14 hangover cures that work

Between holiday parties and New Year’s Eve get-togethers, the time for festive communal drinking is upon us. The unwanted side effect of enjoying the parties a bit too much? Hangovers the next morning. 

You know the classic hangover symptoms:

• Fatigue 
• Thirst (from dehydration)
• Weakness, muscle aches, or sweating
• Headache or sensitivity to light and sound
• Nausea, stomach pain, or vertigo
• Anxiety or irritability
• Increased blood pressure

And, depending on how much you drank, it can take a while to bounce back—up to 72 hours, according to Johns Hopkins. 

14 hangover cures that work

No one wants to spend their days sick in bed (regretting last night’s choices). So to get through the season, you’ll need these hangover remedies that actually work. 

1. Check for drug-alcohol interactions.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, as the saying goes. Some of the best hangover cures involve preventing their worst side effects in the first place. The effects of alcohol can sometimes be complicated by medications, such as those used to treat allergies, high cholesterol, and ADHD. Before having anything to drink, you should check with your provider or pharmacist to ensure it’s safe to mix alcohol with your regular prescriptions.  

2. Take your vitamins.

If you’re cleared to imbibe, bulking up on certain nutrients before indulging might help reduce the painful side effects the next day. “Alcohol depletes a broad range of vitamins, amino acids, fatty acids, enzymes, proteins and minerals from your body,” explains Carolyn Dean, MD, a diet and nutrition expert and author. Deficiency in these vitamins and minerals can contribute to your hangover symptoms, often causing a worse hangover or prolonging the period of time it takes to get over them. 

Dr. Dean says magnesium is “the kingpin” of vitamins depleted after drinking. Age and excessive alcohol consumption over time can further deplete this mineral, increasing your hangovers and impacting your overall health. So if you’re a regular drinker, she advises supplementing daily with magnesium (preferably a liquid picometer form) as well as vitamin C and milk thistle—all of which support proper liver function.

3. Hydrate with water (and a little caffeine).

“Hangovers occur primarily due to dehydration, low blood sugar, electrolyte imbalances, and dilated blood vessels, which can lead to headaches,” says Stephen Loyd, MD, medical director of the rehab facility JourneyPure. “To treat a hangover, each of those symptoms has to be treated.”

Starting with the first of those symptoms, dehydration, Dr. Loyd says drinking water is your best bet. But he added, “Many people can benefit from caffeine, too, to help boost their energy and concentration.” Just make sure to use it in moderation as too much can worsen dehydration.

4. Try tomato juice…or Sprite.

The misery of a hangover may have you reaching for a little hair of the dog with a well-made Bloody Mary. But drinking more alcohol in an attempt to recover from a wild night out isn’t recommended. Instead, try some alanine-fortified tomato juice, researchers found that it can reduce blood alcohol levels. And after experimenting with 57 different beverage options in a lab, researchers in China concluded that Sprite may be the best drink for curing your hangover symptoms. 

5. Eat some carbs.

Heavy drinking can have an impact on blood sugar levels. (This is just one reason people with diabetes need to exercise extra caution when drinking.) It’s why Dr. Loyd says that in addition to hydrating with water, hangover sufferers should be eating. “A breakfast that is high in carbohydrates can help hydrate you and stabilize your blood sugar,” Dr. Loyd explains.

In fact, you should eat a balanced meal before drinking, along with the morning after. ResponsibleDrinking.org explains that having nutrients and calories in your body can slow alcohol absorption. 

6. Try bacon and eggs.

It’s not just your imagination that a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich magically makes you feel better. Both bacon and eggs contain an amino acid called cysteine, which scientists have found may decrease the amount of acetaldehyde in the body—one of the byproducts of alcohol metabolization that may contribute to some of your hangover symptoms. 

If you’re vegan, broccoli also contains high amounts of cysteine, so that little superfood might help to kick you out of hangover mode. 

7. Balance your electrolytes.

To stabilize your electrolytes and treat the issues that might arise from such an imbalance, Dr. Loyd says to “incorporate avocado or banana into your breakfast. Both these foods have salts and minerals the body needs to recover.” 

It’s worth noting that Cedars Sinai has reported on research that found electrolyte levels don’t actually go down when you drink alcohol, citing this as a long-standing myth. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still benefit from the extra hydration and electrolyte boost you’ll find with sports drinks like Gatorade, coconut water, Pediapops, and Pedialyte (the last two can typically be found in the baby aisle at your local grocery store).  

8. Medicate aches and pains.

Because headaches (up to and including migraines) and body aches can be among the most common symptoms of a hangover, you may find that over-the-counter painkillers such as ibuprofen, Advil, Aleve, Motrin, or acetaminophen can help prevent some of the worst symptoms. In fact, a 1983 study found that NSAIDs were more effective at reducing hangover symptoms than placebos.  

Margaret Aranda, MD, of Your Doctors Online suggests medicating before you ever go to bed. She recommends the following regimen:

• Ibuprofen, 200-800 mg (unless you have stomach ulcers, in which case she says “take nothing, and don’t drink, either”) 
• Turmeric 2000 mg, “which pretty much anyone can take”
• Cimetidine 200 mg twice a day, “to prevent stomach ulcers”

It’s important to know that continually combining over-the-counter pain reducers and alcohol can have a negative impact on your body. So while a dose of pain relievers the night of your drinking session, before you go to bed (with a big glass of water), and then again the next day, shortly after waking up, may help reduce your symptoms—it’s not a solution you want to rely on every time. 

You may want to consider giving Alka-Seltzer a try as well. Although there is no research to back up the fizzy medicine’s treatment of hangover, the sodium bicarbonate in the ingredients may help to settle an upset stomach. 

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9. Hit up an oxygen bar.

Over the past decade, oxygen bars have gained popularity everywhere from Vegas to Aspen. While there is no scientific evidence to suggest it can cure a hangover, doctors say the treatment is harmless and can help ease symptoms of difficulty sleeping and dizziness. Plenty of people swear by it.  

Just avoid the flavored O2 options, which contain oils and may be dangerous to inhale. 

10. Try hangover IV drips.

Another concept that has grown in popularity in recent years is the idea of the Hangover IV Drip. Establishments are popping up across the country to administer an assortment of fluids and vitamins purported to reduce the impact of a hangover and return you to full energy in just 45 minutes. 

Again, there is (as of yet) no scientific evidence to back up the validity of claims being made regarding these IV drips. And this option isn’t cheap, running up to $250 an IV bag. But people who have opted to give the heavy in B vitamins and electrolytes bags a try claim it helps in most cases for at least a few hours.

Dr. Aranda supports this treatment plan. If you’ve woken with a hangover, she suggests getting an IV with the following (“depending again on your risk of stomach ulcers and NSAIDS”):

• Ketorolac 30mg IV
• Vitamin B12 or cyanocobalamin 1000 IU intravenous or subcutaneously

Once you’ve finished your IV drip, she says you should take, “cimetidine 200 mg tablets twice that day to prevent stomach ulcers. ”

11. Consume some ginger.

“Ginger is an excellent, natural hangover cure,” says Jamie Bacharach, a licensed medical acupuncturist and herbalist who has extensive experience helping patients fight the effects of hangovers and reset their systems following a hangover. 

While there are no studies to back up the benefits of ginger for a hangover, it’s one of the natural cures mentioned time and time again across the internet. And Bacharach says that, “either by eating ginger or drinking ginger tea you can help to reduce feelings of nausea and indigestion, as ginger’s natural properties serve as an effective counter to all hangover-associated symptoms.”

12. Try prickly pear extract.

Bacharach further suggested the use of prickly pear extract. She says this “is a popular hangover cure as some studies have suggested it can reduce the risk and severity of a hangover by as much as 50%.”

She’s referring to the 2004 research conducted by Jeff Wiese, which did find a significant reduction in nausea, dry mouth, and food aversions for those who took prickly pear extract prior to a night of drinking.   

“Prickly pear extract naturally reduces inflammation of the liver, which otherwise directly leads to hangover symptoms such as headache and nausea,” Bacharach explains. 

13. Get some sleep.

“Ultimately, one of the most effective ways to cure a hangover is to sleep it off,” Bacharach says. “When suffering through a hangover, our bodies are in a diminished state, and not up to combating a hangover or its symptoms.”

So if you wake up feeling hungover after a night of drinking, you might want to consider canceling your plans for the day and curling back up into bed—after drinking a big glass of water and enjoying a nice breakfast, of course.

“By giving our bodies the time they need to recover and regroup, we can sleep through the period of discomfort and wake up refreshed and rejuvenated.”

14. Abstain.

We know this isn’t what you want to hear if you’re already suffering from a hangover, but addiction medicine board-certified psychiatrist Jared Heathman, MD, says “the best way to manage hangovers is to avoid alcohol. ” In fact, the National Health Service (NHS) recommends taking two full days off drinking a week, especially after a heavy drinking session.

“When you consume alcohol, multiple things happen to the body that can affect the way in which you function and feel, especially the next day,” says John Mansour, Pharm.D., founder of B4, a vitamin supplement drink that claims to help reduce the impact of a hangover. “You are introducing toxins into the body that can cause short- and long-term damage.”

These toxins include acetaldehyde and malondialdehyde. “The damage of these toxins on the body can create a similar effect as radiation poisoning, which is why you feel so sick the next day after drinking too much alcohol,” Dr. Mansour explains. 

This lines up with a report out of the UNC School of Medicine, which revealed that there truly is no perfect and scientifically vetted hangover cure. There are some things that may help, but nothing as effectively as avoiding alcohol altogether.  

A night out on the town can be fun, but giving up alcohol completely has a number of positive benefits. And regular drinking has been linked to a variety of health risks. “The most current studies show that drinking one bottle of wine a week gets you the same detrimental health risks of smoking 10 cigarettes a week,” says Dr. Aranda. 

So, if you don’t want to deal with the effects of a hangover, just say “no thank you.” “If this is not possible or realistic, alcohol should be consumed in moderation and not consumed quickly,” Dr. Heathman adds. “Our body has a limited number of enzymes available to metabolize alcohol. Once our body is at full detoxification abilities, additional alcohol will cause a back-up and result in side effects.”

For some, the thought of even moderation may sound impossible. If that’s you, and you fear you may be suffering from alcohol use disorder (AUD) or addiction, there is help available. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a national helpline you can call for advice and resources, and there are even medications available that can help you quit drinking altogether.  

What Causes Hangover Nausea?

Be it a throbbing hangover headache or hangover nausea, the total exhaustion from excessive drinking can even make lying in bed and watching TV all day seem too difficult. We have previously discussed what causes hangover headaches, but what exactly causes the hangover nausea we feel the morning-after, and more importantly, how to cure it?

The effects of alcoholic beverages on your body depend on who you are, how much and how often you drink, and what you drink. There are many factors that influence how alcohol and hangovers affect you. Each person is different, but the overall symptoms are unmistakable: headache, body aches, nausea, and fatigue.

And we all know hangovers are common. Studies have shown that more than 75% of men and women have experienced a hangover at least once in their lives. Another 15% experience hangovers monthly [1].

Still not shocked? How about this: about 10% of adults in the US — 12 million workers — are hungover on the job, a 2006 study found out [2].

So, in order to figure out how to cure your hangover nausea, you have to understand what causes it in the first place.

First of all, alcohol is a direct irritant to the gastric mucosa in the stomach. This can result in nausea and that raw, empty feeling in your stomach when you wake up after a night of drinking.

Moreover, morning-after nausea is also caused by the effect alcohol has on your brain. More specifically, alcohol triggers a particular zone in the brain responsible for detecting poison in the bloodstream, called the chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ) [3]. That trigger zone can cue up nausea and vomiting in an effort to help your body eliminate toxins.

CAUSES OF HANGOVER NAUSEA

Below we dive into the details of each cause. By understanding what causes hangover nausea, you can learn what steps any person can take to reduce or prevent it.

1. ACUTE GASTRITIS

As mentioned earlier, alcohol is actually an irritant and can upset your stomach. In fact, drinking too much alcohol can even lead to acute gastritis.

Gastritis is the inflammation of the stomach caused by damage to the mucosal lining due to irritation or erosion. The mucosa lining serves as the first line of defense against alcoholic gastritis. There are a lot of factors that contribute to the damage of the mucosa lining [4]. However, alcohol plays a great role. Excessive intake of alcohol neutralizes the bicarbonate ions which constitute the stomach’s mucous epithelial lining, thereby damaging the mucosa lining.

So, now you know: consuming excessive amounts of alcohol can cause acute gastritis. This may lead to inflammation of the stomach lining, which is why you feel the hangover nausea. Acute gastritis is often temporary and can result in stomach pain and nausea after drinking alcohol—however, the pain fades off with time.

Symptoms vary and, in addition to nausea, include indigestion, stomach pain, upset stomach, and vomiting.

2. TOXIN BUILD-UP AND YOUR BRAIN

When you drink an alcoholic beverage, it immediately begins to be absorbed into your bloodstream, partly from your stomach and more actively from your small intestine. Your body breaks down alcohol into other substances. In your liver, alcohol is converted first into acetaldehyde, which is up to 30 times more toxic than alcohol itself.

Keep in mind that we absorb alcohol much more quickly than food – alcohol gets to our bloodstream much faster. However, the liver can only process a limited amount of alcohol; approximately one standard drink of alcohol every hour.

Since your body can absorb alcohol faster than it can metabolize it, toxins can build up in your bloodstream. A build-up of acetaldehyde (the main byproduct of alcohol) can cause symptoms of nausea and headaches.

Because alcohol is absorbed directly through the stomach, the cells that line the organ become irritated. Alcohol also promotes the secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach, eventually causing the nerves to send a message to the brain that the stomach’s contents are hurting the body and must be expelled through vomiting.

This mechanism can actually lessen hangover symptoms in the long run because vomiting gets rid of the alcohol in the stomach and reduces the number of toxins the body has to deal with. In addition to the hangover nausea, the stomach’s irritation may also be a factor in some of the other unpleasant symptoms of a hangover, such as diarrhea and lack of appetite.

ELIMINATE YOUR HANGOVER NAUSEA

So now you know: alcohol can cause inflammation of your stomach lining, leading to nausea and vomiting. It also stimulates your stomach to produce excess acid, further contributing to hangover symptoms.

