Alcohol poisoning symptoms – Home remedies for alcohol poisoning

It may seem funny to most people, but the truth is, a person is in a dangerous position once he passed out due to excessive drinking of alcohol. Alcohol is a substance that is an irritant to the stomach which often leads to severe cases of vomiting. With the use of this substance, the nerves that are responsible in controlling the actions such as gag reflex and breathing can be severely depresses. And when this happens, this can eventually result to choking to death on the person’s vomit.



Contrary to the popular belief which is making a person sleep it off once he or she is full with alcohol, it is not always like that. Studies have shown that the blood alcohol concentration of every individual can rise whether or not they are unconscious. Having small amounts of alcohol have a lot of positive effects in the body. However, just like what the old saying says, too much of everything is not good –it is also like that. When a person has taken massive amounts of alcohol, this can be really toxic to the body and it can be a serious threat to the health of a person. The person involved can also show some (or all) alcohol poisoning symptoms right away he or she had too much drink. Alcohol was proven to have a direct effect on the human brain and it can irritate the blood brain barrier as well. Among all the various substances on earth, alcohol was proven to be readily absorbed by the stomach just like water.



Here are some common symptoms of alcohol poisoning:

1. Seizures. Alcohols can lower the seizure threshold.

2. Waddling gait or ataxic. This kind of symptom of alcohol poisoning is a result of having excessive alcohol that already affected the brain.

3. Vomiting. This is actually the most common symptoms and this is due to the effect of affecting the center of the brain of the person because of alcohol. The danger in this is that once the patient choke with his vomitus, this can lead to death.

4. Slow breathing. This is a result of having an infected hypothalamus which is the brain’s breathing control center.

5. Unconsciousness, coma and lethargy. When the person is this state, it should be given immediately help because if not, this can lead to death.



When intoxication is being experience by the patient, make sure to call for a nurse advice and seek immediate help. While waiting for the help, here are some of the easiest home remedies that you can do for alcohol poisoning symptoms:



1. Make the victim drink a lot of milk or water. This is one way of diluting the poison.

2. Make the person vomit. This is very important so that you can help make the poison be removed from his body. However, you should be very careful not to make the person choke because this is deadly. Always keep the person conscious and in an upright position.

3. Ensure that the victim can breathe properly.

4. Keep the person warm.

5. If the person is conscious, you should give him or her glass of hot and strong coffee in order to stimulate the victim. Caffeine is a form of stimulant so this is very helpful.



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