning occurs and, as a result, coma begins.
If the dose of alcohol consumed is 300-400 g in terms of pure alcohol, then acute poisoning which manifests itself as convulsions, breathing problems, profuse salivation and redness of the whites of the eyes due to dilation blood vessels. A person’s life in case of severe alcohol poisoning is in danger: the victim requires urgent medical attention.
What is alcoholic coma
We should also talk about such a life-threatening condition as alcoholic coma. Severe alcohol poisoning, the symptoms of which were described above, can reach the comatose stage, so the signs of this condition should be well known.
The main one is loss of consciousness. Sometimes the victim has slight motor agitation. By the way, in this situation, the eyes of the drinker will be able to tell worried friends or relatives that danger is approaching. Be sure to pay attention to them.
- The drinker's pupils do not react to light; they lack a corneal reflex (the eyes do not close if the cornea is gently touched).
- Nystagmus (pendulum-like movement of the eyeballs) is observed.
- When there is a threat of coma, alcohol poisoning is manifested by constriction of the pupils (in medicine this is called “miosis”). Sometimes they narrow and expand alternately. Often observed simultaneously different size pupils in the right and left eyes.
Signs of alcoholic coma from the respiratory and cardiovascular systems
Due to tongue retraction, aspiration (entry into Airways) vomit, bronchorrhea ( copious discharge sputum) and hypersalivation (increased salivation), the victim may experience symptoms of breathing problems. It becomes uneven, intermittent, expressed by wheezing in the lungs and a pale, and sometimes bluish, coloration of the face (in medicine this phenomenon is called “cyanosis”).
Signs of alcohol poisoning, threatening coma, are also a malfunction of cardio-vascular system. At the same time, blood pressure drops, the heart rate decreases - this condition produces a thread-like weak pulse.
To the signs listed above, you can add a decrease in body temperature, the appearance of convulsions, epileptiform seizures, as well as involuntary release of urine and feces.
Difficulties in diagnosis
However, it should be taken into account that it is not always easy to determine alcohol poisoning. Treatment requires accurate diagnosis, since similar symptoms appear while taking drugs: similar confusion and slurred speech, glitter in the eyes, agitation or drowsiness.
A clinical picture of intoxication is also given by poisoning with alcohol surrogates (denatured alcohol, cologne, polishes, acetone, etc.). Please note that poisoning in such cases is much more severe due to the presence of methyl spite in these substances, essential oils, aldehydes, resins and aniline dyes. And among the symptoms, pain in the legs, thirst, headache and visual impairment.
By the way, conditions resembling intoxication can also occur during a stroke or brain injury.
Diagnosis of comatose states
As you know, diagnosing a patient in a comatose state causes difficulties in almost all cases, and alcohol poisoning that caused a coma is no exception.
In this case, the patient’s relatives or friends are required to provide accurate information about what happened before the onset of coma: did the patient abuse alcohol, suffer from drug addiction, or have diabetes mellitus, hypertension, kidney disease, head injuries. The smell of alcohol from an unconscious patient does not exclude the possibility of a stroke or brain injury caused by drinking alcohol.
Help with alcohol poisoning causing coma
If, based on the signs listed above, you understand that a drunk person is in a critical, pre-comatose state, then do not delay and call “ ambulance" In the meantime, start rescue efforts.
Do not turn the victim onto his back! This is dangerous because a person who has lost consciousness may choke on vomit.
Gastric lavage is also not allowed. You can only clear his upper respiratory tract of mucus, saliva, etc. To do this, turn the patient on his side, secure his tongue, for example, with a clothespin wrapped in gauze, and use a napkin to clean oral cavity. A rubber bulb will help clear vomit from your throat.
If necessary, proceed to artificial respiration. For the same purpose, try letting the patient inhale ammonia on a cotton swab. Be sure to open the windows and provide the victim with fresh air.
The main care for severe poisoning is carried out in a hospital!
Specialized assistance for severe alcohol poisoning takes the form of intensive care, which involves subcutaneous administration of atropine (to reduce hypersalivation and bronchorrhea), caffeine (10% solution) and cordiamine (25% solution) 2 ml subcutaneously. Recommended intravenous administration glucose solution (40%) and solution ascorbic acid(5%) in a volume of 2 ml.