We list here 4 tips to treat your hangover nausea:

EAT SOME GINGER

For centuries, people have taken ginger to reduce nausea and vomiting. Try nibbling crystallized ginger in the aftermath of a night of drinking. Research shows that consuming a combination of ginger, tangerine pith, and brown sugar before drinking decreases hangover nausea and vomiting [5].

TAKE SOME ANTACID

If your stomach lining is upset from the effects of alcohol, an over-the-counter antacid like Tums or Pepto-Bismol might help settle the stomach upset.

EAT BLAND FOODS

Bananas, rice, applesauce, toast or crackers are easy for your stomach to tolerate.

SLEEP IT OFF

Sometimes your nausea is such that sleep is the best medicine. If your hangover nausea and upset stomach are so uncomfortable that you can’t ease them by rehydrating and eating, hit the sheets for a few more hours of sleep.

To avoid hangovers, the obvious answer is don’t drink to excess, and keep drinking water throughout the night.

SOURCES:

1. The Alcohol Hangover

2. Prevalence and distribution of alcohol use and impairment in the workplace: a U.S. national survey

3. Chemoreceptor Trigger Zone

4. Current clinical guidelines for the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and management of dyspepsia

5. Clinical effectiveness of KSS formula, a traditional folk remedy for alcohol hangover symptoms

5 tips to handle hangover nausea – The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA

(BPT) – Party a little too hearty last night? Chances are, you may have woken up with some of the classic symptoms of a hangover: headache, sensitivity to light and noise, fatigue, thirst, irritability and worst of all — nausea.

Hangovers can make it pretty difficult to function the next day. According to the National Institutes of Health, how you feel after over-imbibing in alcohol can vary a great deal from person to person, and depends on how much you drank the night before. But face it, a hangover can make you feel miserable — and eager to find relief, fast.

Unfortunately, there are also a lot of myths out there about what helps you feel better when you’ve got a hangover, and especially how to relieve that most unpleasant symptom of nausea.

Here are some tried and true tips for preventing and coping with hangover nausea.

1. Know your limits

If you’ve had a hangover before, you may have an idea how much you can drink without making yourself sick the next day. However, over-imbibing can impair your judgment — and memory — when it comes to drinking. The National Institutes of Health website warns that any time you drink to the point of intoxication, you risk developing a hangover.

The UK’s National Health Service recommends eating foods containing carbohydrates (pasta or rice) and fats (oils, butter) before drinking, as they can help slow your body’s absorption of alcohol. And the Mayo Clinic reports that lighter-colored alcoholic beverages are somewhat less likely to produce hangover symptoms — though the amount consumed is the most important factor.

2. Stay hydrated

One tactic recommended by WebMD for avoiding over-drinking is to alternate alcoholic drinks with glasses of water. Not only does that slow down your alcohol consumption, it also helps prevent the dehydrating effects of drinking too much — which can also contribute to feeling nauseated the next day.

If you wake up with nausea after a night of drinking, sipping slowly on cold water or fizzy drinks like clear soda or ginger ale can help you rehydrate and settle your stomach a little.

3. Use acupressure wrist bands

Specially designed wrist bands from Sea-Band Nausea Relief stimulate an exact acupressure point by a plastic stud attached to the inside of the band. This specific acupressure point in the wrist is called the P6 (or Nei Guan in Chinese medicine), which can help relieve nausea and upset stomach when pressure is applied. Just adjust the soft and comfortable wrist band to fit snugly on your wrist to help relieve nausea within minutes.

“Acupressure helps to relieve nausea and upset stomach with no need for medications, which can sometimes make you feel worse or harm your liver,” said family practitioner Dr. Ian Cracknell. “Sea-Bands are an effective, low-cost and drug-free alternative that I often recommend to my patients. They are clinically proven to reduce nausea in patients caused by things like motion sickness, migraines, morning sickness and hangovers.”

Approaching the holidays, it’s a great idea to stock up on re-usable Sea-Bands for yourself, and as great stocking stuffers! Sea-Band wrist bands are available in pharmacies everywhere. To learn more about Sea-Bands and how they work, visit Sea-Band.com/FAQs.

4. Don’t try the “hair of the dog”

The old expression “hair of the dog that bit you” refers to the idea that having more alcohol the morning after can make you feel better. In fact, drinking more the next day is not likely to help.

Because alcohol irritates the stomach lining and increases the release of acid, the National Institutes of Health warns that drinking more the next morning is only likely to increase your stomach irritation and feelings of nausea.

5. Eat lightly

To further aid your stomach in its hangover recovery, eating lightly can help you feel better. Sipping on soup or broth, or nibbling on crackers, can help reduce those unpleasant feelings of nausea.

The upshot is, to completely avoid the risk of developing a hangover, you would need to avoid alcohol altogether. But if you do drink, limiting your alcohol intake to no more than one or two drinks (depending on the amount of alcohol in each drink) and not drinking on an empty stomach can help to some degree. Ultimately, the best cure for hangover nausea (and other unpleasant symptoms) is time.

Best ways to get rid of a hangover fast that work

If you’ve just woken up with a banging headache and nasty taste in your mouth after a night of drinking, you’re probably looking for how to cure a hangover right now.

While the damage has been done and there are no ways to prevent a hangover when you already have one, it doesn’t mean you should have to stay in bed all day. Urban myths about foods that instantly cure hangovers and healthy cocktails that stop you feeling tired are everywhere.

But according to the experts, these are the hangover cures that actually work. 

How to cure a hangover – remedies that really work

Hydration 

This is one of the most famous hangover cures for a reason as it really does help. 

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“Alcohol is a diuretic,” Dr Ross Perry, medical director at Cosmedics, explains. “This means it increases the amount of urine a person passes and the loss of fluid causes you to feel dehydrated and therefore you want to knock back plenty of water to feel hydrated again. ” 

But it won’t take away the headache or the feelings of nausea in the morning, he says, it “may lessen the symptoms of a hangover” like thirst and dry mouth. 

Replenishing lost nutrients

A solid dose of nutrients will help to restore you back to normality, as you’re replenishing the electrolytes you lost through drinking. 

“It’s widely known that drinking alcohol blocks the production of a hormone that helps your body hold on to water, therefore leading to dehydration and the loss of electrolytes like potassium and sodium,” Dr Ross Perry says. 

“Eating foods containing potassium such as bananas, oranges, apricots, grapefruit, honeydew and cantaloupe melon, leafy greens, spinach, broccoli, potatoes, mushroom and peas will help to lessen the hangover and replenish the loss of electrolytes making you feel better quicker.”

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Red ginseng

While it’s not something we expect many people to have in the back of their kitchen cupboard, it’s worth noting for the next time a hangover hits.  

Red ginseng is a powerful antioxidant, explains Dr Deborah Lee from Dr Fox Online Pharmacy. In one study from 2014, two groups were randomly assigned to drink either red ginseng after 100ml of whiskey or 100ml of water. The results showed that the blood alcohol concentration level was significantly lower in the red ginseng group than in the other. 

“There was also a positive effect on hangover symptoms in the RGD group.” Dr Lee says, “For the body to metabolise alcohol, requires much in the way of oxidation. As a result of oxidation, many dangerous ‘free radicals’ are produced. These are electrically charged molecules that have the potential to damage DNA. One of the reasons red ginseng may be effective as a hangover remedy, is that it acts as a powerful antioxidant, and neutralises free radicals.”

Ditch the coffee

This is something to avoid, rather than a cure, as it’s a classic urban myth for getting rid of a hangover. TV has made it look like this is the number one way to cure a hangover but this is not actually the case.  

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“Coffee is a popular remedy to sober up and give energy after drinking, but it can contribute to dehydration.” Nutritionist Shona Wilkinson warns, as it’s a diuretic much like alcohol itself. “And avoid smoking, as the chemicals in cigarettes can increase feelings of nausea.” 

Instead, if you want a hit of energy, opt for a sports drink like Lucozade or Gatorade which will restore electrolytes while keeping you awake with sugar. 

Apple cider vinegar

This cure-all remedy supposedly works for everything, but Dr Ross Perry assures us it’s a winner for a hangover. 

“Apple cider vinegar can help to restore your body’s PH level which becomes more acidic after drinking alcohol.” He explains, “And therefore helps to bring your PH back to a more normal level.”

And while it does have a somewhat diuretic effect, it “can help with morning after fluid retention and is great at restoring blood sugars. These sugars can be lost after a night out drinking, which leaves you tired and lethargic. ”

Have a better breakfast 

A big fry up always seems like the best thing when you’re hungover. But it can actually make you feel worse – very quickly. 

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“The reality is that a fry up or a takeaway  is often quite greasy and won’t absorb the alcohol.” Dr Perry says, “The overall effect can actually lead to a bit of an icky tummy, which we often associate with the alcohol but actually may be a combination of the food and alcohol combined.”

Instead, go for a breakfast of poached eggs with roasted tomatoes and wholemeal toast, suggests medical nutritionist Dr Naomi Newman-Beinart. “Eggs contain the amino acid cysteine, which can help to break down acetaldehyde [an element of alcohol that contributes to a hangover].

“If you can’t handle that, then pick a banana. Bananas contain potassium, a mineral that is lost when you drink alcohol and contributes to symptoms of dehydration.”

Get some fresh air

If you’re really hanging, the idea of leaving the house isn’t going to be a pleasant one. But, according to Dr Perry, “getting fresh air is in theory a good idea following a hangover but I’d suggest going for a walk rather than just sitting down and breathing in fresh air.”

He suggests, “Keep it gentle as alcohol is a diuretic meaning that the following morning [after drinking], your body is dehydrated. Hitting the gym hard and sweating lots isn’t advised as you can end up losing even more fluids. 

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“By taking a gentle walk it will help maintain blood flow through the body which is essential for delivering oxygen and nutrients to the muscles. 

“Of course, just getting some fresh air is a good idea as the more oxygen you breathe in will help to start to flush out those nasty toxins from the night before and make you feel less tired and having a peaceful environment i.e.- not talking to anyone – will possibly lessen the headache too.”

CBD

The CBD surge has well and truly taken over but it’s normally something we associate with natural anxiety remedies and skincare.  

Turns out, it’s great for a hangover too. “CBD reduces headaches and migraines by integrating with the body’s endocannabinoid system. Alcohol use throws the ECS out of balance, and CBD can help it restore its balance.” Nutritional therapist and eating psychology coach, Claudia le Feuvre, says.

“Nausea and vomiting are the hallmarks of a bad hangover. CBD is an anti-emetic, via its interaction with serotonin receptors. It can help reduce feelings of nausea, and the vomiting response as well. 

“Anxiety and depression are also side effects of a hangover. As the brain attempts to re-establish equilibrium, its neurotransmitters are still seeking balance. CBD helps to balance the brains messengers (neurotransmitters), and therefore the mental instability on the back of a hangover.”

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How do you cure a hangover fast?

There are a couple of things you can do to improve your chances of feeling better.

• Drink something with electrolytes added in, such as Lucozade 
• Eat a good breakfast, packed with protein and vitamin C
• Go for a gentle walk to get some fresh air
• Take Ibuprofen to minimise swelling and reduce headaches 
• Have a nap, only for 20-40 minutes though

These are all proven methods for easing the symptoms of a hangover. Unfortunately, it’s not really possible to entirely cure one. 

“In past, research into a range of possible hangover cures has concluded that the existing treatment options have only minimal effectiveness, in relieving certain specific hangover symptoms.” Dr Deborah Lee tells us, “Sadly, however, none of the hangover cures investigated, improved the full range of hangover symptoms.  

How long does a hangover last?

While it depends person to person, the standard hangover can last up to 72 hours according to research from John Hopkins University.

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For most people, the effects of over-drinking last for a significantly shorter amount of time – normally just 24 hours. It’s all related to how much alcohol was consumed and how many preventative measures were taken to avoid dehydration. Ethnicity, gender, the health of your liver, what medications you’re taking and general nutritional status also play a role.

Why do hangovers feel so bad?

Alcohol making you severely dehydrated and as a result, there are unpleasant symptoms like headaches, nausea and stomach pain. But there are some factors that will make one hangover worse than another. 

It turns out that as you age, your hangovers (should) get better – rather than worse. One 2014 Danish study found that the chance of a severe hangover was significantly lower in older people, compared to younger people. “Older people are more experienced drinkers and develop a tolerance to alcohol,” says Dr Deborah Lee. 

As well as how much you drink, what you drink also plays a huge role. “Congeners are substances produced during the alcohol fermentation process that gives alcohol its colour, smell and flavour.” Dr Lee says, “Dark coloured spirits contain the highest levels of congeners. Sulphites are sometimes added to the wine. Some people suffer from a sensitivity to sulphites which gives them a headache after drinking wine.”

The same goes for how much water you drink. “Alcohol is a diuretic, so it makes you pass urine more often. If you don’t’ drink enough water when you are drinking alcohol, this can lead to dehydration. Dehydration worsens hangover symptoms.” 

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And how much food you eat, “Drinking with an empty stomach tends to worsen a hangover. This is because alcohol irritates the stomach lining, and if there is food in the stomach, this provides some protection.”

But unfortunately, it might just be down to genetics. “The fact people seem to vary enormously in terms of severity of hangover symptoms, is often due to genetic variability. 45% of the variation in hangover frequency is due to genetic factors,” our expert says.

Inhaled isopropyl alcohol for nausea and vomiting in the emergency department

Can Fam Physician. 2018 Aug; 64(8): 580.

Adrienne J. Lindblad, ACPR PharmD

Knowledge Translation and Evidence Coordinator for the Alberta College of Family Physicians and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

Rhonda Ting

Doctoral student in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta.

Kevin Harris, MD CCFP(EM)

Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, at the University of Alberta.

Copyright © the College of Family Physicians of Canada

Clinical question

Can inhaled isopropyl alcohol be used to treat nausea and vomiting in the emergency department (ED)?

Bottom line

Two trials with about 200 nonpregnant adults presenting to the ED found inhaled (smelling) isopropyl alcohol improved mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. For example, after 30 minutes the nausea score improved from 50 out of 100 to 20 with inhaled isopropyl alcohol versus 40 with oral ondansetron. Only 1 study reported adverse events and found none.

