A pleasant evening spent with a company of friends-girlfriends, a feast with relatives, friends or a visit to a nightclub rarely do without the presence of alcohol on the table. The morning state of "nestation" is familiar to the majority of the population of our vast country: headache, nausea, dizziness, not the best, to put it mildly, appearance - the minimum list of signs of alcohol abuse. What to do if it is necessary to get rid of the consequences of alcohol liberation urgently and how quickly to sober up in the home environment?
Consequences of intoxication
Alcoholic intoxication( intoxication) is a psychoactive state of the body that occurs under the influence of ethanol. It is determined by measuring the alcohol content from the composition of the vapor exhaled by man in relation to this indicator in ordinary air. The unit of measurement is ppm( ‰) - 1/10 percentage share. Laboratory confirm / disprove the presence of alcohol possibly by a blood test: the average statistical value of sober is about 0.04 ppm.
The opinion that alcohol eliminates problems is mistaken. Worries, troubles and worries after drunk will not disappear anywhere, and they will be add a headache, nausea, dizziness, a depressed state - symptoms of intoxication. Yes, and often the need to quickly sober up at home, because "oh, I have an important meeting" or, much worse, get behind the wheel.
The consequences of alcohol intoxication are the same for all people. However, taking into account a number of individual factors, the reaction to the same dose of alcohol in different people is different. What affects the severity of the hangover and the ability to quickly sober up at home:
- The propensity for fast sobering affects the state of the liver: the ability of enzymes to split ethanol, getting acetaldehyde, and then the latter to be processed into acetic acid.
- Admission of adsorbents in the process of home "holiday": they help to sober up quickly, even during a rest with alcohol.
- Small doses of alcoholic beverages are broken down by enzymes through the gastrointestinal tract, not entering the blood.
- Training of the liver and the whole body. Doctors say that people who drink alcohol more quickly sober up.
At home, it is difficult to determine the degree of intoxication, but it is necessary: the higher the stage of intoxication, the more professional and serious help should be provided. The desire to quickly sober up can not be done as an end in itself: the acceleration of metabolic processes of ethanol splitting in home realities has side effects - tachycardia, increased blood pressure, increased stress on the kidneys, brain( cerebellum), vessels, etc.
There are 3 levels of consequences of taking strong alcoholic drinks:
- Light. It is noted after taking small doses: 50-100 g of vodka or cognac or 100-150 g of wine( champagne), a bottle of beer. The consequences for the morning are almost invisible, with a rare exception of feelings of weakness or headache. Quickly sobering at home is helped by a warm shower with contrasting pouring, a hearty breakfast with citrus fresh, taking 2-3 tablets of activated charcoal.
- Average. Red eyes, rapid breathing with shortness of breath, loss of coordination of movement, incoherent loud speech distinguishes lovers of booze. In the morning, a sharp headache, nausea, weakness, an unpleasant feeling of weakness is guaranteed. Appetite is absent. Adsorbents, home-cooked decoctions and liquid food help to sober up faster.
- Heavy. Characterized by a violation of psychomotor, difficulty breathing, incoherent speech, amnesia, involuntary vomiting, urination. Often observed in alcoholics with experience - fans of long and "serious" drinking bouts. At home, getting rid of the consequences of such intoxication is very difficult.
Proven ways to remove alcohol from the body at home
Headaches, nausea, weakness, a strong thirst and a persistent smell of fumes accompany most of the fans to "relax well."The need to quickly sober up at home can occur at any stage of alcohol intoxication. The less drank, the more easy it is possible to remove the consequences.
All actions to remove hangover symptoms are directed to:
- Detoxication of the body at home.
- Elimination of ethanol with the help of liquid: abundant drink( at least 2.5-3 liters), the adoption of diuretics.
- Cleaning the body of toxins at home.
- Removing the headache and accelerating the cleavage of acetaldehyde.
- Improvement of GI metabolism.
- Healthy sleep helps to sober up sober and restore strength.
How quickly to become sober from alcoholism at home? Consider the traditional methods and methods( except for the guillotine):
- Make a warm bath or take a contrast shower. In the winter, thawing of the face, limbs with snow or ice will quickly sober up.
- Prepare at home a strong tea or coffee, where add a couple of drops of ammonia.
- Rub the lobes of the ears or feet with gentle circular motions for 10-15 minutes. Biologically active points under the influence of massage will help accelerate the metabolic processes of the body and quickly sober up.
- To get rid of the smell of fumes from the mouth, rinse it with a significant amount of carbonated water. At home, add a couple of mint leaves to the liquid.
- Milk perfectly neutralizes the effects of any poisoning, including alcohol. For a quick effect, drink at least 200 ml every hour and after 2-3 hours you can forget about the hangover symptoms.
- Traditional brine from tomatoes or cucumbers will help to sober up quickly.
- Having a diuretic property, honey dissolved in 1 glass of warm water will accelerate the speed of sobering at home.
