Before modern medicine and anesthetics, alcohol was used as a pain reliever and anesthetic. It wasn’t long ago that patients were carried into an operating room completely inebriated. Since the invention of modern anesthetics, alcohol has left the operating room, but is still accidentally used as a pain reliever during a drunken night.
Many have found that when an injury occurs ...
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The central nervous system is made up of the brain and the spinal cord. This nervous system controls the carrying of neurological messages to your muscles including your arms, legs, facial expressions and even your speech. Alcohol is a depressant of the central nervous system meaning that is slows down the activity that occurs. With only a small amount of alcohol in your system, it can ...
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The liver is the organ that takes the largest abuse from alcohol consumption and is the first organ people think of when they think of damage done to the body from drinking. The reason the liver is the most thought of organ with alcohol consumption is it’s the organ that has provided the most amount of information to scientists about alcohol consumption.
The liver provides many ...
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In the past, many countries have had an alcohol prohibition enforced. From 1920-1933, alcohol was banned from being produced, imported, transported and sold in the United States. With alcohol being the largest problem for family violence, public violence, and political corruption, it was eventually banned. Although alcohol was illegal, it didn’t stop the trade and importation of alcohol ...
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Food allergies occur when your body comes in contact with a certain food or beverage, whether by digestion or simply breathing in the air around the item, that your body thinks is trying to harm you. When you have a food allergy, a specific food will trigger your immune system into thinking that part of the food is harmful.
Although it is more common to have an allergy to a food ...
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Alcohol can cause irritation to the stomach, also known as alcoholic gastritis. Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach lining that is largely cause by the abuse of alcohol. This may cause the stomach to develop ulcers or begin to bleed causing severe pain and discomfort, nausea and vomiting.
After your stomach has developed the ulcers and open sores, you are now more susceptible ...
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After 48 hours of ingestion, alcohol can be found in a urinalysis and will remain in your system for 12 to 36 hours after detection. A few key factors that will determine how long alcohol will stay in your system is the type of alcohol that was recently consumed, what food was eaten during that period, age, weight and gender.
Some labs use a testing method called “EtG”, an ...
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Heavy alcoholic drinking can raise your risk of stroke by contributing to the following: • Being overweight: Being overweight already is unhealthy for your body, but combined with alcohol that is very high in calories, regular drinking can make it more difficult to lose weight and maintain a healthier life style. Being overweight greatly increases your chance of a stroke.
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Although the best and safest bet for lowering your blood pressure is losing weight through diet and exercise, reducing your intake of sodium and reducing stress, its shown that two alcoholic drinks a day for a man and one drink a day for a woman will improve your blood pressure. Although alcohol can decrease your blood pressure, it will not decrease your blood pressure enough for it to be ...
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Fleas are small parasites that are commonly found on animals causing a constant itch to the animal. Fleas not only are an irritant to your dog, but can actually carry diseases and transmit them to your pet. One of the most efficient and safest way to rid your home and your animal of the pests is to mix equal parts of water and rubbing alcohol and apply to your pets and your ...
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