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How to detoxify from alcohol at home. Severe degree of alcohol intoxication. What could be the consequences?

Excessive consumption of alcohol causes poisoning of the body. It manifests itself in various unpleasant symptoms: nausea, vomiting, headache, general weakness.

You can relieve alcohol intoxication at home by using various methods, aimed at removing poisons from the blood and accelerating metabolic processes.

Symptoms of alcohol poisoning


Symptoms of alcohol intoxication differ among people depending on their individual characteristics body and the amount drunk.

Poisoning can be determined by general signs:

  • nausea;
  • diarrhea;
  • pain in the stomach;
  • strong thirst;
  • headache;
  • arrhythmia;
  • high blood pressure;
  • tachycardia;
  • weakness;
  • labored breathing;
  • thermoregulation disorders, changes in body temperature.

The manifestation of acute and severe intoxication is clouding and loss of consciousness. In such cases, the help of a doctor is necessary. If it is not provided, respiratory function ceases, which entails coma and death.

Degrees of alcohol intoxication


In order to relieve intoxication, it is necessary to first determine its degree, and only then begin treatment.

The human body perceives ethanol as poison. Absorbed from the stomach into the bloodstream, this substance poisons all cells. It acts as a nerve toxin, causing mild euphoria and changes in psychomotor functions. The drinker experiences redness skin, pupil dilation.

Ethanol getting into gastrointestinal tract provokes the liver to produce enzymes to neutralize it. Alcohol breaks down into toxic and safe substances.

Poisonous decomposition products cause poisoning.

The next stage is characterized by the simultaneous action ethyl alcohol and its metabolites. With serious intoxication damage, changes occur in the functioning of the central nervous system: speech and behavior are impaired, memory, attention, and thinking disorders are observed.

Severe ethanol poisoning can lead to loss of control over the body. Involuntary bowel movement occurs and Bladder, loss of consciousness, convulsions.

An extreme degree of alcohol intoxication leads to the fact that a person does not respond to external stimuli, flows into coma. You can’t wait, you urgently need medical help and hospitalization. Without timely treatment, mortality in such cases is very high.

A severe degree of intoxication is observed in people who have consumed surrogate or low-quality alcoholic products containing methyl alcohol. In such cases, only medical intervention will help.

Be sure to apply for medical assistance when a child, teenager or elderly person is poisoned with alcohol.

Alcohol intoxication: first aid


For symptoms severe poisoning you need to call an ambulance. Bye medical workers on the way, measures should be taken pre-medical treatment. Recovery respiratory function periodically bring a cotton swab soaked in ammonia to the nose of the poisoned person.

If a person is in in serious condition, you need to put it on its side and monitor your breathing. In such cases, the risk of aspiration of vomit and tongue retraction increases. In critical condition, when the heart is failing, artificial respiration, and then send the patient to the cardiology department.

Alcohol intoxication should be dealt with using a universal algorithm. It is used in medicine and is also suitable for use at home.

General principles:

  • gastric lavage;
  • detoxification measures;
  • preventing dehydration;
  • elimination of pain;
  • recovery.

Alcohol is absorbed into the blood quickly, so it is advisable to cleanse the body within a few hours after drinking alcohol. Rinse gastric tract needed first. This will promote the release of undegraded ethanol and prevent further formation toxic substances.

When a person vomits, it means that the body is getting rid of toxins on its own.

In other cases, you need to drink a weak solution of potassium permanganate, table salt or sodium bicarbonate ( baking soda). Induce vomiting two or three times until pure water.

Pharmacy methods for relieving alcohol intoxication


It can be done with medication. Providing assistance with medications is advisable when vomiting stops.

For this purpose, the following groups of drugs are used:

  • sorbents;
  • rehydration products;
  • medications for ethanol neutralization;
  • painkillers;
  • means to restore the functionality of the body.

You can do it quickly at home by giving a person a drop of water and injecting him with an infusion of saline solution. This method helps to get rid of the consequences of long-term drinking.

A paramedic must administer the IV.

Sorbents will cleanse the body of toxic decay products. Drugs such as activated carbon, Polysorb, Smecta, Enterosgel, Filtrum help to get rid of the complications of alcohol poisoning.

The removal of ethanol and its metabolites requires moisture. The body loses a lot of fluid through vomiting and diarrhea. Used to restore electrolyte balance special means, which can be bought at the pharmacy, for example, Regidron.

To prepare the medicine, you only need to dilute the powder with water. Take the solution according to the instructions.

If a person has a severe headache, then you need to give Ibuprofen or its equivalent. Acetylsalicylic acid(aspirin) is leveled by alcohol and its metabolites, so it will not help.

Ethanol neutralizers and vitamins help relieve symptoms of poisoning.

Popular:

  • Metadoxyl;
  • Zorex;
  • Limontar;
  • Yantavit;
  • Alka-Seltzer.

They include substances necessary for intoxication. You can choose a medicine based on its composition, price and individual symptoms.