Evidence

• A blinded ED RCT randomized (with matching placebos) 122 nonpregnant adults with mild-moderate nausea and vomiting (most with infectious gastroenteritis) to inhaled isopropyl alcohol, ondansetron, or both.¹

  • -At 30 minutes, a statistically significant reduction in nausea score occurred: From a baseline score of about 50 on a 100-point scale, nausea score decreased to 40 with ondansetron versus 20 with inhaled isopropyl alcohol.

  • -Other outcomes included the following: on a 100-point scale (lower score = more satisfied), patient satisfaction scores were about 20 for inhaled isopropyl alcohol versus 44 for ondansetron; fewer rescue antiemetics with inhaled isopropyl alcohol (about 26% vs 45%), but this was not statistically significant; and no difference in ED length of stay or vomiting rates.

  • -There were no adverse effects.

  • -Limitations were possible selection bias; 1 military hospital; and many patients (up to 60%) using inhaled isopropyl alcohol could identify their treatment group.

• Another blinded ED RCT randomized 84 patients to inhaled isopropyl alcohol or saline-soaked pads (placebo).² The baseline nausea score was 6 out of 10. At 10 minutes postintervention, median nausea score was lower (3 vs 6 [placebo]; statistically different). Patient satisfaction scores improved (4 vs 2 [placebo] out of 5; higher = more satisfied). There was no difference in number receiving antiemetics or serious adverse effects.

Context

• Patients inhaled deeply as frequently as required to achieve nausea relief from commercially available isopropyl alcohol pads held 1 to 2 cm below the nares.¹

• A recent systematic review found no evidence to support any 1 pharmacologic treatment over another in the ED for nausea.³

• Ondansetron costs about $4 per tablet.⁴

• A systematic review of 4 RCTs (215 patients)⁵ of inhaled isopropyl alcohol for postoperative nausea found fewer patients required rescue antiemetics versus standard therapy (26% vs 39% [placebo]): number needed to treat of 8. Other outcomes were inconsistent and adverse effects were not reported.

Implementation

Nausea and vomiting can be difficult to treat in the ED. A recent systematic review found neither intravenous metoclopramide nor ondansetron to be superior to placebo on nausea scores at 30 minutes; however, metoclopramide decreased the need for rescue antiemetics (about 16% vs 38% [placebo]). ³ Intravenous fluids and general supportive treatment in the ED might contribute to the large placebo effect,³ which lowers nausea scores by about 23 to 40 points on a 100-point scale, and explains much of the apparent efficacy of medications in practice. Inhaled isopropyl alcohol provides a peak effect within 4 minutes postinhalation,² and multiple pads can be used for continued short-lasting nausea relief.¹

Notes

Tools for Practice articles in Canadian Family Physician are adapted from articles published on the Alberta College of Family Physicians (ACFP) website, summarizing medical evidence with a focus on topical issues and practice-modifying information. The ACFP summaries and the series in Canadian Family Physician are coordinated by Dr G. Michael Allan, and the summaries are co-authored by at least 1 practising family physician and are peer reviewed. Feedback is welcome and can be sent to [email protected]. Archived articles are available on the ACFP website: www.acfp.ca.

Footnotes

Competing interests

None declared

The opinions expressed in Tools for Practice articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily mirror the perspective and policy of the Alberta College of Family Physicians.

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You overdid it. There’s no splitting hairs about it, but there is one splitting headache — and it’s yours. But you know how to treat that, what you’re not sure of is how to cure hangover nausea. But it’s serious, and you need a solution — stat.

That’s where we come in. Maybe you’re so hungover you were barely able to type how to cure hangover nausea into Google. Maybe you know yourself, and you know you’re going to need some tips this weekend for St. Patrick’s Day 2018. Whatever brought you here, here’s what you need to know to get rid of that hangover nausea right now.

How to cure hangover nausea

Meet the spice that soothes

The first thing you should reach for, friend, is the ginger tea. In addition to being used as a folk remedy for upset stomachs for centuries, ginger has been shown to effectively quell the nausea of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a treatment notorious for nausea in the extreme. The spice can reduce those symptoms that send you running to the bathroom by up to 40% according to the study, especially when patients started adding supplements made with the root up to three days before treatment. So if you’re reading this before your big night out, start popping ginger stat.

Ginger tea tames a twisting, turning stomach in two ways, making it an ideal choice. In addition to the nausea-busting properties of ginger, the warm liquid will soothe your stomach and throat, which is especially necessary if you’ve already been kneeling next to the porcelain dry heaving.

Drink dairy, if you dare

But, please, not just any old dairy. You might be tempted to reach for a milkshake, thinking it will soothe your stomach and satisfying those day-after-drinking cravings, but please refrain. What your gut needs is a boost, not a sugar bomb. Your best bet is kefir.

“Kefir is rich in probiotics so it helps restore normal gut bacteria in the stomach, while providing some needed rehydration and a protein boost,” Dietitian Tanya Zuckerbrot, creator of The F-Factor Diet and author of “The F-Factor Diet” and “The Miracle Carb Diet,” told Metro. “And kefir is lactose-free, which some people tolerate better than probiotic-rich foods like yogurt, cheese and milk that contain lactose.”

Take a cue from BRAT

If you’re feeling like a trash fire that fell into bed, think of BRAT. You know, that really bland diet that used to be recommended to people with stomach issues; the name is a mnemonic of bananas, rice, applesauce and toast. Although BRAT has fallen out of fashion, bananas might just be how to cure hangover nausea. They’re easy to eat, relatively bland so they won’t prompt another sprint to the porcelain and pack a good punch of fiber. Zuckerbrot says that’s key for curing what ails you after all those ales. Whole fruits, unlike fruit juice, “contain energy-boosting fructose as well as fiber that will soak up and flush out toxins still floating around your digestive system.”

Feeling a bit better and up to eating an actual meal? Check out the recipes for hangover foods that Zuckerbrot shared with Metro. She even dished on ways to prep for all that partying so you’re not hit so hard by a hangover the day after.

THE MOST EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR A HANGOVER – GOODONYA® Organic

The Best Ways to Treat a Hangover

Effective treatment of a hangover requires you to address each of the imbalances that are going on in your body. Unfortunately, there is no one size fits all hangover cures. Your blood sugar levels, hydration, and electrolyte balance are the most treatable and will give you the quickest relief. The headache, nausea, and possible vomiting will all have to run their course.

Low Blood Sugar – Though you may feel that it’s the last thing you want to do, getting up and eating a healthy breakfast will begin to stabilize your blood sugar. That should make you feel a little bit better right away.

Dehydration – Drinking plenty of water will help with rehydration, and you can start the process before you go to bed after a night of drinking alcohol. Drinking a glass of water or two mixed with the oral hydrating solution HYDRATE will keep you on a path to hydration during the night and decrease the symptoms of dehydration when you wake up the next day.

Alcohol Withdrawal – This is where we will address “the hair of the dog.” Believe it or not, there is some science-based evidence that having a drink the morning of a hangover might actually help a little bit anyway.

Why, you ask? Alcoholic drinks contain small amounts of methanol, and alcohol causes your body to convert methanol into formaldehyde, which is a toxic compound believed to cause some hangover symptoms.

Research shows that drinking alcohol when you have a hangover actually stops converting methanol into formaldehyde and allows it to be safely excreted from your body. This being said, drinking to feel better after too much drinking can lead to alcohol dependence. Use this remedy with caution.

Electrolyte Imbalance – This requires more than just drinking water. Again, drinking water is great for hydration, but most drinking water does not contain electrolytes. Oral rehydrating solutions such as HYDRATE are your best bet for replenishing electrolytes. Many people reach for sports drinks and energy drinks to restore electrolytes; however, the high sugar content, artificial ingredients, and caffeine content in these drinks are likely to make you feel worse.

Stomach and Intestine Irritation – Hydration, restoring electrolytes, and stabilizing your blood sugar will help stomach and intestine irritation. However, sticking with a bland diet or the B.R.A.T. diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast) is the best way to soothe an upset stomach.

STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO AVOID A HANGOVER

Drinking in moderation is a sure-fire way to avoid a hangover, but if you’re reading this, it’s probably too late for a lecture. Here are some things you can do to minimize the effects of a hangover while you’re drinking:

• Eat before drinking – this decreases the time it takes for alcohol to enter your bloodstream, which keeps blood alcohol levels lower.
• Stay hydrated – drink water or, better yet, HYDRATE in between drinks before you go to bed to minimize the headache, dry mouth, and pounding heart associated with dehydration.
• Get enough sleep – alcohol is known to disrupt your sleep, so you may need to get in some extra Zs the next day after drinking to feel more rested.

Wrapping Up

A hangover, as the name would imply, is not synonymous with your body feeling its best. And unfortunately, there is not a magic bullet to cure hangover symptoms either. The good news, though, is that a hangover rarely lasts more than 24 hours.

Focus on hydration and replenishing your electrolytes during and after drinking to reduce the symptoms of a hangover. An oral rehydrating solution like HYDRATE is the best option because it comprises whole, organic ingredients and unprocessed electrolytes. Best of all, it has only 1 gram of sugar from dehydrated lemon juice.

If there were a magic bullet to cure a hangover, HYDRATE would likely be your bullet. Rehydrate and feel better with HYDRATE!

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Executive summary

Nausea, sometimes with bouts of vomiting, is a constant companion of alcohol poisoning. For some, negative symptoms appear only the next morning, for others, unpleasant sensations begin soon after the first glass (glass) drunk. Enough is known about the effect of alcohol on the body to explain why one feels sick after drinking, as well as to give practical recommendations for stopping this symptom of ethanol intoxication.

Nausea during hangover

Getting rid of the feeling of nausea during a hangover with the use of drugs for symptomatic treatment – is not the best solution . Nausea, or rather the gag reflex, is the body’s natural defense mechanism, which is triggered by a high concentration of toxins that are formed as a result of the breakdown of ethyl alcohol. If during a hangover you feel nauseous, but not to such an extent that the stomach clears itself, we recommend that you induce vomiting artificially by drinking at least 750 ml of ordinary warm water before.

Induction of vomiting supports the body in the fight against an excess of toxic substances than taking drugs that dull the feeling of nausea – so you will only prolong the course of the hangover syndrome. Alcohol affects people in different ways. The effect largely depends on the production of enzymes that provide the breakdown of ethanol, as well as gender, body weight, and other individual characteristics.

A person is sick after alcohol the next day, because ethanol is a strong neurotoxin.In addition to the toxic effect, it leads to an accelerated excretion of minerals and vitamins from the gastrointestinal tract, as well as dehydration of the body. Various fusel oils, acetaldehyde (tissue poison, a derivative of ethanol catabolism), acids – all of this has an intoxicating effect , as a result of which:

• nausea with bouts of vomiting;
• dizziness, headache;
• disorders of the gastrointestinal tract;

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• tachycardia, etc.

Causes of nausea

One of the main reasons for poor health during a hangover is improper fluid distribution. There is not enough of it in the blood, because of which it becomes thick, loses fluidity and overloads the heart, and with excess in the tissues, which causes swelling. In order for the liquid to redistribute correctly, you need to drink plain water, and at the same time take diuretics. The absorbed liquid will replenish the blood volume, and the accumulated liquid in the tissues will be excreted naturally with toxic substances.The result will be the disappearance of edema, and a decrease in the concentration of toxins in the body – the condition of the internal organs and systems will improve. It is advisable to replenish the lack of mineral salts before drinking water (you can use a glass of brine).

So, drinking as much liquid as possible is the first thing to do if you feel sick after alcohol. Mineralized water helps 3 times more efficiently and faster than ordinary water. Especially good help “hydrocarbonate” mineral waters (Borjomi, Essentuki, etc.). They shift the balance of acids and alkalis towards the latter, thus correcting hangover acidosis – the cause of the unpleasant feeling of nausea.Mineralized water fills the bloodstream faster than , therefore better relieves puffiness and removes toxic substances.

It may happen that after the first glass of water you have drunk a feeling of slight intoxication. This indicates the presence of undigested alcohol in the stomach, which re-enters the bloodstream with fluid. Under such circumstances, a gastrointestinal tract should be cleaned. It consists in causing vomiting, but that is not all. The most effective cleaning method for acute alcohol intoxication is considered to be an enema.It ensures the prompt removal of toxic derivatives of alcohol catabolism from the body, and in addition restore the correct distribution of fluid. In extreme cases, the enema is replaced by taking laxatives, but the result in this case will have to wait longer.

Types of nausea and vomiting

For clinical medicine, it has long been a mystery why one feels sick after alcohol. An experienced physician is able to assess the state of some internal organs and even identify some pathologies after a visual analysis of the vomit mass, as well as by the nature of the vomiting urge.For example, after intoxication with ethanol, the expelled stomach contents can be characterized by:

1. Undigested food residues. A common situation, as well as a normal reaction of the body to exceeding the permissible dose of alcohol, which is often observed in the morning of the next day.
2. Mixed with blood. A very disturbing sign. At best, it indicates bleeding, at worst, internal bleeding due to serious damage to the mucous membranes or tissues of the gastrointestinal tract.Immediate medical attention is required in this case.
3. Dark shade. It is also an alarming symptom that may indicate the presence of blood in the stomach or other parts of the gastrointestinal tract. This is not normal, so you need to consult an experienced doctor.

In some cases, gagging is accompanied by coughing or choking. If, in addition, the complexion acquires a pale or bluish tint, then perhaps we are talking about an allergic reaction to ethanol or any component of an alcoholic drink (of course, if the person does not suffer from food allergies).

There is a misconception that vomiting in the morning after alcohol is due to lack of snacks, because if you eat heavily while drinking alcohol, then there will be no vomiting in the morning . In fact, food only slightly reduces the degree of intoxication, but does not in any way affect the presence or absence of nausea the next morning.

What to do if you don’t feel sick, but vomit with a hangover

If you vomit with a hangover, then nothing needs to be done. The process of cleansing the body of toxic substances and undigested alcohol is in full swing.Naturally, you can not worry only if nothing raises suspicions of pathology. For example, the presence of blood is a clear reason to see a doctor immediately.

