Hangover, or hungover syndrome – the unpleasant health coming after a while after taking alcohol. Arises because of the mechanism of transformation of ethyl alcohol into the ethyl aldehyde poisoning a human body.
The hangover is a result of poisoning of an organism with ethyl alcohol and its derivatives. Besides, a condition of a hangover – an indicator that the organism adequately reacts to the toxic agents coming to it (at the coming alcoholism of a hangover does not happen as the body gets used to derivative of ethanol and ceases to fight against their action).
Impact on a liver
The first that suffers at intake of alcohol in an organism – a liver. In a liver the chemical transformation of ethyl alcohol into ethyl aldehyde begins. The last is the strong poison which is not allowing cells of a body to oxidize the substances getting to an organism. Thus, ethyl aldehyde increases number of toxins in an organism.
After a while ethyl aldehyde turns into acetic acid under the influence of enzyme of an aldegiddegidrogenaz which decays on waters and carbon dioxide, usual and neutral for an organism.
The general condition of an organism at a hangover
Also at intake of ethyl aldehyde in blood occur the following negative change: a liquid imbalance in an organism. Contrary to feeling of dryness and constantly thirst, water in an organism is, but is redistributed quickly to bring residues of toxic agents out of a body.
The acid-base balance of a body is broken as products of processing of ethyl alcohol have the acid nature. Because of this violation intestinal microflora worsens, and the hangover is characterized by nausea, unpleasant feeling in a mouth and a smell from a mouth. An ethyl aldehyde conclusion from an organism also worsens a condition of immunity as together with products of processing of this substance minerals and vitamins leave.
Features of changes in nervous system
The condition of a hangover, that is decomposition of the alcohol which got to an organism influences also work of a brain, and, therefore, a mental condition of the person. Nervous system after influence of ethyl aldehyde becomes overexcited. Usual touch influences (smells, sounds, light) seem too intensive in such state. Because of excitement of crapulent central nervous system it is almost impossible to fall asleep though the organism feels fatigue and the need for a dream. Even if to fall asleep it works well, displaced ratios of phases of a "fast" and "slow" dream therefore fatigue does not pass even after long rest in a bed. Side effect of impact of ethyl aldehyde on the central nervous system, emergence sense of guilt is (it is created by set of physiological feelings: feeling sick, tremor of hands, pressure jumps).