Folk ways to combat alcohol intoxication


Besides medications help to cope with the consequences of excessive alcohol consumption traditional methods. Good reviews enjoys green tea with the addition of lemon and honey. It relieves the effects of poisoning, replenishes fluid reserves, vitamin C, and restores organ functions.

A decoction of rose hips has the same effect.

You can relieve nausea with water lemon juice, tea with lemon balm and mint.

A well-known folk remedy that will help with mild alcohol poisoning is cucumber or cabbage pickle.


You can treat alcohol poisoning at home only if it is mild and medium degree intoxication. If you feel sick in the morning, this is good - the body is trying to cleanse itself of toxic compounds. Let the person vomit, after which relief comes.

It is necessary to provide the victim with a constant flow of fresh air to eliminate oxygen starvation brain and start metabolic processes. If a person feels tolerable, you can go for a walk.

You need to eat, but heavy foods should be avoided so as not to overload the gastrointestinal tract. Best suited for food in case of poisoning chicken bouillon, pureed vegetable purees, porridge. To avoid dehydration, you need to constantly replenish your fluid supply: drink mineral water, decoctions and infusions of herbs, fruit drinks, kombucha.

How to prevent alcohol intoxication


To reduce the risk of alcohol poisoning, you need to behave correctly when drinking it. Surrogates can be harmful to health. To avoid purchasing burnt vodka or fake cognac, you should buy them in retail outlets having a license.

You cannot drink alcohol on an empty stomach; you must have a snack after each drink. It is not recommended to mix different types alcohol (it is permissible to drink drinks from one group, for example, grape drinks, but start with those that have a lower ethanol content).

Before the feast you should take a few tablets activated carbon, this will reduce the risk of poisoning.

The best way to avoid alcohol intoxication is to stop drinking alcohol. If you drink, then in moderation. Regular excesses of the individual norm indicate dependence.

Chronic alcoholism is a disease that can be treated by a narcologist. The sooner you seek help, the easier it will be to get rid of your addiction.

Alcohol intoxication- This severe poisoning formed as a result of drinking large amounts of alcohol. In such a complex condition, immediate detoxication is necessary.

What are the manifestations?

Symptoms of intoxication

Alcoholic drinks are a poison for humans that paralyze the nervous system and cause a number of different disorders. The complexity of the signs of poisoning is aggravated not only by the amount of drink, but also by the individuality of a particular person.

Depending on the ethanol content in the body and the degree of its influence, there are stages:

  • mild, when the concentration of alcohol in the body corresponds to 0.5-1.5 ‰, this is accompanied by damage mainly to mental functions;
  • average, alcohol content is 1.5-2.5‰, neurological symptoms are also observed;
  • Severe intoxication occurs when the ethanol content is 2.5-5 ‰ and is expressed by too strong disruption of the functions of individual organs and entire systems, creating a threat to the life of the victim.

The following symptoms indicate that the victim is in a state of severe poisoning:

  • severe nausea and vomiting, possible convulsions;
  • disturbed mental condition, sometimes coma occurs;
  • slow breathing at intervals of up to 10 seconds or more;
  • drop in body temperature below normal;
  • paleness, cyanosis of the skin.

How bad...

First of all, it is necessary to reduce the amount of alcohol in the blood. For this you need drinking plenty of fluids plain water with the use of diuretics. it is forbidden! You can take aspirin, it neutralizes acetaldehyde, synthesized in the liver during the breakdown of ethanol, which causes all these symptoms. In addition, aspirin will have an analgesic effect. To bind alcohol and its breakdown products in the stomach and intestines, it is necessary to consume several tablets of activated carbon (1 per 10 kg of weight).

In particular severe cases You should urgently rinse the stomach and administer some medications that will help maintain vital body functions and prevent complications. What kind of medications need to be administered will be determined by the ambulance doctor, who you should call immediately when you detect a seriously ill patient.

Alcohol, even in small doses, has Negative influence on the systems and functions of the human body.

Method for rapid detoxication

An effective remedy in the treatment of severe alcohol poisoning is injections various drugs. But this requires consultation with a qualified specialist. At the beginning, vitamin B6 is injected intramuscularly into a person who is heavily intoxicated; within 5-10 minutes the victim will think and speak much more clearly.

When at least a slight enlightenment of consciousness occurs, the sufferer can be given a solution of phenamine, corazol and nicotinic acid, added to half a glass warm water. After just 15 minutes, a heavily intoxicated person’s thinking begins to quickly become more active, behavior becomes more adequate, and all inhibition disappears. After an hour, the person will almost completely sober up.

In order to reduce the alcohol content in the blood, it is possible to use: 20 ml of a 40% glucose solution, 10 ml of a 5% ascorbic acid solution; 1 ml of 1% nicotinamide solution. To supplement, you can use B vitamins, which the body has lost due to the large amount of alcohol consumed, as well as a solution of panangin and sodium chloride.

First you need to determine how severe the poisoning is.