Vomiting may be mixed with bile. This is a good sign. He speaks of a contraction of the gallbladder, and a decrease in the level of stress on the liver and pancreas. After a while, the person’s condition will noticeably improve.

On the other hand, the presence of bile in the vomit may indicate the development of pathology.If a tingling of the tongue occurs, and the condition of a person remains severe , and does not improve over time, then an urgent need to seek medical help.

Folk remedies against nausea

If you feel sick after alcohol, then you do not need to try to fall asleep in the hope that during sleep the body will be cleansed, your condition will improve, you will wake up vigorous and full of energy. Nausea indicates intoxication of , so you need to remove toxins from the tissues of internal organs as soon as possible.In the presence of gagging, they do not need to be contained. Let everything take its course. If the reflex does not work, then he needs help.

Prepare a weak solution of ordinary food (1 teaspoon for 1.5–2 liters of warm water). Drink 0.5 liters of liquid first. Open your mouth and press down on the root of your tongue with your fingers. This will provoke vomiting. Repeat the procedures as long as the paca does not start to vomit you with clean water.

Sorbents (regular activated carbon or proprietary drugs) can be used as an alternative to vomiting.They perfectly absorb and bind toxins, so the effect of their use is comparable to the forcible cleansing of the stomach from the contents. Remember the dosage – 1 tablet per 10 kg of body weight (in some sources, 5 kg of body weight, but in this case, more is better than less).

If you feel sick after alcohol the next day, then in addition to vomiting, enemas or the use of sorbents, you can drink herbal infusions. Excellent help: chamomile, lemon balm, mint. An infusion is not only a liquid, but also biologically active substances that have anti-inflammatory and sedative properties .

Ginger roots can be used for nausea. They are finely rubbed and brewed. It turns out the same broth as from herbs, which is drunk instead of tea. The dried root powder can also be used to make a hot drink. To do this, it is enough to pour 1 teaspoon of 0.5 liters of boiling water.

Cucumber pickle

Among compatriots, a widespread remedy for combating hangover syndrome is pickle after sauerkraut, cucumbers, tomatoes. The relatively high content of salt (sodium chloride) helps restore electrolyte balance, the volume of fluid in the bloodstream, and saturates the body with some vitamins.For example, cucumber pickle is rich in vitamin C – a very important biologically active substance, the content of which determines the functionality of the immune system. The only obstacle to the use of folk remedies for “curing” a hangover is low acidity. Brine can exacerbate kidney and gastrointestinal diseases.

Drug hangover relief

Many do not doubt what to do if they feel sick after alcohol, and they confidently use various medications for symptomatic treatment.The method is effective and quite acceptable on one condition – the drugs used must be “household” use. This means medicines that have been known for a long time and have been widely used from generation to generation. For example, no-shpa will relieve stomach pain caused by cramps. Regular aspirin accelerates blood thinning as well as the breakdown of ethanol metabolites. To calm the heart, and normalize blood pressure will help the familiar to many validol.

You do not need to use more serious and specific medicines, even if you know that, in principle, they can help.After all, doctors are engaged in drug treatment. The inhabitants, despite the availability of descriptions of various drugs, should focus on simple and widespread drugs in everyday life.

In addition to household soda, a solution of potassium permanganate can be used for gastric lavage. True, it is not suitable for people suffering from gastritis or peptic ulcer disease, because manganese crystals irritate the walls of the stomach and esophagus.

Products to relieve hangovers

There is an opinion that if you feel sick in the morning after alcohol, then you need to eat fatty foods, even if there is no appetite.This is not true. You will achieve nothing but an even greater feeling of heaviness in the stomach and increased nausea. In addition, you run the risk of earning an upset stomach, which will add to your already enough health problems. If you have an appetite, then it is better to choose:

1. Citrus . They contain a lot of vitamin C, as well as many different important micronutrients. Accelerate the elimination of toxic substances from the tissues of internal organs.
2. Bananas .Rich in fructose and potassium, a good source of energy and micronutrients.
3. Any fermented milk products . It is very useful in a state of a hangover due to the high content of B vitamins, as well as a complex of minerals. Do not drink more than 0.5-0.7 liters.

Drinking alcohol leads to a decrease in blood glucose levels. Various dessert dishes and sweets, as well as fast carbohydrates, which will supply the body with energy, will help to recover from alcoholic beverages.

When to see a doctor

Now you know why you feel sick after alcohol and what to do to get back to normal as soon as possible. If the maximum permissible dose of alcoholic beverages is exceeded, then it is better not to fight nausea, but to induce vomiting, and only then engage in improving well-being. If, despite the efforts made, it does not get better even after 2-3 days without drinking, then, most likely, we are talking about some kind of pathology. Call a doctor for the following multi-day symptoms:

• acute headache;
• weakness, severe dizziness;

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• vomiting cramps;
• vomiting blood.

The listed symptoms indicate systemic disorders. The body cannot independently cope with alcohol poisoning, and eliminate the consequences of alcohol abuse – qualified medical assistance is required.

If a person has lost consciousness, then it is impossible to leave him lying on his back. It is necessary to turn it over to the right side so as not to exert undue pressure on the heart, and also so that the vomit does not accidentally clog the airways.

It is strongly not recommended to fight hangover by visiting a bathhouse or continuing to drink alcohol. In the first case, the case may end with a heart attack or a stroke, and in the second, the person takes a dangerous path to a multi-day binge. By the way, do not confuse a hangover (hangover syndrome) with withdrawal symptoms (withdrawal symptoms). Both conditions occur after drinking significant doses of alcohol and are similar in somatic symptoms. However, even a person who first touched alcohol can suffer from a hangover, and abstinence is a pathological condition characteristic of chronic alcoholics in stage II of the disease.

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What is a hangover, what causes it and what are its consequences

Morning sickness includes a variety of unpleasant symptoms such as headache, nausea and vomiting, indigestion, increased thirst, hand tremors, fever, chills, high or low blood pressure, and general malaise. In addition, with a hangover, a person can face feelings of guilt (which have a biochemical origin), even if they have not done anything wrong.A healthy person who is not yet an alcoholic, in this state, experiences a strong aversion to any thoughts of re-drinking.

The main types of alcoholic effects that cause morning hangover include the following.

As a result of alcohol consumption, the formation of rapid phases of human sleep is disturbed. These are the most important periods of night rest, when the brain must work, forming dreams, and the body as a whole must gain strength. A person with a hangover does not feel asleep at all, even having slept for more than 8-9 hours. Reason: in the absence of REM sleep phases, it is simply impossible to fully rest.

How to treat the consequences of a hangover

Frequent participants in alcoholic feasts during their practice have already figured out which recipes for getting rid of hangover nausea are the most effective.

All methods and recipes can be divided into several groups. You can heal with the help of drugs in stationary or home walls, or you can use some proven folk methods.

Experts emphasize that during a hangover, nausea and vomiting is the best way to cleanse the body of alcoholic components that enter the bloodstream and cause intoxication.

Therefore, if you feel sick after alcohol, you should not restrain the gag reflex.It is necessary to help the stomach to expel all excess from itself and to drink for this as much water as possible at room temperature. It is better to do this in the morning immediately after waking up.

Together with the vomit, the bulk of harmful toxins are evacuated. After a complete cleansing of the stomach, it is recommended to take activated charcoal and lie down to rest.

If the next day after drinking too much alcohol, you just feel a little nauseous, then to relieve this unpleasant sensation, you can make tea with lemon, brew chamomile, mint or lemon balm, drink sour juice or fruit drink.Well neutralizes alcoholic components in the stomach of fermented milk products, for example, kefir, yogurt or plain milk.

To avoid nausea, you can try to drink regular pickle – the favorite hangover drink of all alcohol lovers. The properties of the brine are by no means exaggerated. Salting liquid for vegetables – cucumbers, cabbage, beets – is saturated with salt and acids. The brine successfully replenishes the level of sodium in the blood, which decreases after drinking alcohol, and also returns the lost fluid.

Also, the brine helps to restore appetite at the stage of remission.

In the morning during a hangover it is very difficult to eat something and, as experts advise, it is not necessary to do this. But if there is an opportunity to drink a fresh raw egg – chicken or several quail – a person’s well-being will noticeably improve. The composition of the egg will help bind harmful toxins and reduce nausea.

When you feel sick, you can try drinking a cup of hot chicken broth with vegetables or in the morning eat a portion of oatmeal with milk.

Strongly overload the stomach with food, you can only eat light food. For nausea after alcohol, oranges, bananas, apples, or fresh berries will help. Eaten banana will replenish the lost supply of potassium, oranges will help to remove toxins and improve the metabolism of the gastrointestinal tract, berries will alleviate the hangover syndrome and improve the digestion of food.

Water treatments are also considered a good way to fight hangovers and get rid of unpleasant symptoms. A steam bath, Finnish sauna or hot bath remove toxins through the skin and sweat.

After good steaming, the body quickly recovers and alcoholic nausea goes away. At the end of the hot bath procedures, you should drink freshly brewed herbal tea with lemon.

In addition, a contrast shower will help to normalize pressure, restore muscle and skin tone and facilitate the activity of blood vessels.

However, it should be remembered that such methods can be used by healthy people with a small alcohol hangover. It is categorically impossible to steam and use a contrast shower for people with heart problems or high blood pressure.

If after alcohol you still feel sick, and the person does not know what to do, it is better not to postpone a visit to the nearest medical facility.

What to take before a meal?

The best solution is prevention, which will help eliminate a hangover. However, feasts are not always planned and therefore it is sometimes unrealistic to prepare for them.

If the event was known in advance, the person has the opportunity to prevent unpleasant consequences:

• Some recommend a little drink before the celebration.50-100 ml of vodka is enough for the body to start producing enzymes for the breakdown of ethanol. It is advisable to take alcohol for prevention 1-2 hours before the celebration.
• Eleutherococcus tincture acts like a small dose of vodka. It is necessary to drink 20 ml before drinking so that the body is ready to fight poisonous substances.
• Pre-meal is also helpful. Usually, people get drunk quickly when they consume booze on an empty stomach. Therefore, food will prevent this effect.

In order not to get sick with a hangover the next day, you need to know which medicines and food are more effective.

Food and groceries

It is recommended to eat foods with a high concentration of iodine, which have a positive effect on the thyroid gland. The hormones produced by this food help speed up the oxidation of ethyl alcohol. It is best to start eating food containing iodine 2-3 days before the scheduled event.

Products containing iodine include:

• seaweed;
• feijoa;
• walnuts;

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When deciding to use dietary supplements (dietary supplements) containing iodine, it is advisable to consult your doctor.

Medicines

Medicines can also be used to avoid a hangover in the morning. Used before the feast:

• Choleretic drugs. They will help not to get sick with a hangover, as they improve the outflow of bile from the liver and prevent congestion. Consequently, the load on the organ is minimized, and enzymes are produced more actively.You need to take these medicines in the morning, on the day of the planned holiday.
• If there is a lot of fatty food on the table, it is recommended to repeat taking the choleretic agent 2-3 hours before the start of the event.
• Medicines containing aspirin. They activate the production of enzymes that break down ethyl alcohol. It is enough to take 1 tablet a day and the second 12 hours before the event.
• Succinic acid. The substance activates the body’s energy resources and improves metabolic processes.This helps to speed up the elimination of poisons. It is recommended to take 2 tablets 60 minutes before drinking. It is not worth using this method regularly, but it is allowed once.
• Glutargin. The combination of arginine and glutamic acid helps improve the breakdown of alcohol and also protects the liver. The composition must be taken 2 hours before the celebration. The dosage is determined depending on the amount of active ingredient in the tablet.

What else can you do to avoid a hangover? Enterosorbents are an excellent solution to the problem.They help to neutralize the decomposition products of ethanol, making it easier in the morning. A cleansing enema will help increase the effectiveness of these products.

Activated carbon works in a similar way. You can use this scheme: 4 tablets are taken 6 hours before drinking, 2 more – 2 hours and 2 – 2 hours after alcohol. Charcoal binds ethanol and prevents poisoning symptoms.

What to do in order not to get sick with a hangover in the morning? Bodun can be prevented by using B vitamins.They activate the liver, the process of producing enzymes and reduce alcohol intoxication. For this purpose, Neuromultivit, Neurobeks, Neurogamma, Neurovitan or Pentovit are suitable.

Preparations containing enzymes activate the ethanol breakdown process. They support the liver and minimize the stress on the pancreas. Medications of this group can be taken 1 hour before the meal. The dosage is indicated in the instructions.

When deciding what exactly to drink before the upcoming booze, you need to take into account the contraindications to drugs.Otherwise, the drug may do more harm than good.

Can I drink alcoholic beverages

Getting hung up on beer or stronger alcohol is the worst idea. The body is poisoned and spends all its resources on recovery, and a new portion of ethanol is additional stress.

Thoughts about drinking after alcohol intoxication in a healthy person cause an attack of nausea and disgust. If, on the contrary, there is an acute desire to get drunk, then this indicates the development of alcohol dependence.

After a hangover, there really is a temporary relief – the blood vessels dilate, the blood begins to move faster, the headache goes away. But sooner or later, these processes will decline, then the patient will face a new attack of hangover fever. He is treated with a new batch of beer – a vicious circle is obtained. This is how you can become a drunken alcoholic.

Recommendations and advice

How to quickly stop a hangover and how to relieve nausea, a large amount of fluid will help in this matter.

Brine will help to improve the work of the water-salt balance in the body. Drink fermented milk products, tomato, pomegranate, orange juices. Honey will relieve you of the feeling of nausea and overcome hangovers, because it has medicinal properties.

Since olden times, with a hangover, they drank water with honey. Eat one or two teaspoons of honey and tea or mix with lemon in water and drink.

Eat a low-fat broth to improve the digestion process. You can also drink tea or coffee, but be careful and watch your blood pressure.

A drink made from such products will help to overcome nausea: an egg, pepper, salt, a drop of vinegar, mix everything and drink in one gulp. Helps instantly and for many people. Many people drink non-alcoholic beer since morning, they say that they help to improve overall well-being very well.

