Alcoholism, in addition to the moral destruction of the individual, causes great harm to the physical health of a person. The question of how to recover from a binge often arises not among those people who drink, but among their relatives who want to at least somehow help a loved one. Recovery after drinking is not an easy task.
But another situation may arise when a healthy person, without alcohol dependence, consumes alcohol for a long time. For example, during the holidays. As a result – alcohol poisoning and severe intoxication of the body, as after a long binge.
The recovery period is divided into two stages. The first is a manifestation of the withdrawal syndrome. Withdrawal syndrome is often confused with a hangover. However, a hangover is a violation of the general well-being after a recent drinking. While the withdrawal syndrome is caused not by the adoption, but by the absence of the next dose of alcohol. This condition is similar to withdrawal, the danger lies in the fact that a person drinks not because he wants to, but to relieve pain.
Consequences of prolonged drinking in healthy people:
- muscle weakness;
- headache;
- joint pain;
- dizziness;
- nausea;
- vomit;
- temperature increase.
These are symptoms of toxic poisoning, the treatment of which is difficult and cannot be quickly resolved without medical attention.
Most people suffering from alcoholism, even if they have realized their problem, do not want to seek help from specialists. Therefore, they try to cope on their own, at home.
Alcoholic dehydration
It is quite possible to cope with hard drinking on your own, if you know what to do and be patient. The first thing you need to recover at home is to overcome dehydration. It is necessary to consume a large amount of liquid, 0.5-1 liter per hour. So for the first day. It is better to drink not pure water, but saline solutions (brine) and mineral water without gas.
When drinking alcohol, the body loses a significant amount of sodium and potassium salts. As a result, the functioning of the muscular and nervous systems is disrupted. In severe cases, seizures appear.
What to do after drinking? The use of mineral water and brines will help restore the level of salt in the body. Drinks such as tomato juice or mint infusion are also suitable. And the use of sugary drinks will help to remove toxins as quickly as possible and alleviate the condition of the patient.
Important! Convulsions after binge is a sign of a serious disruption of the basic systems of the body. In such a situation, self-medication is unacceptable, urgent medical intervention is required. In the hospital, doctors will be able to quickly stop drinking and restore the functioning of the muscular and nervous systems. Even if the patient reduces the muscles for the first time, you can not hesitate. The more neglected the convulsions, the more difficult it is to cure them.
Cleansing the body of toxins
In order for the condition to normalize, you need to get rid of all the remnants of alcoholic substances. But only 5% of toxins are excreted from the body on the first day. The remaining 95% settle in the internal organs (liver, stomach, intestines).
How to cleanse the body? This will help the correct drinking regimen, diet and medications. As already mentioned, to restore the water-salt balance, it is necessary to consume as much liquid as possible. A signal about the normalization of salt levels is a decrease in headache.
In order for the recovery of the body after binge to be as easy as possible, it is necessary to eat easily digestible dietary food. Alcohol negatively affects the gastric mucosa. Most alcoholics have diseases such as gastritis or peptic ulcer. Even in a healthy person, after drinking a large amount of alcohol, the stomach often hurts. So, acceptable products: oatmeal, mashed potatoes, low-fat chicken broth, baked goods, jelly. You need to eat in small portions and often. You can’t starve.
To eliminate the consequences of binge, it is necessary to clean the gastrointestinal tract from the remnants of alcohol. For this purpose, sorbents can be used. These are drugs that remove toxins from the body naturally. The most common sorbent is activated carbon.
Since alcohol affects the nervous system, the person becomes irritable and aggressive. In this case, it would be advisable to use sedatives. But only after consulting a doctor.
Many mild sedatives are infusions of herbs in alcohol. If a person wants to recover from a binge, taking any alcohol-containing solutions is strictly prohibited.
Traditional medicine can suggest how to restore the body after drinking. Wines have been used by people since ancient times, it is not surprising that today there are many really effective ways of traditional medicine to cleanse the body after drinking. Folk recipes will help not only to remove the remnants of toxins from the body and replenish the necessary nutrients, but also to put the face in order. After all, the skin suffers from chronic alcoholism as much as the internal organs.
It is important to take only proven means so as not to harm an already weakened body.
The liver suffers the most from drinking alcohol. In people with alcohol dependence, liver tissue is damaged and cirrhosis develops. This is a serious disease that must be treated under medical supervision.
Other signs of prolonged drinking
Alcohol poisons the entire body as a whole. Headache, nausea, irritability, vomiting – these symptoms of binge appear always and in all people. However, each person handles exposure to the toxin differently. Therefore, for some, the consequences of binge drinking can be much more serious.
For example, vision may deteriorate sharply. Poor-quality alcoholic beverages and problems with the vessels of the brain responsible for the blood supply to the retina can lead to loss of vision after drinking alcohol.
If in the morning you notice that your eyes are not seeing well (the sharpness has decreased, gray spots or flickering dots have appeared), refrain from further drinking. After all, the next time the cells may not recover, then you will lose sight up to blindness.
It is also a consequence of the use of alcoholic beverages – this is hiccups, lasting several days. How to get rid of hiccups after drinking? Only by eliminating its cause – a violation of the body due to alcohol intoxication. It can be:
- violation of the central nervous system (both brain and spinal cord);
- damage to the vagus or phrenic nerve;
- malfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract.
You can get rid of alcoholic hiccups only by cleansing the body and eliminating the consequences of drinking alcohol. Unfortunately, folk recipes in this situation will not help. You can stop alcoholic hiccups only in a hospital.
Another sign of toxic alcohol poisoning is increased sweating. The more you drink, the more you sweat.
Sleep disturbance caused by alcoholic insomnia: short-term interrupted sleep, sometimes with hallucinations. This is a sign of cell death in the central nervous system. Sleep disturbance persists until the patient can finally recover from drinking. To normalize sleep, most likely, you will need to take vascular, psychotropic and sedative drugs. What kind of medicines to take and in what doses, the attending physician will tell.
In order for a person suffering from alcohol addiction to recover not only physically, but also psychologically, experts recommend:
- phototherapy;
- massage;
- yoga
- acupuncture.
You need to understand that it will take a long time to recover. Therefore, an activity that can distract from a bad habit will be completely out of place.
Alcoholism is a serious disease. And its consequences can be fatal. Before drinking alcohol, you need to consider whether its short-term relaxing effect is really worth the ruined health and life.