There are situations when for some reason it is impossible to call ambulance or find a person with a medical education, then you need to carry out the following assistance measures on your own:

  1. Provide fresh air flow;
  2. Rinse the stomach of alcohol that has not yet been absorbed. Induce vomiting in the usual way, if this does not work, then prepare a drink from a spoonful of powdered mustard in 200 grams of water and give it to the affected person to drink;
  3. Give the ammonia a sniff, or drink 10 drops of it in half a glass of water every 15 minutes.
  4. Drink hot, slightly sweetened tea.

If the patient’s condition does not change during the measures taken, then it is necessary to somehow call a doctor or independently deliver the sufferer to the medical center.

If the patient is conscious, it is necessary to give more fluids to prevent dehydration, especially if the patient is constantly vomiting and frequent urination, otherwise it is life-threatening.

IN unconscious the victim must be placed on his side, better face towards you and tilt your head so as not to fill it with vomit Airways. The patient should not be left unattended.

It must be remembered that the ethanol content in the blood may continue to increase, since the liver is strenuously trying to process the drunk alcohol, which means that the concentration of the poison acetaldehyde will also gradually increase. This means that it is also possible that the victim falls asleep conscious, but loses it in his sleep.

When a person wakes up and sobers up, he will need help from the inevitable withdrawal syndrome.

Adsorbents against intoxication

The use of adsorbent medications in the treatment of the toxic effects of alcohol in general is not entirely effective; they only weakly stop severe intoxication. Since ethanol enters the blood very intensively, even modern adsorbents are not only unable to bind ethanol well, but also simply do not have time to do this.

Despite their weak effect, adsorbents will still help remove alcohol breakdown products from the affected body. Best effect from sorbents will manifest itself when a person gets poisoned from consuming surrogates and “burnt” alcohol. Therefore, it is better to take a higher dose of the cleansing medicine to achieve better results.

The choice of adsorbents is quite large: Enterosgel, Lignosorb, Polyphepan, Entegnin, Enterodes, Karbolen, Enterosorb and many others. The use of medications from this group is quite safe; even with an excessive dosage of the drug, most often there are no consequences.

In addition to the adsorbent drugs listed above, pharmacology also offers specialized ones that are more effective for, for example, REKITSEN-RD.

There are also homeopathic medicines, synthesized to improve the condition of poisoning with strong drinks. These medications provide significant help, despite the fact that active substance there is not much in them:


In any case, the use of homeopathic remedies significantly reduces severe symptoms poisoning

If moderate or severe alcohol intoxication occurs, you should definitely seek medical help. medical care see a doctor rather than treat the disease folk remedies.

Measures to prevent alcohol poisoning

There's probably no need to explain what a hangover is. Anyone who has experienced it clearly knows that it is too painful and unpleasant condition. More often than not, people don’t want to read the description hangover syndrome, but are trying to quickly find out how to recover from it. There are hundreds of ways and different recipes. Some people benefit greatly from one remedy, others from another.

It is better to prevent yourself from poisoning than to have to deal with it for a long time and painfully. But when use strong drinks By various reasons inevitable, you should prepare yourself carefully. There are simple rules for this:

  1. before having fun, take activated carbon tablets;
  2. Before drinking alcohol, drink a glass of milk;
  3. if possible, take vitamins before the feast;
  4. During the entire event, eat well meat, fish and potato dishes, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, and wash down all meals with juice or compote.

These measures, of course, will not save from unpleasant consequences, but will provide not strong, but weak intoxication and withdrawal syndrome. Mild symptoms You will endure poisoning more easily and without medical intervention.

At alcohol poisoning, which occurs as a result of an overdose when drinking alcohol, the breakdown products of ethanol cause intoxication of the entire body. In some cases, this can even lead to death.

To quickly bring the victim’s body back to normal, you need to provide him with proper first aid - rinse his stomach and give him adsorbents to drink. A gentle diet and remedies will help completely eliminate the effects of intoxication. traditional medicine.

Signs of alcohol poisoning

Alcohol poisoning is characterized as a condition in which there is a serious danger to the health and life of people. The development of intoxication occurs due to the ingestion of excess amounts of ethyl alcohol and its breakdown products into the body as a result of consuming large amounts of alcohol. You should see the difference between alcohol intoxication and poisoning. When drinking a small amount of alcohol, the body independently copes with acetaldehyde, which is excreted by the liver. In case of poisoning, the symptoms are supplemented by the following: danger signs, How:

  • dyspnea;
  • increased secretion of sweat glands;
  • nausea accompanied by vomiting;
  • a sharp drop in body temperature;
  • tremor;
  • pale skin;
  • neurological symptoms;
  • falling into unconsciousness.

Each person's level of tolerance to alcohol is different. Whether intoxication will develop or not depends on many factors:

  • age;
  • weight category;
  • gender;
  • general condition of the body.

This explains the fact that with the same quantity and quality of alcohol consumed, one person subsequently feels normal, while the other suffers from a severe hangover.

The symptoms of alcohol poisoning cannot be ignored, as it can provoke the development of serious consequences, often expressed as independent pathologies. In severe cases, intoxication leads to death.

