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INTOXICATION BY ETHANOL
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Alcohol intoxication is the first drug addiction in most countries in the world. It
affects all age groups, in both sexes and in almost all social groups. The mortality
associated only with acute alcohol poisoning is exceptional, but it can be an
important factor if it coexists with the intake of other drugs of abuse. It is directly
responsible for more than half of the traffic accidents that happen. The diagnosis is
easy due to the clinical history and intoxication, it can be confirmed by determining
the level of ethanol in the blood. The treatment is supportive, trying to protect the
patient from complications is secondary. Oral poisoning is the most frequent.
Oxidized in the liver through the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase, the toxicity is due
to its metabolites, formaldehyde and formic acid. A clinical case consists mainly of
headache, nausea, vomiting, hypotension and CNS depression.
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