To combat acidosis, a solution of sodium bicarbonate is injected drip into a vein; additionally, nicotinic acid subcutaneously To avoid secondary infection, antibiotics are administered. All these measures are taken already during the patient’s hospitalization, and, as a rule, they make it possible to eliminate even the most severe consequences alcohol intoxication.
What to do in case of moderate alcohol poisoning
In the case where the patient does not need specialized assistance, you can alleviate his condition yourself. First aid for alcohol poisoning is to prevent alcohol from being absorbed into the blood. To do this, you should induce vomiting in the patient: irritate the root of his tongue with your fingers and give him drinking plenty of fluids(only warm water!). This is done several times until clear liquid begins to come out of the stomach. If a drunken person is unable to rise, his head is turned to one side and slightly lowered.
If after the procedures a person feels weak and his skin has turned pale, wrap him in a blanket and apply a heating pad to his feet. hot water. Give the victim hot, strong tea to drink.
How doctors called to your home provide assistance
Sometimes the victim's condition requires medical care even though the intoxication was not severe. High quality professional help provided by doctors called to your home. As a rule, they perform standard gastric lavage, and if necessary, they use a special tube.
After cleansing procedures, infusion therapy (dropper) is performed. At home, as well as in the hospital, it contains a glucose solution, which helps accelerate the oxidation of alcohol, and vitamin complex, including 5% solutions of vitamins B1 (3-5 ml), B6 (5 to 10 ml) and ascorbic acid. They have a detoxifying effect and help normalize metabolic processes.
Why a dropper?
Why do doctors prefer IV treatment? The fact is that a dropper in case of poisoning is the only way to quickly deliver the drug into the body to all tissues and organs, bypassing the blood-brain barrier. The drug in this case slowly and gradually penetrates into the blood, thereby ensuring a constant concentration of the drug, and the doctor can monitor the patient’s condition, deciding whether the dose of the drug is sufficient and adjusting it if necessary.
In addition, if there is a large loss of fluid, and this is what happens with vomiting, which often accompanies poisoning, it is the dropper that helps restore the required amount of fluid in the body.
Alcohol poisoning: treatment at home
With the help of home remedies, as you already understand, you can only fight mild degree intoxication. the main objective Such procedures are a cleansing of the body. Such events are carried out in several stages.
- Need to drink as much as possible more water(at least one liter), and then induce vomiting 3-5 times, since most of the alcohol taken orally is absorbed in the stomach.
- When the stomach is cleared, you need to drink water again, because alcohol greatly dehydrates the cells. Please note that if you have kidney disease, this advice must be followed very carefully!
- Additional purification is carried out using sorbents (activated and white carbon). Alcohol poisoning can also be alleviated with the drug Enterosgel, which successfully relieves the symptoms of intoxication within an hour.
- In order to help the liver, which is greatly damaged by excessive drinking, you need to take amino acids. Such drugs include Glutargin.
The use of folk remedies to relieve intoxication
A lot of advice on how to relieve alcohol poisoning can be found in folk medicine. Please note that application folk remedies it is also necessary to begin with cleansing the victim’s stomach and eliminating dehydration. Traditional healers It is recommended to drink strongly brewed black tea, which can be sweetened with honey. To reduce nausea, lemon balm is added to it, which tones and refreshes well.
Chicory root, or rather a decoction of it, also helps in such situations. This medicine should be taken one tablespoon up to four times a day. To reduce the manifestations of poisoning, celery root juice is also useful, which should be taken in a tablespoon 3 times a day.
Categories of people at risk of severe alcohol intoxication
It is perhaps difficult to find a person who has never tried alcohol in his life. And it’s good if acquaintance with this insidious product did not lead to the symptoms of poisoning listed above, and did not require an IV at home.
By the way, there are groups of people for whom alcohol can cause particularly significant harm and cause symptoms of poisoning.
- Teenagers. Their body is unable to properly break down alcohol, so poisoning occurs with almost every attempt to have fun with alcohol. Even a small dose of it leads to serious consequences.
- Aged people. They risk that their body, due to general weakness, is unable to effectively withstand an alcohol attack, which can cause a severe blow to their health.
- People taking potent drugs medications, among which there may be those that are absolutely incompatible with alcohol.
- People with a weakened metabolism may react painfully to even a small dose of alcohol, since their body is not able to process it normally.
However, everyone, having drawn conclusions from what they read above and their life experience, can come to the right decision: if alcohol has such a severe and terrible effect on the mind and consciousness, and the consequences of its use are so dangerous, then maybe you should give up alcohol?