It is very important to respond to the situation in a timely manner. Helps restore the body of a poisoned person correct treatment. If there is no threat to the life of the victim therapeutic effects can be produced at home.

First aid

First aid for alcohol poisoning is to relieve symptoms of intoxication. If alarming signs occur, the victim should undergo gastric lavage. To do this, you need to prepare a weak solution of manganese and give it to a person to drink, then induce vomiting. It is recommended to carry out the procedure several times in a row. Then the patient should be given water: the liquid will reduce the amount of ethanol in the blood and will help remove alcohol from the body. The more he can drink of it, the better. Coffee should not be given to a poisoned person, as it irritates the stomach walls and dehydrates the body. As a result, the signs of intoxication will only intensify.

The victim should be laid down, covered with a blanket. Poisoning inhibits blood flow, resulting in a decrease in body temperature. This is what explains the occurrence of chills and increased sweating - typical signs severe alcohol intoxication. The patient must be constantly monitored and his breathing monitored. If he begins to choke, you should give him mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration and try to calm him down.

This method is not suitable if vomit gets into the respiratory tract. To save a person’s life, an incision should be made into the trachea, which is located just below the chin, and a tube with a lumen should be inserted into the hole. In this case it will do ball pen. If the patient feels bad, feels nauseous and constantly vomits, then he needs to be turned on his side. This way, suffocation can be prevented.

If the victim’s condition is serious, you should call an ambulance before carrying out these actions. Before her arrival, the patient should not be allowed to fall asleep. Otherwise, he may fall into a coma. You need to talk to the patient all the time, try to distract him by asking simple questions. Sleep for such patients is indicated only after improvement of the condition and reduction of signs of intoxication.

Treatment at home

Severe alcohol intoxication should be treated in a hospital. For this, in addition to cleaning procedures, they use special drugs. In case of mild or moderate poisoning, which is not accompanied by loss of consciousness, it is quite possible to bring the body back to normal at home.

The first thing the victim needs to do is take adsorbents. It is worth noting that with their help it is impossible to completely cleanse the body, since ethanol will still enter the bloodstream for some time, and the sorbents will not have time to bind its decay products in sufficient quantities. However, it is still possible to achieve some effect. Cleansing products do not pose any danger to the body. Therefore, in case of poisoning, it is recommended to take them in higher doses. Among the most popular enterosorbents are:

  1. 1. Activated carbon.
  2. 2. Enterosorb.
  3. 3. Polyphepan.
  4. 4. Smecta.
  5. 5. Polysorb.
  6. 6. Filterroom.

To neutralize toxins synthesized in the liver, you can take an aspirin tablet.

The next step is recovery acid-base balance in organism. To do this, it is necessary to provide the patient with plenty of fluids. In this case, in addition to mineral water With lemon, it will be useful to use non-concentrated juices: grape, apple, pomegranate. Unsweetened compote, rosehip decoction, low-fat kefir and milk. In this way, you can compensate for the lack of vitamins, magnesium and potassium and prevent dehydration.

After the signs of poisoning have stopped, you will need to adhere to a gentle diet for some time. The diet must be supplemented with products that help restore water-salt balance. Watermelons, sauerkraut, tomatoes, fermented milk products do this well, oatmeal, boiled in water, low-fat fish and meat broths. It is necessary to remove coffee, spicy, fatty, fried foods and smoked meats.

During treatment, your daily routine should include morning exercises and daily walks. fresh air. This approach will allow you to quickly fill the body with missing oxygen.

Traditional medicine

Besides drug treatment alcohol poisoning, it is quite possible to get rid of the consequences of intoxication at home with the help of traditional medicine. All of them can be used only after a person has been removed from binge drinking and the main symptoms have been relieved, when the victim is no longer in mortal danger.

The most popular and effective means:

  1. 1. Infusion of willow bark. It is a natural alternative to pharmaceutical aspirin. Prepare the product as follows: take 1 tbsp. l. crushed willow bark and pour 0.5 liters of boiling water. Cover the container with a lid and leave until completely cooled. You should drink the medicine 3 times a day, one glass at a time.
  2. 2. Carrot juice. It has long been used to neutralize signs of alcohol poisoning. It is recommended to drink it in large quantities. The drink has a pronounced diuretic effect, helps the liver function and contains a large number of vitamins For the same purposes, you can take a decoction of carrot seeds, which is prepared at the rate of 1 teaspoon of plant material per 250 ml of water. The mixture is simmered over low heat for 3 minutes.
  3. 3. Infusion of dill seeds. The product helps with nausea, vomiting, stool problems, bloating and abdominal pain caused by poisoning. Dill acts as a liver cleanser and improves general state digestive system. The infusion is prepared as follows: 1 tbsp. l. dill seeds, pour 200 ml of boiling water, leave to infuse for 20 minutes. To alleviate the condition, the medicine should be drunk half a glass every three hours for 1-2 days.
  4. 4. Yarrow decoction. Helps relieve the effects of intoxication, significantly improves well-being and restores appetite. To prepare the medicine 1 tbsp. l. dry herb is poured with a glass of boiling water and left for 20-30 minutes. You need to take the infusion 3-4 tbsp. l. every hour and a half.