To avoid a severe hangover in the morning, drink a glass of milk or any fermented milk product before bedtime. And the best advice is to stop drinking alcohol altogether and lead a healthy lifestyle.

How to drink so that you don’t feel sick

Vitamin C in concentrated form and not only is able to efficiently remove ethanol breakdown products from the body, without retaining them in healthy cells. To quickly stop vomiting, you need to drink the remedy in small sips, slowly, not to overload the stomach. If this is a medicine with a specific smell, it is better not to smell it at all before taking it – to pinch your nose with your fingers.

If poisoning occurs after alcoholic beverages, it makes sense to induce vomiting on your own to clear the stomach of toxins.It often becomes immediately easier after that. If the condition is accompanied by nausea, but there is no obvious urge, then you can take some measures that will alleviate the condition:

Vitamin B6 is a good prevention of hangover syndrome. You need to take pyridoxine hydrochloride 12 hours before the festivities, then again 4 hours before. This will help greatly alleviate hangover symptoms. This is due to the ability of the vitamin to enhance the enzymatic activity of the liver and to simplify the body’s process of processing incoming alcohol.Enzyme medicines will help to cope with urges after alcohol, for example: Pancreatin, Wobenzym, Mezim-forte, Creon. It is not recommended to take Festal, because it has dried bovine bile in its composition, which will reduce the active work of the liver. The protective effect can be provided with the help of sorbents, take Filtrum, activated carbon, Enterosgel. After that, it is imperative to remove all the contents of the intestine so that all toxins come out. Anti-hangover drugs also have a positive effect.The first dose can be taken before the meal, the second in the morning

You should not do this together with a sorbent, choose one drug (this is an important condition). You can drink Zorex, Alka-Seltzer, Bison

If you are not afraid to induce a gag reflex on your own, then you should still do it. After that, the pronounced symptoms of a hangover stop and it is easier for a person to recover, and the stomach will be clean of toxins.

Ways to get rid of nausea during a hangover

Stomach cleansing will help relieve nausea after a hangover.To get rid of the uncomfortable sensation, you need to drink about a liter of warm water or a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate. And then it follows by pressing on the root of the tongue to induce vomiting. Rinsing must be repeated until the liquid begins to leave without impurities of undigested food. This procedure is not pleasant, but often only it allows you to get rid of the painful signs of a hangover.

Many folk and medicinal remedies help against nausea after drinking. They can also be used to eliminate concomitant symptoms: to get rid of headaches, severe heartburn and sour belching, bloating due to increased gas formation.

Medication

It is impossible to remove the feeling of nausea after alcohol by taking drugs with antiemetic action. Firstly, they have a wide list of contraindications and poor compatibility with alcohol. Secondly, it is inappropriate to stop nausea and stop vomiting with a hangover.

In a similar state, other medicines are useful:

• Antacids – Rennie, Gastal, Maalox. Nausea is often caused by leftover food in the stomach that triggers the release of hydrochloric acid.Antacids will also relieve heartburn, heaviness in the abdomen, the sensation of bloating with a hangover;
• enterosorbents – activated carbon, Enterosgel, Polysorb. The drugs attract acetaldehyde to their surface and bind, and then evacuate it from the body. They also adsorb food debris, which often lead to the development of putrefactive and fermentative processes.

In the pharmacy assortment there are many products that can get rid of a hangover, for example, Zorex or Alka-Seltzer. They only relieve headaches well, but they are ineffective in case of nausea.Anti-hangover drugs act on the principle of antacids, eliminating the uncomfortable feeling only for a while.

Folk remedies

The best remedy for moderate hangover nausea is good sleep. During rest, all vital systems do not work at full strength, which contributes to the restoration of tissues damaged by ethanol.

Such folk methods will also help get rid of nausea:

• contrast shower followed by rubbing with a hard towel.Improves blood supply to tissues with oxygen and bioactive substances, helps to get rid of weakness;
• oil enema. Improves the work of the intestines, stimulates the accelerated evacuation of the final and intermediate decay products of ethanol;
• the use of vegetable pickles without vinegar added. Restores water and electrolyte balance, facilitates elimination from hard drinking;
• drink plenty of fluids. It is necessary to drink at least 2.5 liters of liquid per day – ordinary water, slightly salted mineral waters (Nagutskaya, Slavyanovskaya, Essentuki No. 2 and No. 4), berry fruit drinks, fruit compotes, vegetable juices.

Stop vomiting, shaking, vomiting after drinking a specific anti-hangover drink. To prepare it, you need to beat the egg yolk with a glass of thick tomato juice.

Diet

When a person is sick and then vomits, even the smell of food is completely unbearable. After feeling better, the person may feel hungry. But in this state, not all food is useful. For example, after eating fatty, fried foods, nausea will return again.

Within 2-3 days, the diet should consist of the following products:

• low-fat cheeses, sour cream, fermented baked milk, varenets;
• buckwheat, corn porridge in milk with the addition of a small piece of butter;

90,021 various casseroles of vegetables, cottage cheese;

90,021 biscuits, non-nutritious cookies;

90,021 fresh vegetable salads.

This will not only help get rid of hangover nausea. The use of such products normalizes the digestive system, soothes mucous membranes irritated with alcohol.

Effect on weathering time

There are different ways to influence the hatching rate. Some of the methods are applicable only before starting use. Another – helps to cope with a hangover when crossing the border of the acceptable volume. Weathering is usually of interest to the second type of people who are actively feeling the consequences of drinking alcohol.

Before drinking

Preliminary measures allow the body to cope with excretion right during drinking, as well as during subsequent sleep. An integrated approach will allow you to forget about the problem as a whole, the use of some of the methods will facilitate and accelerate weathering.

1. Select refined drinks. A reference example is vodka without flavors (acid, sugar, fructose, flavors), containing only water and alcohol. It is not the price of the drink that affects, but the amount of third-party components and the years of aging.
2. Combine with the right food. Too heavy loads the liver and pancreas. These organs must be occupied with alcohol for effective weathering.
3. Activated carbon. A simple calculation formula is one and a half tablets for every ten kilograms of weight. Any drugs with similar properties (Enterosgel) are suitable as an analogue.
4. Vitamin B6 tablets that activate a working liver enzyme.
5. Taking a small amount of alcohol an hour and a half before the start.Allows the liver to start producing the necessary enzymes, which will speed up the process.
6. Don’t forget to drink plain water.
7. Eat a lump of butter to create a film on the stomach walls.
8. Ventilate the room before going to bed.

Follow the recommendations for those who want to speed up the elimination of alcohol and ease a hangover. After 8 hours of sleep, in the worst case, a minimum amount of alcohol will remain in the blood. Of the possible symptoms, dry mouth remains – it is rarely possible to avoid dehydration.A bottle of mineral water helps.

With a hangover

If it was not possible to prevent the problem and there are typical symptoms, you need to help the body to cope with the amount of toxins. Help:

• going to the toilet – alcohol continues to be absorbed from the intestinal walls;
• drinking plenty of fluids – eliminates general dehydration, alcohol is excreted through sweat and urine;
• eat something to speed up metabolism – easily digestible cereals, salted vegetables, citric acid are suitable;
• contrast shower and exercise;
• citric acid in reasonable amounts.

A little-known but effective remedy is succinic acid. It is inexpensive, accelerates metabolism, and reduces the time for elimination of alcohol. You can also take it as a preventive measure. Fermented milk products help well – low-fat kefir, kumis, ayran.

Sleep

A painless and effective way to cope with withdrawal symptoms and wait for complete weathering – long and uninterrupted sleep. The problem is the many painful symptoms that make it difficult to fall asleep.In severe cases, sleeping pills are used.

They take only non-toxic drugs, without an abundance of side effects. Some of the names contain substances that slow down the breakdown of alcohol, so they are useless for a hangover.

Dropper

The method is not common, but in the presence of a dropper it can help. For instillation, a solution of sodium chloride and glucose is used. For accelerated recovery of the body, ascorbic acid and inosine are added to the saline solution.The effectiveness is due to the direct ingress of nutrients into the bloodstream, which help to quickly recover and accelerate the elimination of toxins.

What to do after the meal

After returning from a party, take one of the above digestive enzymes; an hour later – bowel movement (laxative or enema if necessary). Lying down or sleeping. If possible – bath, sauna, or cyclic physical activity for 40 minutes.

If you are too drunk, but you need to regain your sobriety for a while (in order to make a responsible decision or to act accurately in a critical situation) – use the effective advice of a toxicologist from our special article on how to quickly sober up at home.

If your condition worsens significantly, especially if you cannot sleep, assess the situation in accordance with the recommendations for calling an ambulance.

When you wake up, if you feel unwell, follow the hangover treatment regimen. Read a special article on how to get rid of the main symptoms of a hangover, and in which cases you should immediately call a doctor. Also read the list of the most effective drugs that you can buy for a hangover at the pharmacy.

Preparatory phase

Experts assure that you won’t have to get sick with a hangover, if you take into account some tips:

Prepare the stomach. If you take even a small portion of alcohol on an empty stomach, you cannot avoid quick intoxication and a severe hangover in the morning. 2-3 days before the feast, take care of increasing the stimulation of the thyroid gland, the production of hormones for the full, timely breakdown of ethanol, and its excretion from the body. The diet should include iodine-containing foods: seaweed, feijoa, seafood.A few hours before taking alcohol, eat a small portion of heavy fatty foods with the addition of vegetable (soybean) oil in order to create a protective film on the gastric mucosa, to prevent the rapid absorption of alcohol metabolites into the blood.
Accelerate the production of microsomal enzymes (metabolites) and the processing of metabolites 2-24 hours before the party. Take Aspirin, Askovit, Aspikor. The main thing is not to take Aspirin or Antipochmelin mixed with alcohol. The drugs create a false sense of sobriety, preventing rapid drunkenness, causing severe hangovers if you overdo it and do not calculate the allowable dose of alcohol.As analogs, you can take Medichronal, Alkobarier, Alka-Seltzer with you to the party, taking 1 tablet before taking alcohol and 2-3 pcs. In the process. 15-20 minutes before consuming the first glass, you need to drink activated charcoal (1 tablet per 10 kg of weight) – an excellent adsorbent, so up to 4 tablets between toasts during a party.
Prepare the liver. The organ is the main cleaner in the body and is the first to attack with ethanol. The entire burden of ethyl alcohol falls on her. For 4-6 hours, you can take vitamins (Pician, Neuromultivimin, B6) 80-100 mg.
Improve, activate the outflow of bile for the rapid breakdown of fats in the liver. 10 hours before taking the first glass, drink bile collection (15g per 1 glass of boiling water) or pharmacy rosehip syrup (1-2 tsp) to avoid rapid intoxication.
Stimulate the liver. 1.5-2 hours before the fun, you need to invigorate the filtering organ by taking a small dose of alcohol (50-100 ml) or eleutherococcus tincture (20 ml). This activates the production of a special compound – alkodehydrogenase, followed by cleavage and excretion in the form of metabolites.The main thing is not to overdo it, not to appear at the party already drunk.
Activate biochemical processes to accelerate the breakdown of ethyl alcohol in the body. Drink Alkoklin (1 tablet), Glutargin (750mg) 1.5 hours before the feast.
Take measures to reduce the production of bile acids, otherwise alcohol will provoke the rapid destruction of red blood cells, the spread of alcohol components throughout the body. For 1-1.5 hours drink Mezim Forte, Abuomin, Creon, Wobenzym with dosage according to the instructions.
Accelerate metabolism and metabolic processes by taking succinic acid for 1 hour (10).
Protect stomach from harmful decomposition products. Any alcohol-containing drink contains a certain dose of ethanol, acetaldehyde. Before the party (30-40 minutes in advance), it is better to insure yourself, drink 50 ml of pure vegetable oil, which creates an enveloping effect of a fatty substance on the mucous membrane and a barrier to the accelerated introduction of harmful compounds into the blood.
Prepare the organism

It is important to have a snack before taking the first glass, so that there is at least a little food in the stomach. Ideally – high-calorie, quickly and completely filling the stomach, preventing the penetration of alcohol into the bloodstream, the strongest intoxication as a result

Up to 45% of ethanol is absorbed by boiled potatoes or any porridge (buckwheat, oatmeal, semolina).

If you feel unwell after drinking, you can drink a diuretic, 1.5 liters of pure non-carbonated or mineral alkaline water with the addition of soda (35 mg).

Has useful properties from a hangover:

1. Activated carbon that attracts harmful components of intoxicating drinks, preventing their absorption into the blood. It is recommended to take 1-2 tablets to avoid the manifestations of morning intoxication.
2. Succinic acid, which accelerates the excretion of toxic decay products to the outside, but should not be taken for stomach ulcers.
3. Enterosgel is a new drug containing methylsilicic acid that binds toxins with subsequent elimination. You can take 1 capsule before and after an alcoholic party with plenty of clean water.
4. Panangin eliminates hangover symptoms if taken immediately after waking up within 3 hours
5. Glycine for melancholy, increased tension, nervousness.

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Tablets against nausea in case of alcohol poisoning

Severe hangover or withdrawal symptoms are accompanied by complications in the form of a large number of symptoms. They require drastic measures and intensive treatment.

If you feel very sick after drinking and vomiting begins, what to do and take:

• “Eperazin”. A neuroleptic that is widely used for alcohol addiction. It has antiemetic, sedative and anti-allergic effects.Eliminates hiccups, heartburn and abdominal pain, diarrhea, inhibits the effect of ethanol on the body and prevents its absorption. The daily dosage depends on the symptoms – from 4 mg to 8 mg 3-4 times. The maximum intake is 24 mg per day;
• Haloperidol. Blocks dopamine receptors in the area of ​​the vomiting centers, reduces the activity of alcoholic psychosis after binge, providing a sedative effect on the brain stem. The daily dosage of the drug is from 0.5 to 5 mg. It is better to drink the medicine with milk or water;
• “Perinorm”.It enhances the absorption and breakdown of ethanol, soothes pain in the abdominal region and, regardless of the cause, reduces vomiting and nausea. Reception half an hour before meals, 5-10 mg. The number of applications per day – no more than 3-4 times;
• “Metoclopramide”. Active antiemetic drug. Relieves nausea and hiccups. Increases the tone of the sphincter and the activity of the esophagus. The amount of admission per day is from 5 to 20 mg.

