Weekly First-aid Topic: Drink moderately during the Spring Festival
From:Beijing Municipal Health Commission
Date:03/23/2021

As the Spring Festival is approaching, when relatives, friends, and colleagues gather for dinner, drinking has become an indispensable part of it. Although everyone knows that "drinking hurts the body", especially when getting drunk, it may cause damage to the liver, stomach, brain and other parts of the human body. However, there are still many calls to 120 emergency center from patients with liver and stomach discomfort caused by excessive drinking around the Spring Festival every year. Here are some tips from 120 emergency center. During the epidemic prevention and control period, it is advised to reduce gathering meals, use public chopsticks, and drink moderately during the Spring Festival. In addition, drinking alcohol, especially high-concentration alcohol, with an empty stomach is harmful to the mouth, esophagus, and stomach. When the stomach is empty, alcohol will directly stimulate the stomach wall and cause gastritis. In severe cases, it may cause hematemesis or gastric ulcers over time. Therefore, it is best to eat something before drinking, or drink slowly when eating other foods at the same time. In this way, the alcohol concentration can be reduced, and its staying time in the stomach can be prolonged. The absorption of alcohol is slowed down affected by gastric acid, making people difficult to get drunk.