Vallarta = México = party… Even though this may be true in many tourists' minds, it is also true that too many parties cause many derangements in your health.
What is the main problem associated with alcohol intoxication and some risky associated pathologies? First, I will explain some of the metabolism to understand the problem. Alcohol has a specific group of enzymes used in the liver for its metabolism. Such enzymes are not only used for alcohol metabolism but are required for other metabolic steps. So, while your liver works in the alcohol metabolism, such enzymes are consumed, and others are blocked.
What are the results? Besides feeling drunk, gluconeogenesis, the metabolic steps required for the new synthesis of glucose, is not working at this time; as such, your body gets low levels of the essential glucose and turns into a starvation state. On the other hand, alcohol interferes with some kidney processes, which may cause something called "diabetes insipidus" because the Antidiuretic Hormone (ADH) has been affected. As a result, you lose much free water, so you are dehydrated the next day. Finally, there is a consumption of several vitamins as well, such as thiamine, which, along with the fact that many people who have alcohol problems have very bad alimentation, this vitamin becomes deficient.
Now, what should you do? Well, here are some recommendations: first and most importantly, try to drink plenty of water while you are drinking alcohol. On the other hand, during the hangover period, do the same, drink water, and try to eat solid food.
But what happens if you are vomiting everything you drink? Well, in this case, it is better not to drink anything, even water, and wait until the nausea and vomiting stop.
At this point, I would like to give you some advice. If you have drinking problems, or if you have been drinking more than 4-7 alcoholic beverages a day during an extended period, when you go to the hospital or a clinic, or if there is a doctor with you, please give them this information, if you occult it, you may put your health and even your life in dangers. Why? Well, remember the vitamin thiamine? This vitamin is essential in many places, including your brain. Then, if you are depleted of such vitamin, you will start to present some neurologic problems. Still, if you receive glucose directly into your system, namely through an IV (used in the medical attention of alcoholic intoxication) and if thiamine is not administrated before such glucose administration, in alcoholic people or people who have this vitamin deficiency, such glucose could cause many neurologic lesions that as I said, would affect your health very seriously and even risk your life.
So, if you have just a common hangover, the important point is to drink plenty of fluids and eat solid foods. On the other hand, if you are actively vomiting, don't drink anything because you may continue to throw up, and, in this process, you're not only losing such deinked water but electrolytes as well. But, if you cannot control the vomit, or you are heavily intoxicated, or you feel unwell, and you are a person who has an alcohol use problem, please call a doctor and provide the most complete information possible to receive adequate medical attention.
Y que viva Mexico cab…!!
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¡Excelente información para futura turista en Vallarta!