Effects of Binge Drinking
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- Created on: 12-10-17 14:32
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- Binge Drinking
- Alcohol poisoning
- Slow down brain functions
- Lose sense of balance
- Confusion
- Loss of coordination
- Vomiting
- Seizures
- Irregular or slow breathing
- Blue-tinged or pale skin
- Low body temperature (hypothermia)
- Unconsciousness (passing out)
- Stupor (when someone’s conscious but unresponsive)
- Slow down brain functions
- Disturbs sleep
- can affect the quality of your sleep making you feel tired and sluggish
- have to get up in the night to go to the toilet
- Alcohol is a diuretic, which means it encourages the body to lose extra fluid though sweat too, making you dehydrated
- have to get up in the night to go to the toilet
- can affect the quality of your sleep making you feel tired and sluggish
- Blood sugar levels
- decreases the effectiveness of insulin, which leads to high blood sugar levels
- high blood sugar levels
- processes are interrupted – including the production of glucose and the hormones needed to regulate it
- Insulin secretion, which leads to low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia)
- causes light headedness and fatigue
- Appearance
- Rosacea
- skin disorder that starts with a tendency to blush and flush easily and can eventually lead to facial disfigurement
- cause your face to look bloated and puffy
- bloats your stomach
- cellulite
- more prone to spots
- Blood shot eyes
- Rosacea
- Alcohol poisoning
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