The preparation of folk remedies is based on natural medicinal products and herbs. All of them contain active ingredients, effectively restoring the body of a person affected by alcohol poisoning.

Even in the smallest doses, alcohol causes intoxication of the body. Depending on the dose consumed, the effect on the central nervous system can be minimal, moderate or severe. What are the signs of poisoning syndrome, how to relieve intoxication, the use of medicine or traditional methods, and most importantly, is it possible to cope with severe poisoning at home - this is what is worth talking about.

What is alcohol intoxication

The term refers to poisoning by the breakdown products of ethyl alcohol. In small quantities, the dose is neutralized in the liver and there will be no consequences for the body. But if you drink enough, the poison enters the cerebral cortex and causes disturbances in nervous activity. External signs: euphoria, confusion, impaired coordination of movements.

Important! A severe degree of intoxication of the body with alcohol is characterized by weakening of sensitivity, decreased reflex activity and stunning. The extreme stage is especially dangerous; a person may stop breathing and it is necessary to emergency help so that the patient does not fall into a deep coma. Consequences are possible only if the alcohol concentration in the blood is more than 3%. Lethal dose alcohol – 300 gr. pure alcohol.

In everyday life, alcohol poisoning is considered to be any deviation from the norm of behavior when drinking alcoholic beverages. Symptoms can appear immediately after drinking drinks or later, for example, the next morning; this is called hangover syndrome and, depending on the dose, occurs in a mild or complicated form. Treatment for alcohol intoxication of the body and hangover syndrome are in many ways similar, but there are some differences: if in the phase acute poisoning What matters is the effect of ethanol on the brain and gastrointestinal tract, then a hangover is the effect on the body of the breakdown products of ethanol alcohol.

Primary signs of poisoning:

  1. Emotional excitement;
  2. Liveliness in movements;
  3. Euphoria;
  4. Loquaciousness and categorical speech;
  5. Pupil dilation;
  6. Increased sweating.

Secondary symptoms of alcohol poisoning are more serious, as metabolic products are absorbed into the blood. This is reflected in disturbances in the control and regulatory functions of the brain. Behavioral reactions become more primitive, animalistic: aggression, sexuality open type, decreased level of intelligence. In such a drunken state, “knee-deep in the sea,” it seems to him that he is the most brilliant and satirical person, although he clearly needs help in order to rid the body of poison.

The next stage is the severe form. Such alcohol intoxication is aggravated by disorders of the cardiovascular system, breathing, and nervous system failures. Manifestations:

  1. Lack of response to external stimuli;
  2. Incoherence of speech, movements;
  3. Hearing loss;
  4. The appearance of hallucinations.

Surrogates are especially dangerous for humans; according to statistics, more than 90% of people do not survive to hospitalization. Surrogates are the following liquids:

  • Ethyl, hydrolysis, sulfite, methyl alcohols;
  • Denatured alcohols;
  • Colognes;
  • Paints and varnishes;
  • Ethylene glycol.

The process of intoxication during poisoning with surrogates is mild, but the presence of intermittent blindness, vomiting, convulsions, joint pain They clearly indicate that the person drank a surrogate.

Important! If there is a place for poisoning with low-quality drinks, provide home help necessary along with calling a doctor. Call an ambulance immediately and explain all the signs of poisoning. Delay here could cost the patient’s life. As measures of primary cleansing, enterosorbent and any agent that envelops the walls of the stomach are used.

Help with alcohol poisoning

To alleviate suffering and get rid of intoxication, a number of measures are used at home, in particular the removal of alcohol residues from the body. This may include vomiting, rinsing the stomach with a salt water solution until the vomit becomes clear.

Important! If the patient has lost consciousness, vomiting cannot be induced. Only qualified specialist will be able to provide the help you need. You should turn the patient on his side, making sure that he does not choke on his tongue or choke on saliva or vomit. You can’t use the drugs, but you can give them a sniff ammonia for a person to come to his senses.

Treatment methods for alcohol poisoning at home include several stages:

  1. Drugs with an enveloping effect and energy sorbents to reduce the level of alcohol in the blood and remove the remnants of alcohol;
  2. Restoration of water-salt balance;
  3. Restoration of intestinal microflora;
  4. Removing ethanol alcohol breakdown products from the body;
  5. Relieving pain, maintaining the functioning of internal organs.

Important! If vomiting is observed after drinking 2-3 times, this is normal. However, when vomiting does not stop for a long time, and the stomach is already empty, measures need to be taken.

What to do if vomiting does not go away:

  • Get your head wet cool water;
  • Apply ice to the back of your head;
  • Drink just a little water or a recovery product like “Regidron”;
  • Avoid eating and drinking until your stomach returns to normal.

