Why should you drink a lot of water when drunk?

Alcohol abuse not only directly damages the liver and digestive tract, causes loss of control over behavior and thinking, or negatively affects the function of other organs in the body, but can also cause dehydration.

The reason is that alcohol metabolites increase the need for renal excretion, or beer has a high water content, which will lead to increased urine output.

Drinking a lot of alcohol causes the body to excrete more urine, making it easy to become dehydrated with symptoms such as: hangover, dizziness, headache, nausea, fatigue, dry mouth, thirst...

These symptoms can also be caused by alcohol metabolites, especially Acetaldehyde, which causes the "drunk" symptoms. Acetaldehyde also contributes greatly to the feeling of "alcohol thirst".

Increased urine production, sweating, vomiting, and diarrhea caused by drinking alcohol further dehydrate the body. The more severe the dehydration, the more severe the hangover symptoms.

Research shows that dehydration is a contributing factor to hangover symptoms, so to avoid a hangover, your body needs to be hydrated.

If you don’t have time, just give the drunk person plenty of water. This is the simplest and quickest way to sober up. Drinking plenty of water helps to quickly eliminate toxins through urine and reduces symptoms of hangover and thirst.

In addition to filtered water, drunk people can drink other types of water such as: thin rice water, rice water, soup, sugarcane juice, fresh coconut water... to help provide water and electrolytes, reduce nausea and prevent hypoglycemia when drunk.

In particular, drunk people should drink ORS mixed as directed. ORS is an electrolyte-balancing solution, very cheap, easy to use, safe, and helps replenish electrolytes and water very well. Because drunk people often vomit, causing electrolyte and acid-base imbalance.

To prevent dehydration and limit the harmful effects of alcohol, when drinking alcohol, drink slowly, combine eating and drinking, and drink alcohol alternately with water. Before drinking alcohol, drink plenty of water. Drink at least one to two glasses of water before going to bed after a day of drinking to prevent (or reduce) the feeling of hangover the next morning.