All these drugs are prohibited to be combined with alcohol, therefore they are prescribed immediately after hard drinking or prolonged drinking.

Beforehand, it is better to consult a doctor and clarify the required dosage, possible side effects and allergic reactions.

How to act when quitting hard drinking

Getting out of a binge is very different from a regular hangover. At the beginning of the article, we analyzed how the withdrawal syndrome differs from the hangover syndrome. So, at the exit from the binge, just withdrawal symptoms begin, similar to what happens with alcoholics.

Therefore, a way out of a long binge is an exception to the rule, and then a drink is really appropriate.Even doctors recommend not to stop drinking abruptly, but to reduce the dose gradually, within three days. This is done not only out of sympathy for the patient, there are more serious reasons: a gradual dose reduction reduces the risk of delirium tremens, seizures, hypertensive crisis and other complications.

After a binge, do not stop drinking abruptly, but reduce the dose gradually.

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Do I need to get drunk?

No. If you are not an alcoholic, you will not get much better with a new dose of alcohol, but the hangover will last longer.

Will it get easier?

There is confusion in the question. In the popular mind, such different states as hangover and withdrawal symptoms are poorly distinguished. Most likely, this is due to the wide spread of alcoholism in Russia, when alcoholics coexist with everyday drunkards on a daily basis. Withdrawal symptoms are accompanied by a hangover, but not vice versa.

The fact is that a hangover is poisoning with under-oxidized decomposition products of alcoholic beverages (and is treated according to the same principles as other poisonings), and abstinence is the reaction of an alcoholic to the absence of a substance that has become necessary in the body, namely, alcohol.With the so-called “beer” alcoholism, there is also withdrawal on some chemical components of hops – analogues of benzodiazepines (substances that have a calming effect).

Why does an alcoholic want to have a hangover

Alcohol is necessary for an alcoholic to synthesize sufficient amounts of intracerebral dopamine, a substance that maintains mood, motivation and physical and mental performance. In addition, when ethanol is taken as an organic solvent, part of the brain tissue is dissolved, which is accompanied by the release of endogenous opiates (internal analogues of morphine, heroin, and the like) of the enkephalins class.Normally, endogenous opiates are intended to combat pain and to promote biologically beneficial behavior, and their increased secretion during drinking is one of the important psychophysiological factors in the development of alcohol dependence.

It can be said that taking alcohol leads to relief from withdrawal symptoms, but does little to help with a hangover. In simple terms, drinking with withdrawal symptoms in alcoholics leads to a rapid improvement in well-being, mood and performance, and with a hangover, ordinary people will remain the same, but only still the person will be drunk.A semblance of withdrawal symptoms can develop in persons who are not alcoholics, when drinking alcohol in large quantities for several days in a row (for example, a wedding, New Year, anniversary, etc.).

The unmotivated anxiety felt the next morning is associated with a decrease in the content of intracerebral dopamine and really goes away with alcohol intake. However, this method of improving well-being is potentially dangerous, since it can turn into a binge. A sign of the transition of domestic drunkenness to alcoholism is the development of an abstinence syndrome after a single intake of alcohol in any amount and the subsequent entry into a binge.

Instead of alcohol, an alcoholic can drink glycerin diluted in water or saline: this remedy will not only reduce hangover pressure, but also create the feeling that he is drunk. For detailed recommendations of a narcologist on how to refrain from new doses of alcohol, read the article about getting out of binge and look at this diagram:

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There is also an opinion that a healthy person should inevitably have aversion to any drink in the morning: in a normal situation, the gag reflex works, and any thought of drinking should cause powerful disgust.If this is not the case, then this is also considered a sign of alcoholism. Be careful.

So, a new dose of alcohol is a short-term symptomatic remedy, followed by detoxification (cleansing the body from the remnants of alcohol and its decay products).

In Western countries, opohmel is considered an equally dubious remedy and is called hair of the dog, it is part of the English proverb “Take a hair of the dog that bites you”, which means “Take a lock of hair of the dog that bites you”, but in our “Fight fire with fire”.

90,000 Nausea: why it occurs and how to treat it. What is nausea? – Sorbex – official site | Sorbex

Nausea due to intoxication is a common symptom. Intoxication of the body is poisoning with various toxins. It can occur with any bacterial inflammation, viral infections, spoiled or poor-quality food entering the stomach, poisoning with toxic substances, etc.

Nausea: why it occurs and how to treat it

Nausea – discomfort in the epigastric region of the abdomen (epigastric), esophagus , mouth area.An unpleasant symptom may indicate the development of diseases, occurs when eating poor-quality food or in other cases when nothing threatens health. Often, nausea and weakness appear at the same time due to dehydration of the body, such a clinical picture is equally observed in patients of different ages.

Why unpleasant symptoms occur

The causes of nausea not related to disease include:

• Overeating and eating fatty foods .In this case, nausea appears after eating, as a response of the body – it cannot cope with a “heavy” calorie meal.
• Psychological factors. Constant stress, depression, anxiety disrupt the general metabolism in the body. Nausea manifests itself as soon as a person remembers an unpleasant experience or smells a familiar smell.
• Motion sickness (motion sickness) . The receptors of the vestibular apparatus are irritated, a feeling of nausea arises, which may be accompanied by vomiting.
• Pregnancy. Nausea and dizziness occur during the first and second trimester of pregnancy. The sensation can turn into vomiting, relief comes on its own, as the body adapts to pregnancy and the child grows in the womb.
• In women, the unpleasant symptom often occurs during the premenstrual period.
• Influence of third parties. Acute feelings of nausea can occur from exposure to chemicals, drugs, overheating, fever, and other causes.

Persistent nausea often indicates the presence of various diseases. In some cases, depending on the stage of development of the disease, the feeling may arise periodically. It is caused by:

• Diseases that require urgent surgery: appendicitis, acute pancreatitis, gastrointestinal peritonitis, intestinal obstruction.
• Chronic diseases associated with dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract: peptic ulcer, cholecystitis, irritable bowel syndrome.
• Intestinal infections: entero- and rotavirus, cholecystitis, food poisoning.
• Liver diseases: hepatitis, cirrhosis.
• Presence of a foreign body in the abdomen (esophagus, intestines).
• Food allergy.

Severe headache and nausea can bother a person after traumatic brain injury, hypertension, endocrine system diseases, migraine, after chemotherapy.

Clinical presentation

Nausea, depending on the cause, may be accompanied by other symptoms.

• When eating fatty foods: abdominal pain, vomiting, weakness, drowsiness.
• Nausea is often observed in a child, as a reaction of the body to an allergen. Equally in adults and children are manifested: rash, redness, diarrhea, flatulence, runny nose, dry cough.
• In case of poisoning: flatulence, diarrhea, headaches, weakness.

In diseases, depending on the diagnosis, the manifestations differ:

• Diseases of the liver and gastrointestinal tract often pass with vomiting, weakness, body temperature rises to 39 degrees. There is a feeling of heaviness in the abdomen, diarrhea / constipation, flatulence.
• Appendicitis will almost always be accompanied by acute pain in the lower abdomen, an increase in body temperature.
• With diseases of the cardiovascular system, nausea in the morning can turn into weakness during the day, headaches, dizziness, loss of consciousness.

Normally, in the absence of health problems, a person needs to eliminate the cause of the symptom. For example, exclude the effects of odors, consult a doctor about the need to take medications that calm the nervous system (if it comes to psychological factors).Take a sorbent to remove toxins from the body in case of allergies or poisoning.

If, after treatment, pain, dizziness and nausea, as well as other accompanying symptoms, persist, an urgent need to contact your doctor or gastroenterologist.

Treatment and diagnostics

If you are constantly worried about nausea, the specialist finds out the causes of the symptom in several stages:

• Poll. Drawing up a detailed clinical picture allows the doctor to navigate further actions.
• Purpose of research. Depending on the circumstances under which the unpleasant feeling appeared, the doctor may prescribe: ultrasound, general blood test, urinalysis and feces.

If the received diagnostic results show the absence of any diseases, the doctor will pay attention to the following points:

• whether a psychological disorder can be accompanied by nausea;
• Whether relatives have experienced similar symptoms;
• What foods the patient ate in the last 48 hours;
• How does this feeling affect the general condition of a person: whether headache and nausea manifest with it, whether diarrhea, constipation, flatulence bother.

First aid

In the absence of chronic and current diseases, the doctor will prescribe a treatment aimed at restoring the body. First of all, the patient will be advised:

• Establish an enhanced drinking regime.
• Take anti-inflammatory, pain relieving drugs.
• In some cases, when it comes to severe forms of roto- or enterovirus, antibiotics are prescribed.

To remove toxins from the body, therapy can be accompanied by the simultaneous intake of sorbents.Sorbex series are safe enterosorbents that do not cure the disease, but are able to alleviate its symptoms and course. At the heart of their composition is granular activated carbon, which absorbs harmful substances and removes them from the body in a natural way. In the available line of products, you can pick up drugs for children and adults.

Helpful recommendations

If you are worried about nausea and vomiting, weakness, here are some useful recommendations that will help alleviate the condition:

• Abundant flow of air – you can open a window or sit in front of a fan.
• Liquid consumption. Drink plenty of water, it will also help prevent dehydration and speed up your metabolism.
• Compressor. The feeling of nausea will disappear if a cold compress is applied to the forehead and neck area.
• Do not lie down, the bitterness in the mouth and nausea will intensify – gastric juice can rise up the esophagus. That is why gastroenterologists advise against “resting” after eating.

It is recommended to drink at least 1 glass of warm water every morning on an empty stomach.The liquid “wakes up” the digestive tract, normalizes metabolism. It also follows:

• to minimize the amount of “heavy” food in the diet;
• exclude carbonated drinks;
• Take care of the purity of products that do not require heat treatment (berries, vegetables, fruits).

As a sorbent for rapid relief of abdominal pain, if you experience nausea and vomiting due to poisoning and allergies, always have Sorbex enterosorbent supplements in your medicine cabinet.

Sorbex series medicines and dietary supplements (Sorbex, Sorbex Ultra, Sorbex DUO) are based on advanced activated carbon. Thanks to modern production technologies, the sorption capacity of Sorbex® has been significantly increased, which ensures its high sorption ability to absorb toxins, bacteria and other harmful substances.

Sorbex capsules contain activated carbon in the form of granules, due to which adsorption activity is achieved during the entire residence time of the sorbent in the gastrointestinal tract. The effectiveness of granular carbon hardly decreases within 36-48 hours, which makes it possible to increase the intervals between doses of such a drug and reduce the dose.Adults with chronic diseases caused by endogenous intoxication are recommended to take 2-6 capsules 3 times a day – 10-15 days. For children over 7 years old, use 1-3 capsules 3-4 times a day. The drug is taken orally with water, with an interval of 1.5–2 hours before or after a meal or taking medications.

SORBEX ULTRA is a dietary supplement in the form of capsules based on highly dispersed activated carbon with extremely high adsorption activity, is therefore especially effective in acute poisoning.Adults are recommended to take 1 capsule 2-3 times a day.

SORBEX DUO is a dietary supplement for complex cleansing of the body from toxins, combining the unique properties of a hydrocarbon sorbent in the form of granules and milk thistle extract. Thanks to this composition SORBEX DUO helps to reduce the manifestations of intoxication, protects and restores liver function. For adults, use 2-3 capsules 2-3 times a day. Children from 7 years of age and older – 1 capsule 2-3 times a day before or 1-1.5 hours after a meal.Duration of use is from 3 to 15 days

It should be borne in mind that sometimes nausea can be the only early sign of serious illness, therefore, this symptom should not be ignored and it is necessary to consult a doctor.

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What is this strange cold with nausea and vomiting? | Healthy life | Health

In the autumn-winter period, in addition to influenza and acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI), rotavirus infection is widespread.According to doctors, recently it has acquired an all-season character. At first, the illness can be mistaken for a cold (ARVI) or flu, only vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain are added to the typical cold symptoms.

It is very easy to get infected with rotavirus, since the infection is transmitted by contact: through dirty hands, doorknobs, handrails and toys, eating from the dishes of an infected person, etc. increased risk.Symptoms of colds and intestinal distress can be caused by other viruses at the same time.

What infections can cause cold symptoms in combination with nausea and vomiting?

Once in the human body, rotavirus causes an infectious process, which is characterized by a short incubation period and an acute course. Rotavirus infection is characterized by an acute onset: vomiting, a sharp rise in temperature and diarrhea. These symptoms can also be caused by other enteropathogenic viruses (enterovirus, norovirus, adenovirus, astrovirus).Patients may experience not only impaired motility of the gastrointestinal tract, but also – in some cases – dehydration, which is especially dangerous.

A number of other diseases can have similar symptoms. According to therapist Irina Yartseva , nausea and vomiting can also occur with flu. As long-term observations have shown, the largest outbreaks of rotavirus infection occur during or on the eve of an influenza epidemic, for which the disease received the unofficial name “intestinal flu”, although rotavirus itself has nothing to do with influenza viruses.

Only a specialist will help to distinguish one disease from another. “You will not understand that this is a rotavirus. There is express diagnostics of influenza, it is quick but expensive. For influenza, a clinical picture is sufficient. There is no seasonality for rotavirus at all, the infection occurs all year round. In principle, there is no need to diagnose it. And ARVI includes about 200 viruses. They all proceed in a similar way, to one degree or another have overlapping symptoms that do not require specific treatment, ”says the doctor.

Is there any special treatment for these diseases?

“In the first 72 hours of influenza, several effective medications can be used to shorten the duration of the illness. And for the rest of the viruses, there is no specific treatment. Therefore, a clinical picture, observation of how the disease progresses, and a doctor’s examination are enough. And with timely symptomatic therapy and adherence to bed rest, complications can be avoided, ”says Yartseva.The expert reminds: self-medication is dangerous. “To find out the cause of the disease, you need to go to the doctor. Someone may have vomiting, someone may have diarrhea. Depending on the symptoms, the doctor will prescribe treatment. Drinking plenty of fluids is one of the main general recommendations, ”says the doctor.

