2006-09-16 19:14:16 · 4 answers · asked by AK 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
The liver can only filter out a finite amount of alcohol before the level interferes the brain's basic functioning, which includes the control of respiration etc.
2006-09-16 20:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by I'm alive .. still 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A blood alcohol concentration of 0.55 w/v% is fatal for most people, except the most hard core alcoholics.
Ethanol is a central nervous system depressant, and puts "to sleep" the part of the brainstem known as the reticular activating center that provides the neurologic stimulus to keep on breathing, and for your heart to keep beating.
Another factor that is sometimes found in the acute ethanol overdoses is aspiration of vomitus, as the person is not conscious to keep their airway clear.
2006-09-17 06:17:30 · answer #2 · answered by finaldx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Applied externally 0.55% alcohol is a good antiseptic and kills bacteria and virus on skin.
2006-09-16 22:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when it is mixed with 99.45 percent poison.
2006-09-16 19:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by josephus_einstein 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