[BNM] [OT] Hangovers

[Jim H.]

Hangover headache usually dehydration induced shrinkage of the brain causing
membrane pulling and in extremis tearing away from inside of skull...

Swelling of the brain rather more nasty and an often fatal symptom of
Japanese encephalitis which I don't think you get from beer...



On 20/06/07, shaun.numb at gmail.com <shaun.numb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I heard it was God punishing you for sleeping with that girl who
> looked so good last night... but in fact turned out to be a farmyard
> animal.
>
> Seriously though, a lot of it has to do with dehydration - if I am
> able to I drink a pint or two of h2O before bed since it reduces the
> hangover's intensity. My friend pre-empts the hangover and drops a
> couple of Panadol before passing out... he probably only has 5% of
> functional liver left.
>
>
> On 20 Jun 2007, at 15:35 || 20/06/2007, Wayne Douglas wrote:
>
> > Right -
> >
> > Do you know when you get drunk and then you get a headache - is that
> > because your brain swells from alcohol and it bruises on the inside of
> > your skull? Utter crap or not?
> >
> >
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