A true hangover, in which the morning after drinking is drawn back to drinking, can occur in a person who is already addicted to alcohol, and this is due to the absence of habitual alcohol in the blood. People who cannot see alcohol in the morning do not actually have a hangover, but after alcohol poisoning or intoxication. This was told socialbites.ca by the “alcohol genes” researcher, Doctor of Biological Sciences, head of the genome analysis laboratory of the Institute of General Genetics named after AI. NI Vavilov RAS Svetlana Borinskaya.
“This situation can be called a “hangover in a healthy person”, a moderate drinker feels bad if he drank too much the previous day, if he drank too much. In this case, the ailment is caused by a high content of alcohol oxidation products in the blood. From a medical point of view, it’s not a hangover, it’s intoxication,” he explained.
Borinskaya added that the symptoms of alcohol poisoning are similar to those of poisoning with any other product. But they go pretty fast.
With alcohol poisoning, the person does not want to drink alcohol again. In the case of a real hangover with a withdrawal syndrome – “withdrawal”, a new serving of alcohol helps relieve symptoms. Thus, the hangover syndrome indicates an emerging alcohol dependence.
“As one of the patients in the narcology hospital where we conducted the study said: “An ordinary person wants – drinks, does not want – does not drink. An alcoholic wants – drinks, does not want – drinks anyway, ”said Borinskaya.
Read more about exactly how a true hangover manifests itself and whether the desire to keep drinking can be overcome by mere effort of will – in material “socialbites.ca”.