Nowadays it is difficult to find a person who does not drink alcoholic beverages at all. At the same time, everyone has information about the dangers and poisonous properties of such products. But often such knowledge is vague and does not reflect the whole picture of what is happening to the body. If we talk about alcohol poisoning, then the very consumption of alcoholic beverages in any quantity is already poisoning. But here we talk about poisoning only when there is an overdose of alcohol or when taking insufficiently high-quality products. Let's talk about what alcohol poisoning of the body is in a little more detail, consider the symptoms and treatment of this condition.
What is alcohol poisoning in the body, what symptoms indicate it?
If the amount of alcohol in the blood does not exceed one and a half ppm, experts speak of the initial stage of alcohol intoxication, which is fraught with only noticeable pain.
If this volume reaches two to three ppm, the turn of the second, moderate stage of alcohol intoxication comes. If the amount of alcohol in the blood exceeds three ppm, this is the third strongest stage of alcohol poisoning. Its consequences can be very dire and can lead to the development of alcohol narcosis or even alcoholic coma.
Of course, it is impossible to independently determine the amount of ppm of alcohol. Therefore, it is worth focusing on external signs.
During the first and second stages of alcohol intoxication, a person usually develops severe. He is also bothered by feelings of nausea and vomiting. Besides pathological processes cause extreme thirst, usually in the morning after consuming alcoholic beverages.
The listed symptoms indicate poisoning, which, although it harms the body, is, in principle, correctable. However, the second stage can develop into alcohol narcosis or into the third stage, which is characterized by several distinctive features.
In this case, the person loses the ability to control his body. He can't walk or even sit at all. Upon examination, it is noticeable that the pupils of his eyes are noticeably narrowing. The victim's skin becomes cool and slightly sticky. There is also a loss of intelligible speech.
It must be emphasized that the onset of the third stage can lead to the development of alcoholic coma and subsequent death. In the first two stages, poisoning can be dealt with on your own.
Poisoning with alcohol substitutes
Various liquids containing alcohol and used in everyday life or industry can be drunk by alcoholics and cause poisoning. This disorder makes itself felt by nausea, vomiting and severe dizziness. In addition, the patient suffers from severe headaches and painful sensations in a stomach.
Consumption of methyl alcohol can lead to redness and dryness of the skin; calf muscles and double vision. Complications of such poisoning can cause loss of vision, coma and even death.
About how poisoning of the body is corrected (medication treatment and first aid)
On initial stages development of alcohol poisoning, it is worth taking measures to, as well as to generally optimize the condition - remove alcohol syndrome.
If you have a mild hangover, you need to drink more regular fluids. You can take absorbent medications, for example, activated carbon or. Under no circumstances should you have a hangover. For a headache, you can take some kind of painkiller, for example, or.
If you are faced with a case of severe alcohol poisoning, you cannot do without medical help. In some cases, only doctors will help the victim survive.
First aid for severe poisoning
If a person has developed severe alcohol poisoning, first aid must be provided. The first step is to take measures to cleanse the stomach of alcohol residues - this will help prevent the development of further intoxication. So you can prepare a cold soda solution for the patient or. He must drink this liquid, after which he must induce vomiting. After emptying the stomach, the victim should be given twenty.
If the drunk person’s health is particularly bad, and he is completely unable to control his actions, it is better for him not to rinse his stomach. In this case, you should just call an ambulance.
Before doctors arrive, wrap the victim in a warm blanket and make sure that his tongue does not stick into his throat.
How do doctors treat alcohol intoxication?
Doctors can call vomiting reflex by introducing half a milliliter of a one percent solution of apomorphine hydrochloride. To protect the victim from possible collapse, he is injected with caffeine or cordiamine.
Therapy for alcohol intoxication can be carried out using the method of rapid sobering up. In this case, the patient is given vitamin B6 intramuscularly, and after some time he is given a mixture of pheniamine, corazol, and
Poisoning can be caused by alcohol if it is of poor quality or consumed in large quantities. Other causes of alcohol poisoning – young or elderly age, individual intolerance and pathologies for which drinking alcohol is prohibited.
Alcohol poisoning involves a complex of symptoms of intoxication when the toxic substance is ethyl alcohol and its metabolites. If a person has taken a surrogate, then the poisoning ceases to be alcoholic: in alcohol substitutes, in addition to ethyl alcohol contains other poisons (acetone, methyl alcohol, antifreeze, brake fluid).
Symptoms of alcohol poisoning
First, understand the effect of alcohol on a person. This will help identify symptoms of alcohol poisoning.
The result of drinking alcoholic beverages is intoxication. Increasing intoxication usually leads to alcohol poisoning.
To the primary signs Alcohol poisoning includes emotional arousal: the initial state is perceived by a person as inspiration and “omnipotence.” A fairly drunk person begins to talk a lot, his sayings are categorical.
To secondary signs include gradual disruption of the central nervous system and brain. As a result, manifestations of disinhibition arise: judgments become bold and illogical, behavior changes to cheeky or aggressive. Body movements become clumsy and incoherent. As alcohol intoxication increases, stupor quickly develops: the person does not perceive reality and does not react to irritation. The end result condition is coma.
Typical symptoms are varied and depend on the degree of alcohol poisoning (mild, moderate, severe or coma). From the outside gastrointestinal tract the same symptoms appear as in food poisoning: diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting. Other body systems react to alcohol intoxication in a different way:
- disturbance of attention, speech, motor-motor function;
- the appearance of hallucinations;
- decreased blood pressure and body temperature, increased heart rate;
- dizziness, weakness;
- increased urine and;
- dilated pupils, redness of the face.
First aid for alcohol poisoning
First aid for alcohol poisoning is to clear the stomach of harmful impurities alcohol and disinfect. General recommendations:
- Allow the victim to breathe ammonia. To do this, moisten a cotton pad or gauze with it and bring it to the nose of the poisoned person. This will sober him up a little or bring him to consciousness. If ammonia didn't have it at hand, use any substance with pungent odor(for example, vinegar or horseradish).
- If the poisoned person is conscious, rinse the stomach. Prepare a non-concentrated soda solution (1 teaspoon per liter of water) in an amount of 3-5 liters. Induce vomiting by mechanically acting on the root of the tongue. After the procedure, give any adsorbent (
Alcohol is poisonous and harms the body by causing Negative influence for the functioning of all organs and systems. Even small doses of alcoholic beverages already cause harm to the body and provoke alcohol poisoning (intoxication). The degree of poisoning with its external manifestation- By the way, it is not related to the state of intoxication.
The intensity of intoxication depends on many reasons: physiological characteristics body, gender, age and weight of a person, type of alcohol, its combinations, availability of snacks, rate of alcohol consumption, etc. For example, a glass of sparkling wine, drunk slowly on an empty stomach, can intoxicate you more than a glass of vodka, knocked over in one gulp along with a rich, fatty snack. But it is unlikely that weak champagne will have the same strong toxic effect on the body’s cells as a forty-degree “white” one.
Doctors distinguish three stages of alcohol intoxication: mild intoxication, moderate intoxication and severe intoxication, in which signs of alcohol poisoning become visible to the naked eye.
By the way, you don’t need to think that mild and moderate stages of intoxication are absolutely safe. They cannot be compared with severe intoxication in terms of the degree of harm caused to the body, but regular “breakaways” destroy the cells of the body’s natural filter - the liver - with toxic breakdown products of alcohol (aldehydes), and chronic alcohol intoxication gradually develops. Aldehydes destroy not only the liver, but also the cells of the central nervous system, which are restored very slowly.
Like any other intoxication, alcohol poisoning has its own characteristic symptoms:
- Severe headache associated with irritation of nerve endings by alcohol breakdown products. The severity of the symptom is individual, and is more related to the composition of the alcohol than to its quantity. Sparkling alcohol, which is absorbed into the blood much more actively, colored drinks (liqueurs, tinctures) and low-quality drinks made from cheap raw materials increases the likelihood of headaches.
- Noise in the ears, flickering of spots before the eyes are signs of damage to the autonomic nervous system.
- Dizziness and poor coordination of movements indicate damage to the part of the brain responsible for balance – the cerebellum.
- Nausea and vomiting are protective reactions of the body, which, having sensed an excess of toxic substances, strives to quickly rid the stomach of them and prevent further poisoning.
- Intense thirst is associated with a decrease in the production of antidiuretic hormone under the influence of alcohol breakdown products and increased urine output.
- Loss of consciousness, coma is the result of severe damage to the central nervous system by alcohol breakdown products.