In especially severe cases, it is necessary to take an antiemetic composition. But if there is blood in the masses, then a doctor should be called immediately.

On a note! The most in a relevant way restoration of the body is taking vitamin C. This vitamin has a tonic property and will help restore strength. You can eat sauerkraut, orange or take ascorbic acid. It’s also a good idea to eat foods rich in vitamins whenever possible.B – liver, buckwheat. This component is washed out with alcohol, so it will also have to be restored.

Reducing intoxication

To reduce alcohol intoxication, you can use the following drugs:

  1. "Furasemide". This is a diuretic that will help you quickly get rid of residual alcohol. It should be used with caution, remembering to drink enough water.
  2. "Aspirin" will reduce the content of acetaldehyde, reduce painful sensations.
  3. Activated carbon at the rate of 1 tablet per 10 kg of weight will rid the intestines and stomach of ethanol breakdown products.
  4. Phenamine solution, Corazole, nicotinic acid is given in half a glass of warm water - you need to drink it right away, relief comes within 15-20 minutes, even in a very drunk person.
  5. “Enterosgel”, “Polysorb MP” powder, “Smecta” are drugs with an absorbent effect that help quickly remove residual alcohol from the body. Use according to instructions.
  6. "Regidron", "Hydrovit" will help restore water balance. You can prepare a solution from 0.5 tsp. soda, 0.5 tsp. salt, 4 tbsp. l. sugar per liter of water - take the possible amount of solution in one gulp.
  7. “Baktisubtil”, “Linex”, “Lactobacterin” are means for restoring microflora and normalizing intestinal function.

Homeopathic medicines will also provide good help:

  • "Anti-E" - this medicine is used not only for poisoning, but also for hangovers. It removes headache, weakness, nervous system disorders and restores normal sleep.
  • "Proproten-100" - the product can help with one-time poisoning and permanent treatment hangover. Content special substances, allowing the removal of ethanol breakdown products from the body, makes the product indispensable for the treatment of severe hangovers.

Important! If tablets do not help with alcohol intoxication, make a soda solution: 1 tsp. baking soda (without a slide) per 1 liter of cool water. Give all the water to drink in small sips, call vomiting reflex and ensure that the entire volume of liquid is released. The remaining alcohol will be washed away along with the solution, and obvious relief will occur.

There are restrictions on measures to help with intoxication:

  1. Do not combine alcohol and Furasemide under any circumstances - the kidneys may fail;
  2. “Aspirin” is for getting rid of a hangover, but only after the intoxication has completely passed;
  3. You should not take sleeping pills - the consequences may become irreversible.

Important! The tradition of going to the bathhouse with a hangover is not applicable for people with high blood pressure or other diseases. Only people with excellent health can afford this, so don’t take risks - you could get a heart attack.

Folk remedies for intoxication

The mentality of any nation allows drinking, so there are a lot of non-drug remedies to get rid of alcohol poisoning:

  1. Tea for poisoning is brewed from ginger and lemon, rosehip, regular black tea with the addition of lemon. Green tea and milk in small portions help a lot. You need to drink drinks every half hour, little by little, until the nausea passes.
  2. Beat a raw egg into half a glass of tomato juice, 10 drops of table vinegar, shake and drink in one gulp - it will help immediately.
  3. One tbsp. l. Dissolve liquid honey in a glass of warm water, drink with an interval of 10 minutes in two small sips - it will relieve headaches, calm the stomach, and relieve nausea.
  4. Squeeze fresh celery into juice and drink one tablespoon every hour. It will help calm the stomach and pacify headaches.
  5. Brine from tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers in an amount of 1.5-2 liters will relieve the lack of vitamin C, calm the nerves, the stomach and remove the remaining alcohol naturally.

You can not only drink, but also eat! To help a person with severe intoxication, you need to give them sauerkraut, boiled beets, and strawberries to eat. Apricots, raspberries, black currants, and apples are considered good absorbents - the fiber and pectin content helps get rid of vomiting and nausea. But as for the belief that “like cures like” - it’s worth arguing. As a rule, alcohol taken during the period of poisoning only worsens the consequences. The concentration of alcohol in the plasma increases, which means the body receives more large dose poison, which will also have to be removed.

If there is nothing at hand, drugs are not available, and the person is suffering from poisoning, you need to take cold and hot shower. Cold water will cool the blood vessels, which are already narrowed, too much, but alternating warm and cool water will not only reduce pain, but also help the patient recover. You should start with a hot stream, smoothly switching to a colder one, and so on several times, reducing the time interval between switching water.

What to do and how to help in case of alcohol poisoning - you should know this at least in order to be able to save any person. Of course, treatment is much worse than prevention, so eat up! Foods rich in starch and pectin (potatoes, bananas, apples) will significantly reduce the absorption of alcohol into the blood. But before you go on a holiday and in order not to get sick after it, you can take one of the enterosorbents at home - then you won’t need the helper!

Even minimal doses of alcohol-containing drinks poison the body. The breakdown products of ethyl alcohol have a particularly negative effect on the central nervous system, liver function and brain. What to do if the time has come to return the person to healthy life. How to relieve alcohol intoxication at home, what products are best to use.