- Chicken( quail) broth is a necessary and tasty remedy to sober up quickly. Prepare this dish at home is not difficult: pour in a pan of 1 liter of water, putting half a quail or a small piece of chicken. On readiness, pour 250 ml, pour a pinch of cumin and turmeric and eat.
- Drink orange or grapefruit juice, other drinks containing glucose, fructose.
- When the common symptoms of intoxication become weak or disappear, go to fresh air. A leisurely walk through the park will restore strength, helping to sober up faster.
- People with a healthy heart and no contraindications are recommended to conduct a workout: exercise at home or outdoors.
- Prepare decoctions of herbs that will accelerate the cleavage of acetaldehyde and accelerate the excretion of blood and intestines: 4 tablespoonsdog rose, 1 tbsp. St. John's wort, chamomile, motherwort pour 1 liter of boiling water and let it brew. Strain and add to the warm drink 2 tablespoons.honey. Take 50-100 ml every hour.
Medicamentous ways to get a person out of alcohol intoxication at home
Drugs are an effective way to get rid of the consequences of drunken revelry. Take it carefully, following the required dosage and frequency of admission. Widely advertised drugs Alka-Seltzer, Medichronal, Zorex Morning combine the components of acetylsalicylic acid and sodium hydrogen carbonate. Therefore, you can safely replace expensive analogues with ordinary aspirin( 2 pcs.) And baking soda( 1 tsp) with a glass of water: this does not have any effect on the speed of sobering up at home.
Speed up metabolism and take out toxins faster at home:
- Enterosgel - 2 tbsp with a glass of water.
- Activated carbon - 4 tablets to drink 100 ml of water.
- Polysorb - 1 tbsp each.with a slide 2-3 times a day.
- Sorbeks - quickly sobering will help 1 capsule.
- Eubikor - drink 4 sachets of adult dosage( 12 g).After an hour, if relief does not come, take another 6 g( 2 sachets).
- Aspirin will relieve headaches. To prevent the medicine from damaging the gastric mucosa, you need to eat.2 tablets will effectively remove pain symptoms.
- Veroshpiron will strengthen the diuretic effect, quickly removing toxins at home.
- No-spa, with spasmolytic effect, will remove vasospasm( 2 pcs.)
- Vitamin B6, ascorbic acid will help restore the body.
- Private clinics offer to sweat, restore the body after alcohol poisoning at home: 5% glucose solution and saline solution will quickly sober up.
How very quickly sober up and get rid of the fumes to get behind the wheel
At home, clearly establish the alcohol content and the degree of intoxication without special instruments, such as an alkotester, can not. The law of the Russian Federation, containing the provision "about zero ppm" for drivers, has been repealed since 2013.Since 2017, the following standard applies: the allowable blood alcohol level is 0.16 ‰.
Sometimes there are situations when you need to sober up very quickly. Let's try to figure out how at home to urgently get back to normal and sit behind the wheel.
- Any medicinal broth with chamomile, linden, sage is an excellent diuretic. Taking a decoction of half a glass, you quickly sober up by removing toxins together with urine and sweat. It is possible to replace the drug veroshpiron.
- Thirst signals a violation of the water-salt balance of the body. Therefore, take at home an abundant amount of green tea, mors, freche and water, which will help to sober up faster.
- Purify the intestines in a banal way, causing vomiting or drinking 0.5 liters of boiled water with a spoonful of soda. Emptying the intestines, drink the adsorbent and rest for at least half an hour.
- Very quickly sobering at home will help an enema with a total volume of the incoming fluid in the body - 2L or the accepted laxative( magnesium sulfate).
- Take a shower of room temperature.
- If you have 2-3 hours in reserve, before you get behind the wheel, visit the sauna or the sauna, heated not higher than 80C.
- A dropper of glucose for a very short time will cheer up, helping quickly sober up.
Contraindications for sobering up
Most of the ways to sober up quickly are designed for a healthy person who does not suffer from chronic, autoimmune diseases. Exceptions are medical preparations - adsorbents, antispasmodics, laxatives, contraindications to the use of which are indicated on leaflets. In order to get rid of hangovers at home without harming one's health, it is necessary to take into account such limitations:
- Hot water( air), sudden change of temperatures when taking a shower, visiting a sauna to sober up is contraindicated for people suffering from diseases of the vascular system.
- People with gastrointestinal diseases should carefully follow the folk recipes for making "miracle-broths" at home: they can damage the gastric mucosa. As well as taking acetylsalicylic acid.
- To quickly sober up, hypertensive patients are not recommended to use strong coffee, which increases the pressure.
- Everyone without exception who does not have physical fitness, it is better to refuse to perform sports exercises at home to avoid overload of the heart muscle.
Video tips: how you can sober up at home
Dehydration is the main symptom of alcohol poisoning. All organs suffer, especially the brain, the vascular system. To restore health and quickly sober up, it is necessary to fill the body's water-salt balance: hot broth, strong green tea, herbal infusion will return strength, relieve headache and spasm of blood vessels. Adsorbents help to remove the slag, and the shower "will wash away" the remnants of toxins from the skin. To find out more about the ways to sober up at home, you can watch our video: