There is a variety of hangover symptoms, the degree of the symptoms depends strongly on the amount of alcohol consumed prior. Hangover symptoms normally start a few hours after a night of drinking, and can last upto an entire day. How soon it goes away really depends on on fast one’s blood alcohol concentration drops. If you are looking for a quicker hangover relief, this may help.
Most common hangover symptom is what we call a hangover headache.
Headaches: hangover is a delayed alcohol induced headaches that resulted from a heavy consumption of alcoholic beverage, one of the main causes of hangover is dehydration, or a lack of water. Alcohol acts as a diuretic, with alcohol you consume, the more water that you’ll need to handle the alcohol. Which is why, drinking a glass of water before you starting drink is always a good practice. As the night goes on, your body seeks more and more water to deal with alcohol consumption, and starts to retrieve water from other organs of your body, such as your brain. Hence, at some point, when you begin experiencing heavy headaches, it’s likely a result of dehydration of your brain of water. While your brain is slowly recovering, it often stops or at least loss some of the normal capabilities, and it will results in other hangover symptoms such as dizziness, thirst and bloodshot eyes. Research have also shown that there’s a direct relation between excessive drinking and depression. Hangover headaches often cause moodiness and difficulties concentrating, and if this becomes a frequent occurrence, there may be permanent damages to the brain.
Fatigue: fatigue is also a common hangover symptom. It’s generally very difficult to get quality rest when you have had an excessive amount of alcohol in your system. Studies have shown that with an high amount of alcohol, one will have difficulty getting good rest, mainly due the fact that REM is harder to achieve with an excessive amount of alcohol. Without Rapid Eye Movement, even though one may be sleeping, you brain isn’t getting quality rest, and is also unable to dream or relax. When this happens, regardless of the amount one may have slept, they often feel tired, and experience drowsiness.
Increased heart rate: you should be very aware of this symptoms, and it can be very scary. Even though this is commonly associated with hangover, it’s not a good or healthy sign. Increased heart rate indicates that your heart is working overtime to deal with the alcohol concentration that’s in your system, the harder it works, the more rapid your heart rate will be. If you experience an increase in heart rate during a night of drink, stop immediately. And if the rapid heart rate continues, see a doctor right away.
Other hangover symptoms may included blurred vision, puking, muscle aches, diarrhea, irritability and loss of appetite. A rule of thumb is when you’re experiencing any of the symptoms listed on this page, it’s your body telling you to stop.
Although symptoms of hangover typically disappear on its own as your blood alcohol concentration falls, you should seek professional medical attention if you’re having seizures, confusions, irregular heart beat, or black outs.
