it is very serious, and can be fatal, if and when you woke up, you would be very sick, headache, throwing up, sometimes for several days. i thought i had it once, sick for three days, turned out i was 3 months pregnant.
2006-10-30 02:55:45
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answer #1
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answered by spacye 3
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Alcohol poisoning occurs when a person consumes an excessive amount of alcohol. Alcohol can depress or stop nerve signals that control breathing and the gag reflex that prevents choking; alcohol poisoning is a serious condition that can lead to irreversible brain damage or death if not treated immediately.
Signs of alcohol poisoning include:
Vomiting. An unconscious person could choke and suffocate from vomiting.
Confusion.
Passing out, coma, or inability to awaken the person.
Seizures.
Slow breathing—fewer than 8 breaths per minute.
Irregular breathing—10 seconds or more between breaths.
Low body temperature (hypothermia), bluish skin, and paleness.
The level of alcohol in the blood continues to rise even after a person stops drinking. It can take around 30 to 90 minutes for the alcohol to enter the bloodstream, circulate throughout the body, and cause full intoxication. The amount of time depends on how quickly and how much the person drank along with what else is in the stomach.
Drinking coffee, walking or sleeping it off, or taking a cold shower will not help reverse the symptoms of alcohol poisoning. Immediate medical treatment is always needed if you suspect alcohol poisoning.
2006-10-30 08:22:09
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answered by mum2be 2
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The body can only cope with small amounts of toxins (poisons) at a time. So if you drink a bottle of gin in half an hour then the liver will not cope and you will then be officially poisoned. Drink that same bottle of gin over 6 hours and although you will feel pretty awful you will soon recover.
Alcohol taken to excess will turn you yellow and you will stay yellow for a day or two until the toxins are flushed out of the system.
2006-10-30 08:30:36
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answered by Anonymous
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If you have genuine alcohol poisoning yo are likely to be either semi-conscious or unconscious, breathing will be slow and you will be cold and clammy to the touch.
Alcohol poisoning isn't fun, it can be fatal, due to a heart attack, liver failure, or more commonly choking on your own vomit whilst unconscious.
This is always a 999 situation if you consider someone has got this drunk, and they should never be left to "sleep it off".
Most likely A&E will pump the patient's stomach to remove as much unabsorbed alcohol as possible - and they're not gentle in doing so, they get incredibly annoyed saving someone's life because they've drunk too much whilst someone with a broken leg sits in the waiting area.
2006-10-30 08:17:35
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answered by nert 4
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alcohol poisoning is dangerous and you can die of it. That is why I can't get my head round the idea of spiking your friends' drinks so they drink more than they know. It is so stupid, so dangerous.
The symptoms are a rash and vomitting. It's the being sick that can save your life because the alcohol is expelled from the body. On the other hand, if no-one is with you while you are being sick, you can drown in your vomit, if you are too drunk to be able to lift your head.
Moderation is the key!
2006-10-30 16:12:16
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answered by used to live in Wales 4
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Yeah but is this a serious question, Alcohol poisioning occurs when you drink too much, it is a Poison thats why we get drunk. No one can be blamed for it.
2006-10-30 08:14:38
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answered by Powerpuffgeezer 5
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they don't, they are usually found passed out, and lucky if someone finds them in time. A fellow just recently got so drunk he fell off his frat roof, and was found passed out at 1:30 in the am, and is paralyzed now, he had alcohol poisoning and does not remember falling off the roof. This happened after his friends brought him home, put him to bed on his stomach and after watching him sleep for a couple hours and thought he was allright, went to sleep themselves. When he woke up he was still so drunk he knew he had to go to the bathroom, and that is where he was headed.
On a personal note, my brother-in-law died from it. They put him to bed at a bachelors party, passed out on his back. He threw up, aspirated it into his lungs and suffocated. there, it is ******* serious my friend.
2006-10-30 08:23:40
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answered by ROBIN C 2
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it depends if it is caused by drinking to much, or, by bad or off beer, having suffered from both, i can tell you the symptoms are a little different. Poisoning through abuse will cause you to look yellow, and possibly vomit/pass blood in urine,
Poisoning from bad beer will make you violently sick, usually for several days, with severe disorientation, even keeping water down will be hard.
If your problem is from abuse, you have no-one to complain to but yourself,
If it is down to bad beer, complain to the vendor!
2006-10-30 08:30:52
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answered by Pope my ride! 4
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I don't know how you propose to complain or to whom you would complain. Alcohol poisoning is caused by intake of too much alcohol. Usually self inflicted. It is not like food poisoning.
2006-10-30 08:16:14
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answered by Anonymous
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If I had alcohol poisoning I'd complain like this:
"oh, my f* head hurts, i feel so sick, i messed up last night, what a dh i am" etc
Let me ask G Best....Yep, its serious.
2006-10-30 08:34:56
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answered by Michael H 7
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You'd probably look pretty Yellow as you liver struggled to cope with the alcohol
2006-10-30 08:14:16
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answered by Sir Sidney Snot 6
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