How does the infection progress in adults and children?

Rotavirus infection affects children and adults. But unlike children, in adults, the symptoms of rotavirus are milder.Since rotavirus infects the digestive system, the main symptoms of the disease are vomiting and watery diarrhea. In children, the development of the disease, as a rule, proceeds according to the following scheme: first, the child is worried about nausea, then there is a slight pain in the abdomen, after which vomiting begins. Diarrhea can be repeated 4-5 times a day, but in severe cases it can reach 15-20 times, which is fraught with severe dehydration. The child loses a lot of salts with the liquid, so the main thing in case of rotavirus infection is “drinking” with saline solutions.

“Children are more difficult to convince to drink plenty of fluids. It takes a long time to persuade them. But this approach allows you to make up for the loss of fluid in order to avoid complications. Adults do not need to be convinced, they strictly follow the doctor’s recommendations on what and how to do, ”says Yartseva.

What if you or your child has rotavirus or a similar infection?

In addition to drinking plenty of fluids, a diet should be followed. From the diet, you need to exclude foods that are difficult to digest or irritate the mucous membrane: whole milk, fatty, fried, smoked, concentrated juices, fresh fruits and vegetables.Yartseva recommends taking antipyretic drugs only when necessary. “You shouldn’t abuse them. Children should not be given ibuprofen frequently. It cannot be used for a long time and constantly; it must be alternated with paracetamol. If it doesn’t work, then sometimes you can add ibuprofen, ”says Yartseva.

Do you need hospitalization?

According to Yartseva, hospitalization is not required except for severe cases of dehydration and excessive reactions to fever. If your baby develops symptoms of dehydration (no tears when crying, dark urine, dry mouth, weight loss) or frequent watery stools with vomiting, seek emergency medical attention.

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90,000 What to do if you feel sick – everything about the causes of nausea

Nausea is an unpleasant symptom that can occur for quite understandable reasons: a person has been poisoned, ate food that is difficult to digest, or has been starving for a long time, which led to stomach cramps and discomfort. But sometimes a feeling of nausea can indicate a serious illness, so if an adult or child is constantly worried about such a symptom, it is better to visit a doctor as soon as possible and find out the root causes.After determining the diagnosis, the doctor will prescribe effective treatment and tell you what to do if you feel sick.

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Why does nausea occur?

Almost everyone has experienced nausea in their life. This is an unpleasant, pulling feeling in the epigastrium and pharynx, accompanied by an involuntary urge to vomit. During an attack of nausea, gastric tone is reduced, peristalsis slows down, and if an emetic attack begins, convulsive spasms of the respiratory muscles, diaphragm, and also the anterior wall of the peritoneum occur.The situation may be aggravated by additional symptoms:

• dizziness;

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• feelings of lethargy, weakness.

The feeling of nausea is regulated by the vomiting center, as well as other areas of the brain that reduce gastric tone, having received a signal from:

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An attack of nausea is often accompanied by increased saliva production and profuse vomiting.Involuntary stimulation of the vomiting center can occur with the following pathologies and conditions:

• Hypoxia. A disorder in which the body, for various reasons, does not receive the oxygen necessary for proper functioning. This condition can bother people of all ages. If hypoxia is chronic, a person may vomit every day, in addition, the risk of developing neurological diseases increases due to a lack of nutrition and oxygen supply to the brain cells.
• Acute decompensation of diabetes mellitus. A severe condition that can occur with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Violation of carbohydrate metabolism negatively affects the functioning of internal organs and systems. With acute decompensation of diabetes mellitus, a person is constantly nauseous, worried about general weakness, up to loss of consciousness.
• Infection. In case of infectious poisoning of an adult or child, vomiting due to irritation of the walls of the digestive tract organs directly by an infectious pathogen or other products of inflammation.
• Taking certain medications. Many medications cause side effects such as nausea and dizziness, especially if the patient is prescribed several powerful drugs at once.
• Injuries, neoplasms in the brain. As a result, irritation of the centers of the brain with a traumatic factor or an enlarging tumor, the person is constantly dizzy and sick. At the same time, the usual drugs that stop these symptoms do not help alleviate the condition.In addition to nausea and dizziness, additional symptoms appear: weakness, problems with memory and speech, chronic headache, vomiting cramps.

Causes of nausea

Single attacks of nausea often do not indicate the development of any serious illness. When a symptom soon passes and no longer bothers, most likely, it was provoked by a frivolous violation: stale food, drinks, overeating, etc. But when an unpleasant syndrome worries constantly, the causes of its manifestation may indicate the progression of dangerous pathologies that require immediate medical intervention.

What makes you sick every day:

• Diseases of the digestive system. This includes diseases such as gastritis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, stomach ulcers or duodenal ulcers. Concomitant symptoms: burning after eating, abdominal pain, profuse belching, vomiting.
• Cardiovascular disorders. Spikes in blood pressure, chronic hypertension, or hypotension are common causes of nausea. If the pressure is high, an unbearable headache and a feeling of squeezing in the temples are troubling.With low blood pressure, a person has a backache and nausea.
• Endocrine disorders. An unpleasant symptom can be caused by pathologies such as diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, adrenal dysfunction.
• Pregnancy. Toxicosis in the early stages is always accompanied by nausea and dizziness. This condition is associated with hormonal changes. When hormone levels stabilize, you will feel better without special treatment.

Causes of nausea

• Chronic stress.Under constant stress, the work of many organs, including the stomach, is disrupted. Nausea in this case is a side effect of stress.

What violations are indicated by nausea

A common reason why a person is sick in the morning is stagnation of bile and throwing it into the stomach. At night, the gallbladder produces a secretion that can enter the stomach, irritating it. Therefore, in diseases of the biliary system, it often feels sick in the morning and worries about discomfort in the epigastric region.

If a person is constantly nauseous after eating, it is possible that he often eats hard-to-digest, fatty, spicy foods that irritate the walls of the stomach. Other causes of nausea after eating food:

• pathology of the biliary tract;
• doudenogastric reflux;

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• inflammation of the pancreas;

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• gastrodudenitis.

Nausea in the evening can be caused by psycho-emotional overload, stress, fatigue and exhaustion.People who are used to eating heavy, fatty, fried foods are sick in the evenings. In this case, the stomach also hurts, and profuse belching worries. This is due to the fact that metabolism slows down in the evening. To avoid discomfort after eating in the evening, it is advisable to have supper with light food, which is quickly digested and at the same time saturates the body with all the necessary substances.

If a child is sick after eating and is worried about pain in the navel, it is possible that he develops intestinal dysfunction and dysbiosis.Other common causes of nausea in children:

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If nausea and vomiting occurs after hitting the head, this may indicate a concussion. In this case, it is necessary to show the baby to the doctor in order to prevent the development of severe complications.

What to do if you feel sick?

What to do if you feel sick

To get rid of an unpleasant symptom that bothers you on your own is fraught with negative consequences. Therefore, if an adult or child is constantly nauseous, it is better to consult a doctor for advice and, if necessary, undergo a comprehensive diagnostic examination. After studying the results of the diagnosis, the specialist will determine exactly why the patient is nauseous in the evenings or in the morning, after which he will prescribe a treatment regimen, which is primarily aimed at eliminating the root cause of the pathological syndrome.

Symptomatic treatment

If during the diagnosis it was not possible to identify any acute or chronic diseases, the doctor will prescribe drugs that stop an attack of nausea and vomiting. To cleanse the body of toxins and toxins, additional preparations can be used:

• activated carbon;
• Enterosgel.

In case of a sudden attack of nausea, it is advisable to lie down or sit down, if the person is in the room, ask others to ventilate the room.To relieve symptoms, you can drink a few sips of juice or regular still drinking water. If a child or adult feels nauseous after taking the medication, stop taking it and report the side effects to the doctor in charge.

Why does the head hurt and feel sick?

Nausea and headache can disturb a person with a sharp change in weather. Meteosensitivity is more common in older people, whose cardiovascular system is no longer functioning so smoothly due to irreversible age-related changes.But if young men and women have chronic diseases of the heart and blood vessels, then they may also face such a violation.

If, in addition to nausea, the head hurts, and especially the back of the head, this may indicate such disorders in the body:

• cerebrovascular disease;

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• meningococcal infection;
• cerebral hypoxia;
• high blood pressure;
• neoplasm in the brain;
• diabetes mellitus.

Vegetovascular dystonia also causes bouts of nausea and headache. During an attack, in addition to these signs, sudden surges in blood pressure, clouding or loss of consciousness, disorders of neurotic etiology may be disturbing.

Pain in the head and nausea are characteristic signs of dangerous infectious pathologies:

• meningitis;
• encephalitis;
• acute respiratory illness.

All these diseases are accompanied by concomitant symptoms: fever, impaired general health, dizziness.If a person is sick in the morning, worried about a headache and a feeling of discomfort in the eyes, this may indicate such diseases of the visual system:

• glaucoma;

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• refractive error.

Degenerative-dystrophic diseases, progressing in the structures of the spine, also cause pain in the head and nausea. The pain syndrome with such a pathology is severe, prolonged, dull, exacerbated during tilting the head forward or turning to the sides.

Features of pain

Each person’s headache manifests itself differently. Feels Like It Happens:

• stupid;
• sharp;
• squeezing;
• pulsating.

According to the degree of intensity, pain in the head can be:

• Light. A barely perceptible symptom that does not negatively affect the quality of life and goes away on its own, without the use of medications.
• Medium. It prevents a person from doing their usual things, reduces efficiency, requires the use of medicines.
• Heavy. It brings unbearable torment, it is often the result of a serious illness. With such headaches, it is necessary to consult a doctor and in no case self-medicate.

Depending on the root cause that provoked the syndrome, the headache is:

• Primary. It is diagnosed as an independent disease caused by conditions such as migraine, neuralgia, tension headache, cluster, idiopathic pain.
• Secondary.It occurs against the background of other pathologies, for example, such as a brain tumor, intoxication, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, etc.

What to do?

If pathological symptoms rarely bother, there should be no cause for concern. In such cases, doctors advise to establish a daily regimen, give up bad habits, revise the diet, try to rest more and get enough sleep.

But if the pain in the head is chronic and is accompanied by concomitant symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, impaired memory and speech, disorientation in space, frequent fainting, then it is necessary to seek medical help as soon as possible.Only after a comprehensive diagnosis, the specialist will select an effective therapy regimen that will help not only get rid of headaches and nausea, but also eliminate the causes of their occurrence.

Acupressure massage for nausea

Stimulating certain points on the body helps to reduce and even completely stop an attack of nausea. The massage technique is simple:

1. Place the hand with the fingers pointing up and the palm facing the body.
2. To find the point of massage, you need to put 3 fingers of the other hand on the wrist, then press your thumb to the inside of the wrist under the place where the index finger is located. If the thumb is positioned correctly, 2 large tendons can be felt underneath. This is the point of massage.
3. Using your thumb and forefinger, gently massage this point for 2 – 3 minutes. Movements should be circular and not cause discomfort to the person.
4. Repeat the same procedure on the other arm.

To control the attacks of nausea and headaches, it is recommended to perform acupressure 2-3 times a day.

Folk remedies

Alternative medicine methods for nausea and headache can only be used in consultation with a doctor. Self-medication is contraindicated if the following symptoms appear:

• profuse, persistent vomiting;
• the presence of bloody inclusions in the vomit;
• temperature rise to critical levels;
• loss of consciousness.

If an adult or child has a stomach ache and vomiting as a result of food poisoning, chamomile infusion will help alleviate the condition, which can be prepared according to the following recipe:

Folk remedies for nausea

1. Boil 200 ml of water and pour it over 2 tbsp. l. dried chamomile flowers.
2. Insist the product for 10 – 15 minutes, then strain and dilute with 100 ml of boiled water.
3. Cool the ready infusion to room temperature, add a spoonful of honey and try to drink it in small portions throughout the day.This drink will relieve irritation and cramps, as well as prevent dehydration in case of frequent vomiting.

If a person is more sick in the evenings, and also worries about heaviness in the stomach due to problems associated with digestion, fresh potato juice will help to alleviate the condition, which is recommended to be taken 4 – 5 times a day, 1 teaspoon. A useful remedy is being prepared like this:

1. Peel and grate medium-sized potatoes.
2. Put the cake in the widow’s folded cheesecloth and squeeze out all the juice.
3. Store the liquid in a refrigerator in a glass container.

If nausea is accompanied by a headache, a decoction of coriander will help to stop the pathological syndrome. The recipe is simple:

1. Boil 250 ml of water, then add 1 tsp. coriander seeds.
2. Let the liquid boil, then add ½ tsp. tea leaves.
3. Remove container from heat and let it brew for 10 – 15 minutes.
4. Drink the whole broth in small sips.

An attack of nausea and headache will subside if you drink warm water with a little lemon juice and a spoonful of fresh honey. Another useful recipe for an unpleasant symptom is a decoction of ginger root:

1. Finely chop the root with a knife, then take 1 tsp. ingredient and pour into boiling water – 200 ml.
2. Boil the product for 5 – 7 minutes, then cool and add a spoonful of honey.

Prevention

The best prevention of nausea and headache is to identify and treat the causes of their occurrence.Therefore, if the symptom bothers with regular frequency, it is better not to postpone the visit to the doctor. Once the source of both syndromes is eliminated, they will go away on their own without special treatment.

If attacks of nausea and pain in the head are caused by factors such as stress, nervous overload, psychoemotional stress, depression, in such situations, doctors advise to adhere to simple rules of prevention:

• to establish a daily routine;
• try to get enough rest and sleep;
• learn how to adequately respond to stress and unpleasant situations;
• to walk more in the fresh air;
• connect moderate physical activity;
• adjust the diet;
• to give up the use of alcoholic beverages, coffee, strong tea, to get rid of t smoking;
• to have dinner no later than 3 – 4 hours before bedtime;
• to harden and maintain immunity in good condition.

Doctor’s advice

Frequent attacks of headaches are a reason to consult a doctor to find out the causes of this symptom and immediately begin treatment. Single seizures are effectively stopped with the help of the following groups of drugs:

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Ibuprofen, Nurofen, Nimesil, Diclofenac.
• Analgesics: “Analgin”, “Askopar”, “Askofen”.
• Vasoconstrictor: “Cofetamine”, “Migrenol”.

