How will alcohol containing methanol

Drinking alcohol is already at risk of devastating physical health, but drinking alcohol and alcohol is not good enough, even the danger is many times higher.

Only in a short time, alcohol poisoning cases happened in many places. These poisonings ring a warning bell about the danger of alcohol on human health . It is only known that methanol is a substance that causes poisoning, but does not understand the cause and mechanism. And in fact, illicit bottles are the most dangerous place to accumulate methanol.

The common methanol poison in illicit alcohol is just different from ethanol in the amount of carbon and hydrogen atoms but can be deadly in small doses. At the molecular level, it is only different from ethanol in that it contains less than one carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms, leading to different ways of treating the kidneys for two types of alcohol.

Alcohol containing methanol reacts very quickly, destroying the victim's brain and eyes.

The ethanol metabolism in the liver begins when an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase converts this chemical into another toxic chemical called acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde is rapidly metabolized and will turn into non-toxic CO2 and water in just a few steps. However, the metabolism of methanol is not so simple. According to specialty statistics, only 56-27 grams of methanol is enough to kill an adult, meaning that just one cup of alcohol can kill.

The poisoning process of methanol containing alcohol takes place very slowly, leading to symptoms of toxicity sometimes only appear after hours or days. The danger is that as soon as the sign of toxicity appears, the chemical reactions take place very quickly creating the final product of formic acid, the chemical that is slow to metabolize in the bite of ants. Formic acid accumulation destroys the optic nerve, which can lead to permanent blindness and even death if not detected promptly.

According to Dr. Nguyen Trung Nguyen, in charge of Bach Mai Hospital's Poison Control Center, it is necessary to distinguish alcohol containing ethanol - obtained from the fermentation of fruits, cereals and methanol, which are essentially industrial alcohol, only used in technology of painting, cooking . should not drink due to very strong toxicity. People who drink alcohol if they see signs of poisoning must immediately go to medical facilities because the process of reaction of methanol alcohol is very fast, otherwise early emergency will almost no cure.

One of the victims of the poisoning of 12 students being treated at Bach Mai Hospital.

Experts are concerned that producers can abuse methanol, put it into production to avoid taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages. As a result, manufacturers can save production costs, lower costs and increase competitiveness for products. Besides the risk of smuggled alcohol-producing units and individuals using methanol as a preparation by methanol is cheaper than ethanol.

On average, an adult male drinks about 27.4 liters of pure alcohol. Vietnam is an alarming high alcohol user when it ranks No. 2 in the region, ranking 10th in Asia and 29th in the world.