Alcohol usually means Ethyl alcohol usually taken for fun & parties. If it crosses normal limits it becomes poisonous unless in very high dosages . But death to occur usually it is consumed with the aim of suicide, if it is suicidal reason person consumes along with Barbiturates severe accidental poisoning can occur in children and severe hypoglycemia can result.
Clinical features Confusion, hypothermia, pale skin, stupor, slow breathing, Next day heavy headedness, nausea, occasional vomiting, lethargy, weakness, calf muscle tenderness etc serious case breathing may stop, a heart attack can occur, hypothermia, dehydration-- brain damage, seizures----hypoglycemia poisoning still extreme patient goes to coma, death Vomiting, ataxia, nystagmus, slurred speech, altered gait, shock, hypothermia, hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis, Respiratory depression, and coma. Management Try to keep…