When recovering a person from drinking on your own, you should know what not to do in case of alcohol intoxication. And in what cases can self-cleaning pose a potential threat and require medical intervention. To study pressing issues, let's find out what alcohol intoxication is.

You can help a person with alcohol poisoning at home

This term includes the manifestation of all the negative symptoms that occur when the human body is poisoned with ethyl alcohol. With a slight ingestion of ethanol, a healthy liver quickly copes with cleansing the body on its own.

What is the difference between alcohol intoxication and hangover syndrome?

But, at a significant level of alcohol concentration (when the liver is not able to cope with the load), toxic ethanol residues freely penetrate into parts of the brain, provoking various disorders of the central nervous system.

Externally, these symptoms appear as severe weakness, clouding of consciousness, disorders of thought processes and impaired coordination. A severe degree of intoxication has an extremely difficult effect on a person. The drinker experiences:

  • stun;
  • loss of consciousness;
  • decreased reflexes;
  • cessation of breathing;
  • loss of sensation;
  • cardiac dysfunction.

In severe cases, severe intoxication leads to death due to cardiac arrest and deep coma. Such special severe consequences alcohol consumption appears when the dose of ethanol is more than 3% (pure alcohol).

Alcohol poisoning can lead to death

The lethal dose of alcohol is about 300 grams (translated into pure alcohol content). When considering this dose based on body weight, it equates to approximately 8 grams of ethyl alcohol per kilogram.

But ordinary people attribute any negative changes in well-being that occur after drinking alcohol to alcohol intoxication. Such symptoms can occur immediately after drinking alcohol or appear on a person the next morning in the form of a hangover.

Poisoning by surrogate

A separate position should include the question of how alcohol intoxication is treated in case of poisoning with low-quality alcohol. It is this type of intoxication that occupies a sad leading position in the list of alcohol poisoning. Almost 80-90% of people who are poisoned with surrogate alcohol die before the doctors arrive.

Symptoms of alcohol poisoning

Doctors consider the following substances to be alcohol surrogates that lead to death: cologne, denatured alcohols, ethylene glycol, products from the paint and varnish industry list, alcohols (methyl, sulfite, hydrolytic and butyl). If such substances enter the human body, symptoms characteristic of intoxication may not occur. Instead, a person experiences severe cramps, profuse salivation, pain in the abdomen, muscles and joints, sweating, severe nausea, blurred vision and profuse vomiting.

What applies to alcohol surrogates?

If alcohol intoxication of this type is observed, you should absolutely not try to remove it on your own or using home methods. You should seek medical help immediately. In such situations, even a slight delay can cost a person his life. While waiting for an ambulance, the victim should be induced to vomit (if the person is conscious), and then given some sorbent.

How to relieve alcohol intoxication at home

What can you do yourself and how can you help the victim? To return a person to a more or less healthy existence, a number of measures should be taken aimed at cleansing the body of ethyl alcohol residues and neutralizing it.

First aid for alcohol poisoning

First aid to the victim

As soon as the condition of a drunk person worsens sharply and all the signs of poisoning are present, first aid must be provided. It includes the following activities:

When a person is conscious. He needs to remove the remains from the stomach toxic substances. To do this, the victim must be induced to vomit. A person is given a large amount of salted water to drink in the amount of 1-1.5 liters. The entire portion must be taken at once, and then pressed on the root of the tongue.

Vomiting is induced repeatedly. It should be repeated until “clean” vomit appears, consisting of only water.

In case of loss of consciousness. If the person is unconscious, it is not recommended to induce vomiting - the chance of choking on the vomit is too great. In this case, the victim should be turned on his side and loosen too tight clothing. Check the person for breathing and a pulse.

What does poisoning with surrogate alcohol lead to?

Just in case, turn your head to the side - if uncontrolled vomiting occurs, it is necessary to prevent the erupted masses from entering the person’s respiratory tract. You can try to revive him with ammonia.

When alcohol intoxication does not pose a mortal threat to the individual, life-saving measures can be carried out at home. For this, time-tested and experience-tested recipes and methods are used.

Home treatment

Self-therapy for alcohol intoxication consists of a number of actions. They must be carried out sequentially. This:

  1. Removing toxic ethanol residues from the intestines. Taking enveloping drugs and sorbents helps in such an event.
  2. Resuscitation of water-salt metabolism.
  3. Restoration of work and microflora of the gastrointestinal tract.
  4. Removal of the remaining part of ethanol breakdown products.
  5. Therapy aimed at eliminating concomitant symptoms (relief of pain syndromes, normalization of cardiac and respiratory activity).

Vomiting due to poisoning

Very often, alcohol toxicosis is accompanied by debilitating attacks of vomiting. If the victim vomited 1-2 times, this is quite normal reaction poisoned organism. It only brings benefits - the remnants of the toxic substance go away along with the vomit.

