Alcohol and driving is no one’s best friend.
Not those who drink and drive.
And not those who sit next to them.
Not those who let them drive.
Not those who forget to penalize such habits.
The price is paid by everyone.
Everytime you take alcohol more than a peg,a part of it goes inside your inner ear system.It can affect your hearing in more ways than you can even guess.
When you binge,you may have severe dizziness vomiting even vertigo attacks.
One patient came to me after a longish stay at the hospital.The hospital stay happened following excesive binge drinking. Vomiting,hearing loss, dizziness followed by intractable ringing sound in ear was troubling him.All possible after alcohol intoxication. Infact in some even at lower dose.
Reaearch seemes to sway between wine is good for you in moderation to alcohol is bad for you.
But when it comes to your liver cells, your brain cells,your inner ear hair cells,C2H5OH is still a poison.
How much, how fast you consume,empty stomach or not ?
Are all factors behind causing the symptoms.
Who will have the ear symptoms and when will vary according to rate of digestion and tolerance.But acute alcohol intoxication is serious and you need to know !
That sound called Tinnitus is one of the toughest problems we face.The best way is to prevent it.
Road traffic accidents due to intoxicated driving.
Statistics
Every day 28 people in USA die of drunk driving in 2019. source
14071 road accidents were due to drinling and driving in India in 2017. source
World wide drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs have killed a 76,446 people worldwide from 2008 to 2017. Source.
28% of all road traffic related deaths in USA are due to drunk driving. source
These are all preventable causes of death.
While we battle with the COVID Pandemic let’s remember to never drink and drive.
Possible injuries in RTA(Road traffic accidents)
Scrape ,bruises,cuts,nasal bleeding
Head injury
Neck injury
Thoracic injuries,broken ribs,lacerated lungs
Abdominal injuries:Ruptured liver,spleen
Multiple fractures
Multiple system injuries/Polytrauma
Pelvic injury
Hemorrhagic shocks
The injuries could lead to severe disability and even death
Choose right when you drive.