Alcohol intoxication represents serious danger for the body. A person who has been poisoned by alcohol needs help as quickly as possible; in some cases, it is impossible to do without calling an ambulance.
You need to call an ambulance:
- if a person has lost consciousness;
- the skin is very pale or, on the contrary, very red, covered with sticky cold sweat;
- pulse is weak, rapid, breathing is slow, shallow, irregular;
- Vomiting recurs and urine leaks involuntarily.
Alcohol poisoning can lead to a sad outcome: lethal dose– 5g of pure alcohol per 1 kg of body weight (in alcoholics whose bodies are accustomed to alcohol, the dangerous concentration is usually higher). How faster man receives qualified medical care, the more likely it is that the consequences of “overdoing it” will not be dire.
Alcohol poisoning: treatment
There is no need to sit idly by waiting for an ambulance. Timely provision of first medical care in case of poisoning, it is very important, especially since you cannot do without it in case of mild poisoning, when there is no need for an ambulance to arrive. First of all, you need to induce vomiting in order to rid the stomach of any remaining alcohol, if possible. The next step is to apply an anti-poisoning gel - sorbent. It is much more effective than the “classics of the genre” - activated carbon, better absorbs toxins and removes them from the body without losing them in the intestines, like coal.
Enterosgel can be mixed in a cup of water or given in the form of a gel, from a spoon, half a tube at once, since the situation does not tolerate delay, and harm even from large quantity There will be no Enterosgel - the main thing is to wash it down well with water, which a thirsty drunk usually has no problems with. Taking the gel in a timely manner in case of alcohol poisoning means speeding up the cleansing of the body and preventing dangerous consequences for internal organs.
If alcohol poisoning is severe, doctors will have to cleanse the body of its consequences. They will rinse the stomach with a probe, carry out detoxification with sorbents and intravenous infusions and will prescribe medications that support the functioning of the heart, nervous system and liver.
Prevention of alcohol intoxication is simple: do not drink at all. Of course, absolute sobriety is rare; most still allow themselves to relax at least occasionally: during a holiday, meeting with friends, a corporate event, or outdoor recreation. If a “celebration of life” has already happened, then the alcohol must be of high quality, it must be drunk in in moderation without mixing incompatible drinks. Before, during and after drinking alcohol, you need to take half a tube of Enterosgel - this way you can prevent not only alcohol poisoning, but also a morning hangover.
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Poisoned by alcoholic drinks can not only the person suffering from, but also the one who took it for the first time. In fact, for poisoning to develop in the body, it only takes one large dose of alcohol to drink (especially if a person has an individual intolerance to alcohol). Read more about symptoms and first aid for alcohol poisoning later in the article.
Alcohol poisoning: first signs
All symptoms of alcohol poisoning are divided into two subgroups:1. Symptoms that occur immediately after drinking alcohol (after 1-2 hours).
2. Signs that develop within several days after the onset of alcohol intoxication in the body.
It is worth noting that the degree of alcohol poisoning varies for each person. This largely depends on weight, gender (men tolerate alcohol better), as well as acceptable dosages of alcohol that a person is used to drinking.
It is important to know that the most vulnerable to alcohol poisoning are young girls and boys who start drinking alcohol for the first time. They have not yet developed a protective reaction of the body, so intoxication, like poisoning, occurs very quickly and is extremely difficult.
Alcohol poisoning can occur only when the alcohol content in such drinks is more than twelve percent. According to research, a dosage of alcohol in the blood of 4 to 15 g/kg is already lethal for humans and can easily cause death.
The following are the first signs of alcohol poisoning:
1. A person develops an unhealthy shine in the eyes. Self-esteem also increases significantly, at which point he ceases to be shy and can say things that he would not allow himself to say in person. sober(this is the reason why most quarrels involve someone who is intoxicated).
2. Due to the rush of blood, the face becomes red.
3. Attention and reaction speed decrease.
4. The person begins to speak loudly, sometimes drowsiness occurs.
5. Sweating increases.
6. Personality characteristics that are not noticeable in a sober state may become aggravated. At the same time, they can be both positive and negative.
After the initial manifestation of alcohol poisoning, the second stage develops. It occurs when taking a large dose of alcohol and is accompanied by the following symptoms:
1. A person experiences dizziness and headache.
2. There is muscle weakness and impaired consciousness. There may also be breathing problems.
3. Watery eyes.
5. The patient may experience fever and hand tremors.
6. If the body reacts to poisoning, then the person may experience nausea and vomiting, and bowel dysfunction.
It is worth noting that some people perceive alcohol poisoning as common occurrence, which is an error. In fact, this is a rather serious condition that can lead to respiratory paralysis and even coma. It is for this reason that if signs of poisoning appear, a person needs to call a doctor and provide first aid.