How to induce vomiting

But when the urge to vomit does not stop, and the person continues to feel the urge to vomit even after the stomach has completely emptied, auxiliary measures should be taken. To stop vomiting, you can use the following methods:

  1. Wet your head with cool water. You can apply a piece of ice to the back of your head.
  2. Drink a small amount of clean water. It can be replaced with restorative drugs such as Regidron.
  3. Stop eating until the stomach completely calms down and the urge to vomit stops.

If all else fails and the person continues to vomit, antiemetic medications should be taken. If blood or bile streaks are found in the vomit, the victim must call a doctor.

Effective drugs for relieving alcohol intoxication at home

Let's take a closer look at what medications can be successfully used to help victims of alcohol intoxication. Will be useful the following drugs, which must be in every home medicine cabinet.

Enterosorbents

As soon as the vomiting has passed and the stomach has been cleared of the remaining toxic substances, the victim should be allowed to take medications from a number of sorbents. Such products “absorb” all remaining remnants of poison into the gastrointestinal tract. Decomposition products are excreted from the intestines with feces. The most effective means include:

  1. Enterosgel. The powder should be diluted with water at the rate of 10-30 g. The solution is taken orally to lavage the stomach. Then the medicine should be taken again, but in an amount of 40-50 grams. for 200 ml of water. After 5-6 hours, the procedure is repeated, taking 20-30 g. powder.
  2. Polysorb. To cleanse the stomach with this drug, it should be dissolved in the amount of a tablespoon in ½ glass of water. The dose (the same dose) is repeated at night. If the symptoms of poisoning are severe, Polysorb can be consumed up to 4-5 times a day.
  3. Filtrum. The substance effectively removes all traces of toxic substances from the body. In addition to cleansing, Filtrum promotes the regeneration of healthy intestinal microflora. Take 2-3 pills three times a day.
  4. Smecta. The drug has a good enveloping and sorbing effect. To relieve unpleasant symptoms, take 2-3 sachets of the substance orally (preferably in evening time). In the morning the dose is repeated.

All similar drugs taken separately from other medicines. Otherwise, the sorbents will simply lose their effect. Between using them you need to take a break of an hour and a half.

Restoring water metabolism

Vomiting severely dehydrates the entire body. To restore the level minerals, some steps should be taken. The first thing you need to do is drink a lot of water. It is better if it is mineral water or pure water acidified with lemon.

Some of the rehydrating agents will help put the water-salt balance in order.

Such medicines contain a whole complex useful substances. The ingredients include carbohydrates, chlorides, potassium and sodium. Such components help cope with severe intoxication. These are the following drugs:

  1. Regidron. The powder packet is dissolved with a liter of water and stored in the refrigerator (about a day). Take it orally at the rate of 10-15 ml of the prepared solution per kilogram of body weight.
  2. You can prepare the rehydrating composition yourself. To do this, stir sugar (50 g), soda (5 g) and salt (6-7 g) in a liter of water.

Diuretics can be used to help the kidneys flush out any remaining toxins. The safest and most acceptable diuretic Regular clean water is considered. Decoctions of medicinal herbs will also help the functioning of the kidneys. The drugs will not only restore the loss of vitamins in the body, but also supply it with the necessary antioxidants.

We reanimate the intestinal microflora

Alcohol toxins mercilessly destroy the beneficial microflora of the gastrointestinal tract. His response is irritation: diarrhea and diarrhea. In this case, it is necessary to restore stocks beneficial bacteria. This can be achieved by eating fermented milk products and the following medications:

  • Linux;
  • Enterol;
  • Bifiform;
  • Baktisubtil;
  • Lactobacterin;
  • Bifidumbacterin.

Constipation should not be allowed when carrying out activities to cleanse the body. It is necessary to achieve bowel movement in order to feces the remaining toxins came out. In this case, you can use an enema to remove toxic substances from the colon.

Help from the public pharmacy

If it suddenly turns out that home first aid kit impoverished and not at hand necessary medications, you can use proven folk remedies. For alcohol intoxication, the following recipes are considered the best:

  1. Decoction of rose hips.
  2. Ginger tea with the addition of natural honey.
  3. Sweetened hot strong tea with lemon added.
  4. Sweet green tea with the addition of lemon balm or mint.
  5. A mixture of table vinegar (10-12 drops), raw egg and a glass of tomato juice.
  6. Vitamin tonic cocktail made from egg yolk, honey and lemon juice.

A sharp contrast shower helps to bring a person to his senses quite well. Water procedure you should start with tolerably hot water (30-40 seconds), then switch to cool. Transitions should be alternated with a gradual increase/decrease in temperature. This shower improves performance of cardio-vascular system and helps get rid of toxins and waste.

These simple methods You can significantly improve a person’s condition with alcohol poisoning. But preventing the development of such a nuisance is much easier than later getting rid of its consequences..

To do this, you simply should not abuse alcohol-containing drinks and eat them well. And for the purpose of prevention, just in case, take one of the enterosorbents 1-2 hours before the feast. Feel good!