If you throw up from alcohol...

[SLCentral]

Does it necessarilly mean you have alcohol poisoning? We were discussing this last night and I wanna know the answer.

 

[CraKaJaX]

no?

 

[her209]

Alcohol is poison.

 

[Snapster]

No, it just means your stomach can't handle the alcohol at that given time. Alcohol poisoning is way more serious and can include vomiting, but basically it f*cks up your nervous system when your blood alcohol content is too high, which can lead to heart failure, unconsciousness, slow breathing etc

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Snapster
No, it just means your stomach can't handle the alcohol at that given time. Alcohol poisoning is way more serious and can include vomiting, but basically it f*cks up your nervous system when your blood alcohol content is too high, which can lead to heart failure, unconsciousness, slow breathing etc, it's

Thanks :thumbsup:...I love being right .

 

[HaxorNubcake]

hurray for citing anandtech users as a source for arguments :roll:

"Well Snapster says..."

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake
hurray for citing anandtech users as a source for arguments :roll:

"Well Snapster says..."

better than no sources

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: Snapster
No, it just means your stomach can't handle the alcohol at that given time. Alcohol poisoning is way more serious and can include vomiting, but basically it f*cks up your nervous system when your blood alcohol content is too high, which can lead to heart failure, unconsciousness, slow breathing etc

Why do people always ignore brain damage?

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Snapster
No, it just means your stomach can't handle the alcohol at that given time. Alcohol poisoning is way more serious and can include vomiting, but basically it f*cks up your nervous system when your blood alcohol content is too high, which can lead to heart failure, unconsciousness, slow breathing etc

Why do people always ignore brain damage?

Minor side effect.

 

[imported_DocHolliday]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake
hurray for citing anandtech users as a source for arguments :roll:

"Well Snapster says..."

better than no sources

that is highly debateable

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Snapster
No, it just means your stomach can't handle the alcohol at that given time. Alcohol poisoning is way more serious and can include vomiting, but basically it f*cks up your nervous system when your blood alcohol content is too high, which can lead to heart failure, unconsciousness, slow breathing etc

Why do people always ignore brain damage?

Previous brain damage?

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Snapster
No, it just means your stomach can't handle the alcohol at that given time. Alcohol poisoning is way more serious and can include vomiting, but basically it f*cks up your nervous system when your blood alcohol content is too high, which can lead to heart failure, unconsciousness, slow breathing etc

Why do people always ignore brain damage?

It's like natural selection. Alcohol only kills the week brain cells. Thus, just like a herd of animals, the whole gets stronger; or in this case, smarter. Yay alcohol!

 

[Murphy Durphy]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: Snapster
No, it just means your stomach can't handle the alcohol at that given time. Alcohol poisoning is way more serious and can include vomiting, but basically it f*cks up your nervous system when your blood alcohol content is too high, which can lead to heart failure, unconsciousness, slow breathing etc, it's

Thanks :thumbsup:...I love being right .

Jeeze, who would argue against that?

Go from completely sober and try to chug a bottle of vodka. You'd probably throw it up within 3 swallows. Does that mean you are alcohol poisoned?

Some people..

 

[newParadigm]

Seeing as how Alcohol is classified as a Dissociative Anesthetic (the same class as PCP, Ketamine, and Dextromethorphan) it effects many neurotransmitters in the brain..also, unconsioness is so common because of the way it acts on the CNS, just like Ketamine.

 

[Xylitol]

Originally posted by: her209
Alcohol is poison.

 

[Snapster]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: Snapster
No, it just means your stomach can't handle the alcohol at that given time. Alcohol poisoning is way more serious and can include vomiting, but basically it f*cks up your nervous system when your blood alcohol content is too high, which can lead to heart failure, unconsciousness, slow breathing etc

Why do people always ignore brain damage?

I suppose heart failure (death) wasn't big enough? I didn't list all the symptoms because I was trying to make the reply short enough without the cry?s for cliffs! I could have included the like seizures, amnesia, brain damage or even pale/blue skin due to lack of oxygen. The reply was enough for the OP to get the idea.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
Does it necessarilly mean you have alcohol poisoning? We were discussing this last night and I wanna know the answer.

Throwing up is the bodies way of trying to avoid alcohol poisening in the first place

 

[IAteYourMother]

If you hadn't thrown up, you would've had alcohol poisoning

 

[Murphy Durphy]

Originally posted by: Xylitol

Originally posted by: her209
Alcohol is poison.

Oh come on. Yeah, it may be a 'harmful' substance, but phrase it a different way. Anything can be a poison. Poison is just a substance that causes injury, illness, or death, especially by chemical means. In that case, you can get a caffeine overdose and get sick. Does that mean all pop is poison?

 

[OdiN]

Drink a gallon of milk in a half hour!

Lactose poisoning!!!

 

[Thug Esquire]

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake
hurray for citing anandtech users as a source for arguments :roll:

"Well Snapster says..."

LOL

 

[Mark R]

Vomiting is an early symptom of alcohol poisoning, and most people will stop drinking further alcohol at this point - vomiting is quite a common response to poisons, and is useful because it helps to reduce the amount of poison entering the blood stream.

More severe symptoms of alcohol poisoning include coma, hypoglycaemia (reduced blood sugar), reduced respiratory effort, reduced cardiac function (including heart failure), cardiac rhythm disturbances (including sudden death), biochemical disturbance (particularly acidosis). All of these effects can cause irreversible organ damage.

A seperate set of symptoms can occur with long term alcohol use (not necessarily sufficient to cause the severe toxicity above) - cardiac enlargement, liver cirrhosis, chronic pancreatitis, blood disturbances, malnutrition (including thiamine deficiency, which is an important cause of brain damage in alcoholics)

Additionally, there is a characteristic syndrome related to withdrawral from regular alcohol use. In severe cases, the withdrawral can be life-threatening. (Severe alcohol withdrawral carries about a 10% fatality rate).

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: Murphy Durphy

Originally posted by: Xylitol

Originally posted by: her209
Alcohol is poison.

Oh come on. Yeah, it may be a 'harmful' substance, but phrase it a different way. Anything can be a poison. Poison is just a substance that causes injury, illness, or death, especially by chemical means. In that case, you can get a caffeine overdose and get sick. Does that mean all pop is poison?

Alcohol is a poison. One of the functions of the liver is to clense your body of toxins, hence the reason why alcohol is processed through the liver.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: Mark R
Vomiting is an early symptom of alcohol poisoning, and most people will stop drinking further alcohol at this point - vomiting is quite a common response to poisons, and is useful because it helps to reduce the amount of poison entering the blood stream.

More severe symptoms of alcohol poisoning include coma, hypoglycaemia (reduced blood sugar), reduced respiratory effort, reduced cardiac function (including heart failure), cardiac rhythm disturbances (including sudden death), biochemical disturbance (particularly acidosis). All of these effects can cause irreversible organ damage.

A seperate set of symptoms can occur with long term alcohol use (not necessarily sufficient to cause the severe toxicity above) - cardiac enlargement, liver cirrhosis, chronic pancreatitis, blood disturbances, malnutrition (including thiamine deficiency, which is an important cause of brain damage in alcoholics)

Additionally, there is a characteristic syndrome related to withdrawral from regular alcohol use. In severe cases, the withdrawral can be life-threatening. (Severe alcohol withdrawral carries about a 10% fatality rate).

Snapster, you have some competition!

 

[Alkesh]

no.