Nausea associated with disruption of the gastrointestinal tract is successfully relieved by drugs that stimulate the motility of the stomach and intestines and accelerate the process of digestion.These include tablets:

• “Cerukal”;
• Motilium.

If the syndrome is caused by neurogenic disorders, the patient is recommended to drink a course of sedatives:

• tincture of valerian, motherwort;
• “Barboval”;
• Novo-Passit.

For people suffering from nausea, it is advisable to always have a drink on hand: plain mineral water without gas, juice, herbal tea. It is also useful to revise your diet, give up hard-to-digest foods in favor of fresh vegetables, fruits, lean meats, fish, cereals, dairy products.It is advisable to take food more often, but little by little, not to overeat. If necessary, the attending physician will prescribe antiemetic drugs, which should always be kept on hand:

• Domperidone;
• peppermint tincture;
• Aprepitant.

These simple doctor’s advice will help alleviate the condition, prevent sudden attacks of nausea and pain in the head.

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When a person is faced with such a dangerous life challenge as cancer, it is very important to mobilize all the forces of the body to fight the disease.That is why adjuvant treatment methods, including symptomatic therapy that improve the patient’s quality of life (pain relief, relief of nausea), are a key point in the comprehensive management of a cancer patient.

It must be said that not only the main pathogenetic effect of a tumor on the body generates negative symptoms, but also side effects from treatment. This is due to the fact that powerful chemotherapy drugs are used that affect the liver and gastrointestinal tract.

One of the most common negative effects is pain, nausea and vomiting, asthenia, and general weakness.Therefore, in patients with oncology, the question so often arises of how to relieve nausea after chemotherapy.

Causes of vomiting after chemotherapy

To date, scientists have not identified one exhaustive cause of nausea after taking chemotherapy. It is generally accepted that this effect occurs due to a whole complex of factors and influences. To begin with, you should know that the main principle of action of chemotherapy drugs is cytotoxic. In simple words, the drug kills cells, however, in addition to atypical tumor cells, a lot of healthy ones also die.Most of the side effects of chemotherapy drugs are associated with this.

In addition, cytotoxic substances are very poorly tolerated by the liver and directly affect the nervous system.

Thus, there are two main pathogenetic pathways of nausea and asthenic syndrome:

• direct, when, due to the destruction of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain, a feeling of nausea occurs,
• and indirect, in which the liver, gastric and intestinal mucosa are damaged.

Therefore, nausea during chemotherapy, respectively, should be stopped in two therapeutic ways – by acting on the nervous system and on the gastrointestinal tract.

Medicines for nausea during chemotherapy

A competent oncologist knows that instead of treating an existing problem, it is better to prevent the disease. So it is with the side effects of pharmaceuticals. Using several additional techniques, you can, if not avoid, then minimize the effects of taking chemotherapy drugs.How to get rid of nausea for cancer patients?

First, let’s look at the drugs themselves. Chemotherapy drugs also have different abilities to induce nausea. It depends on two factors – the novelty of the drug and its strength of action. With

novelty, everything is simple – old drugs cause more side effects, new ones – fewer.

Depending on the strength of their action, chemotherapy drugs are divided into first, second and third line drugs. Accordingly, the first-line drugs are the weakest and have fewer side effects, while the third-line drugs are the most effective, but at the same time, they are the most difficult to tolerate.The third row is prescribed already mainly in the case of metastatic disease, advanced stages of cancer, as a method of palliative therapy.

Example – cytostatics based on platinum, are prescribed in the initial stages of the disease, as an auxiliary method of treatment, side effects are generally mild.

Thus, the first rule for the prevention of vomiting after chemotherapy is a competent, step-by-step and adequate prescription of treatment. That is, first-line chemotherapy drugs are prescribed first, and if they are ineffective – second and third-line drugs.

The second rule is the simultaneous effect on all links in the pathogenesis of nausea, on the nervous and on the gastrointestinal.

Which anti-nausea chemotherapy pills are used to target the central nervous system? Sedatives and tranquilizers are predominantly used. These are phytopreparations – tincture of valerian, motherwort, and pharmaceuticals – gidazepam, fenozepam, diphenhydramine. Tranquilizers calm the nervous system, relieve anxiety and indirectly reduce the negative effects of chemotherapy drugs.

Of the drugs affecting the digestive system, the most popular are metoclopramide and the stronger ondansentron. Ondansentron is essentially the gold standard for treating nausea after chemotherapy if other drugs have failed.

Metoclopramide improves intestinal and gastric motility, stabilizes the digestive tract mucosa

and reduces salivation. Ondansentron, in addition to these effects, also inhibits the center of nausea in the medulla oblongata.

Almost always, oncologists prescribe these drugs directly during the course of chemotherapy, directly into the IV. However, with severe nausea, the patient can take them at home, in tablet form.

In modern treatment protocols, there are two schemes for stopping vomiting and nausea in oncology – triple and quadruple. With a triple scheme, diphenhydramine, metoclopramide and prednisolone are added to the dropper with a chemotherapy drug. In the fourth scheme, ondansentron is also added to these drugs.

Prednisolone is a hormonal anti-inflammatory agent that has a complex desensitizing and soothing effect.

In addition, the complex uses hepatoprotectors. This is due to the fact that damage to the liver by cytostatics can indirectly cause nausea. The most famous are Glutargin, Karsil, Geptral.

Helpful recommendations

Pills for vomiting and nausea during chemotherapy almost always help to stop an attack, however, following certain simple recommendations, you can further neutralize side effects.

First of all, you need to adjust your diet. Refuse fatty and heavy foods, pickles and smoked meats, products containing artificial additives, dyes, preservatives. Drinking regimen is extremely important – despite the fact that when treating with chemotherapy drugs, it is advisable to consume at least 2-3 liters of water per day, you should try to drink in small portions, but often. This is due to the fact that a large amount of fluid in the stomach enhances the gag reflex.

Do not drink carbonated water, sour liquids or strong tea. The water should be either alkaline or neutral.

It is important to eat foods high in fiber – fresh fruits and vegetables.

It is advisable to try to get more sleep or just rest. Fortunately, in addition to sleep, sedatives and tranquilizers help.

When to see a doctor if you are worried about feeling unwell after taking chemotherapy drugs? If the relief of nausea and vomiting is ineffective within 2-3 days, or if symptoms worsen, you should immediately contact your doctor.

In the event of a severe deterioration in the patient’s well-being, the doctor may interrupt chemotherapy courses, or prescribe additional treatment. After all, the deterioration may be associated with the development of complications – toxic hepatitis, cachexia, detachment of the intestinal mucosa, and the like.

Summing up, we can say that the feeling of constant nausea greatly reduces the patient’s quality of life, along with the feeling of severe pain. It is quite simple to remove this side effect by following simple recommendations and taking adequate treatment.Therefore, you do not need to endure it or try to wait it out, but you should immediately contact your doctor.

What to do if vomits bile after alcohol

Drinking alcohol always puts a lot of stress on the digestive system. It is not surprising that many of the drinkers have encountered such a manifestation as vomiting of bile after alcohol. The stomach reacts to toxins that enter with alcohol, and seeks to get rid of them, so vomiting is stimulated. If a person is sick only with food leftovers or liquid, there is nothing wrong with that.But vomiting blood or bile is a more serious symptom of . If there is a certain amount of bile in the vomit, we are talking about intoxication. This is not a normal reaction to drinking. Especially if a person complains: I vomit bile after alcohol repeatedly.

Why vomits bile after alcohol?

In order to understand why bile vomits after alcohol, it is necessary to understand how the digestive system works, and how alcohol affects it.Alcohol supplies the body with toxins that provoke poisoning. The body is forced to look for ways to get rid of them. After all, to process them quickly is not always obtained , despite the fact that when drinking, the human body always begins to work in an emergency mode. Especially when it comes to a long period of alcohol consumption.

If you vomit bile once after drinking alcohol, you don’t need to think about what to do. A single vomiting is a sign of an overload of the body with toxins; treatment is not required here.However, if the reaction is multiple, occurs several times, the person needs help. After all, this means that the work of the gallbladder or bile ducts is very badly impaired .

Normally, enzymes are sent towards the intestines. However, alcohol intake stimulates the entry of bile directly into the stomach, where it is attached to all other contents. If alcohol poisoning is not very strong, the bile that has entered the stomach is removed with a single vomiting.After this, the patient’s condition improves. However, if the patient drank for a long time and a lot, the decay products of ethyl alcohol in the blood will constantly disrupt the digestive processes . Bile will flow to the stomach over and over again, causing vomiting and cramping.

In this case, a patient in a state of intoxication may not have a complete idea of ​​what is happening to him. It often happens that an ambulance is called by relatives, bystanders of what is happening. And in any case, calling doctors turns out to be the right reaction.Especially if the vomiting continues. It so happens that bile goes after a person’s sobering up. And here we really need qualified medical care .

Vomiting of bile after alcohol – green vomit

Alcohol poisoning has its own specific symptoms, and doctors can easily recognize them. In the list of those – green vomit. The reasons for this color are as follows:

• Bile trapped in the stomach;

• Excess bilirubin in the blood – the pigment gives a bile color.

If a person is poisoned by alcohol, both reactions occur. So green vomiting is a typical symptom of this condition, well known to doctors. This is often the first symptom of alcohol poisoning. However, this fact should not calm down. On the contrary, a person should wonder why he vomits bile after alcohol, and immediately consult a doctor, calling him at home, or going to the hospital on his own. If a person already has any gastrointestinal diseases, it is worth to remember the increased risks of .Withdrawal symptoms with vomiting of bile can cause serious complications, and long-term treatment is required. Therefore, it is better not to let the situation take its course, and contact the doctors in a timely manner, at the very first symptoms.

How to help the patient?

There are specific first aid measures necessary for a patient with intoxication. Before the arrival of a doctor or contacting him, you can do a gastric lavage. However, it should be borne in mind that this is not always possible. So, if you suspect a heart attack, with hypertension and ulcers, this should not be done.

But even if it is impossible to wash out the stomach, there are certain ways to help a person. You need to drink 2 liters or more of plain water without additional components. There is no need to add salt or anything else, just plain water at a comfortable temperature is enough. After all, she will quickly cope with toxins and will help remove them from the body . After that, the person’s condition should improve.

Next, it is important to restore the water balance. With vomiting, as with diarrhea, the body loses a lot of fluid that must be restored.After the gastric lavage is performed, it is important to drink plenty of fluids. It is best to drink a glass of water every 15 minutes. Plain or mineral water is suitable, always without gas. Drink slowly, not in one gulp. By the way, this helps to calm the body if vomiting of bile occurs after alcohol regularly in the morning.

What should a patient do in such a situation?

If vomiting of bile occurs, you should refuse to work that day. It is necessary to flush the stomach, and then go to bed.You need to lie on your side, it is better to get some sleep. Any physical activity, especially sharp or intense, can cause a deterioration in well-being . Chronic digestive diseases may remind of themselves. Also, don’t eat.

You can eat after a while, when you feel better. In this case, you should choose chicken broth with crackers, or oatmeal in water. Fatty foods are completely excluded. If the meal goes well, you can try a light soup or other dietary meal after a few hours.

Can you use folk remedies?

Folk recipes are suitable only for situations that do not indicate serious violations. So, if bile comes out with food debris during vomiting, you can try folk options. However, if there is only green liquid, you need to urgently call a doctor . Self-medication is excluded here.

Among home remedies worth noting:

1. Mint tea – put a couple of fresh or 2 g of dried plant leaves on a glass of hot water.It can be any mint – pepper or lemon balm. Tea is infused for about 5-7 minutes, then they are drunk in small portions, washed down with tea with plain water.

2. Ginger decoction , also 2 grams of plants per glass of hot water. Insist for about 15 minutes, preferably in a thermos, or wrapping the container with a towel. Drink on an empty stomach, in the amount of 1 glass.

3. Lemonade , which you can drink as much as you like. To create it, you need 1 lemon in half a liter of water.You need warm water, you do not need to heat it to a boil. Drink lemonade in half a glass, or in smaller portions. You can drink every 15 minutes.

It should be borne in mind that there is no need to add sugar to such drinks. Better to exclude any additives altogether, so as not to increase the secretion of bile. After all, you just need to give the body fluid.

Medicines that help

In any of the pharmacies you can find cures for a hangover.Among their abundance there are those that save from vomiting, nausea. It is worth paying attention to absorbents, which help to cope with toxins and quickly remove them from the body. These are Polysorb and activated carbon. You can pay attention to Linex, other means of the same series. Cerucal also helps with vomiting. You can also consider complex drugs from the hangover syndrome – Alka-Seltzer and others. Medicines of any type are taken with a glass of water, washed down abundantly. If they do not bring relief after 20 minutes, the procedure is repeated, taking a new dose of the drug.

If there is still no improvement, they call the ambulance. You can also go to a drug clinic. A person needs a dropper, vitamins and medications given intravenously. The procedure can be carried out at home, or in a clinic, depending on the situation.

Consequences of bilious vomiting

It is important to understand that this condition is dangerous, and vomiting with bile can harm the body. So, bile is a biochemically active mixture. It causes burns to the mucous membrane.If it ends up in the esophagus or stomach, these burns can occur. Also, with long-term conditions associated with the release of bile into the stomach, its supply to the duodenum is disrupted, where it should normally enter. The violation can be persistent, sometimes is surgically corrected .

How to bring a person back to normal?

Having learned why vomiting with bile occurs, it is necessary to do everything possible to ensure that his digestion is normalized, and all processes go back to normal.For this, there is a specific list of recommendations , which are definitely worth following.

So, it’s important to stick to your diet. It is necessary to exclude fatty, salty, spicy . Smoked and fried are also limited. It is best to eat vegetables, boiled or baked. Lean fish and chicken are also suitable. Fruits and berries are useful. You can eat porridge, eat cereals.

It is worth paying attention to physical activity. You do not need to sit too long, it is better to moderately load the body.Practice shows that physical education without overloading helps to recover faster. It would also be good to exclude bad habits and erase them from your life.