Hangovers payment for previous night's fun
By Kym Gilhooly
Emerald Contributor
You wake up feeling as though Cus
ter's [.ast Stand took place in your head
Predictably you vow never to drink
again
If it makes you ft*el any better, your
condition probably has been experi
enced by most people at one time or an
other In France, the malady is called
"gueule de Imms" or "mouth of wood."
The Germans call it "katzenjammer" or
"wailing of cats ''
In plain K.nglish. you've got a hang
over.
Why does the same substance that
made you the life of the party last night
leave you a miserable wretch the morn
ing after?
I)r )im Jackson, director of the Stu
dent Health Center, said alcohol has a
powerful effect on the body because it
affects multiple organ systems
Alcohol is a small molecule that pass
es easily through the body's filter sys
tem known as the "blood brain barrier,"
a "screen" that allows only the simplest
molecules through Once in the brain.
alcohol acts as a sedative
"Paradoxically, the drinker feels so
ciable and witty, although the so-called
higher functions of the brain are being
depressed." Jackson said
The higher functions of the brain un
susceptible to alcohol because it tends
to attack the brain's most sophisticated
areas
The liver extracts alcohol from the
blood and converts it to a toxic chemical
called acetaldehyde The liver then con
verts the acetaldehyde into acetate, and
finally into carbon dioxide and water
Acetaldehyde is 50 to too times as
toxic as alcohol itself
A number of things can contribute to
the nausea associated with a hangover
"Alcohol is an irritant, and can cause
gastritis of tin- stomach." Jackson said.
"It can wear down the mucous lining of
the stomach and actually cause bleed
ing.”
Dehydration is another contributing
factor to hangover misery. Jackson add
ed.
Alcohol inhibits the anti-diuretic hor
mone that keeps the body from eliminat
ing too much water through urination
Iii essence. )m kson said. alcohol "I**!I>
the cells to give up fluids," which re
suits in the i'm cssivi' thirst .1 drinker
feels
Another due to the i ause of the morn
ing-atter nausea may lie the toxins that
remain in the liody after overindulging
(•raphx b» larnHI iHrt
(larboti dioxide buildup mm be another
cause the mils simply aren't getting
enough oxygen
The best cure for a nagging hangover
is time, let kson said, also recommend
ing "rest fluids, an ice put k and Tvlnn
ol."
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