The last stage of poisoning is considered the most severe. It is accompanied by the following symptoms:
1. The patient may develop convulsions, hallucinations and cold sweats.
2. The person may lose consciousness.
3. Often the patient begins to choke due to respiratory spasm and paralysis.
4. A person in such a state does not control himself and cannot assess the situation in which he is.
5. Chills and fever may occur. arterial pressure.
In the event that a person has obvious signs alcohol poisoning, you should immediately call an ambulance. Before her arrival, the patient’s condition should be at least slightly stabilized and toxins should be removed from his body (at least partially).
First aid measures include the following:
1. Examine the person. Ask him how he is feeling.
2. Rinse the stomach. To do this, you need to induce vomiting in a person by ingesting soda solution or water with potassium. This will help remove toxins from the stomach before they begin to be absorbed further into the body.
3. Give a person a lot of liquid, but only when his swallowing reflex is working normally.
4. Ensure inflow fresh air, unbutton your shirt, loosen the belt on your pants.
5. In case of respiratory arrest, clean the oral cavity and perform artificial respiration.
6. If the patient experiences cardiac arrest, then it is necessary to indirect massage myocardium. This is a very complex procedure that needs to be performed by a trained person. Otherwise, such measures may only make the patient worse.
Also, before the arrival of doctors, it is necessary to measure the patient’s pulse and blood pressure in order to provide doctors with more detailed information about the patient's condition.
When providing first aid, it is important not to harm the person. Therefore, you are prohibited from doing the following:
1. You cannot induce vomiting, nor rinse the stomach of a person when he is unconscious. The same applies to treating him with tablets (until the doctor arrives, it is better not to give the patient any medications at all, except for activated carbon).
2. You should not leave the patient unattended, because he could get worse at any moment.
3. You cannot lay a person on his back, because this way he can choke on vomit.
4. It is prohibited to lift a person, force him to move, take a shower, etc. This will further disrupt thermoregulation and can only worsen the patient’s condition. 
Treatment of alcohol poisoning largely depends on the symptoms and general severity of the patient’s condition. Traditional therapy provides the following:
1. Taking hepatoprotectors to reduce toxic effects on the liver.
2. Gastric lavage.
3. Sometimes administration of saline and glucose is prescribed.
4. If the nervous system is damaged, antipsychotics can be used.
5. Taking adsorbents to reduce intoxication of the body. It can be different drugs, but Enterosorb, Enterosgel and activated carbon are most often prescribed.
6. Prescribing antiemetic drugs.
Further therapy is carried out based on the observed symptoms and complications that arise. With timely first aid and medication treatment, the patient can be cured of alcohol poisoning, even if he was in serious condition.
Prevention of alcohol poisoning
Prevention of alcohol poisoning consists of following the following advice from a narcologist:1. You cannot drink alcohol on an empty stomach. It is better to eat something hot before this so that it “envelops” the gastric mucosa. This way you will protect yourself from intoxication of the body and the development of ulcers.
2. Do not drink alcohol in large doses. A glass of wine won't do anything bad, but the same can't be said about a whole bottle drunk in one sitting.
3. You should not drink alcohol when poor nutrition, as well as the period of acute diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Alcohol and ulcers, hepatitis, gastritis and pancreatitis are considered a particularly dangerous “duet”.
4. It is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol during the period when a person is being treated with alcohol. medicines, which when combined with alcohol can cause severe adverse reactions in the liver and nervous system. This is an important taboo that applies to almost all strong drugs.
5. You should not take alcoholic drinks whose quality you doubt. You should also not buy them from places without a license.
6. To prevent poisoning, it is better not to drink alcohol that was prepared at home or does not have a specific place of production.
7. After drinking alcohol, it is prohibited to take antidepressants, sleeping pills and analgesic medications.
8. Do not mix drinks of different degrees.
9. After drinking alcohol, you need to eat a lot and drink fluids to reduce negative impact alcohol on the body.
Moreover, if you want to protect yourself as much as possible from alcohol poisoning and all subsequent complications after that, you should give up alcohol completely. This will be the best prevention.
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