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Is Hallucinations And Memory Loss Caused Due To Excessive Alcohol Intake?

Posted on Mon, 13 Jan 2014

Question: I went out had quite a few beers. ended up in emergency room due to hallucinations, memory loss, general feeling very ill ? could this all be due to the drinking?

Answered by Dr. Maruti Karale (25 minutes later)

Brief Answer: can be related to drinking Detailed Answer: Hello! Thanks for query. Hallucinations,memory loss,general feeling of very ill after taking alcohol can be related to contamination of alcohol with methanol or it may be your body response to alcohol. If you had drink for first time and suffered such reaction then you must avoid alcohol in future. Hope this answers your query. Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Maruti Karale (17 minutes later)

what does contamination of alcohol w/methanol mean?

Answered by Dr. Maruti Karale (25 hours later)

Brief Answer: methanol is dengerous alcohol. Detailed Answer: Hello! Thanks for reply. Contamination of alcohol with methanol means the drink that you had may be mixed with methanol. Alcohol that we usually drink is ethanol. Our body can metabolise ethanol. But our body can not metabolise methanol which is XXXXXXX alcohol and can cause symptoms that you had. Hope you understood what I want to say. Wish you good health.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D