hey there welcome to life noggin
Today my giant friend here is lending us his mouth so I can talk to you about teeth
To start human adults have 32 of those
uh oh what's going on here
Whoa!
well it looks and smells like my friend here
started drinking and on an empty stomach, it seems.
i guess this is a good time to talk to you about what happens inside your body when you're drunk.
I'll do the teeth thing at another time while a small amount of alcohol is absorbed in the
small blood vessels in your mouth and tongue, the majority is absorbed into your bloodstream while
in your digestive system the stomach here absorbs about 20 percent. if my friend had
eaten something first the alcohol would be diluted and take longer to absorb, and since it would have
stayed here longer some would be broken down by stomach enzymes, but since they didn't it's
going to move into these small intestines quickly where the rest will be absorbed.
Here in the bloodstream the alcohol makes your blood vessels widen which can cause blushing,
a temporary feeling of warmth, and a rise in blood pressure. It moves throughout the body pretty fast
reaching the brain in just 5 to 10 minutes
Ah, the precious and extremely confusing brain!
Here is where things really start to happen. Alcohol interferes with the
brain's communication pathways by blocking chemical signals between brain cells called
neurons. This makes it harder for the brain to control your body leading to slurred speech,
slowed reflexes, and, whoa, uh imbalance. It can also make it harder to think clearly and affect
your short-term memory as you continue to drink, which it seems is the case for my friend here.
Your blood alcohol content or bac goes up as this happens these effects on your brain
get worse eventually your brain functions will get severely impaired and you'll be
at risk of passing out, going into a coma, or even death.
Thankfully my friend hasn't been drinking that much and their liver is hard at work
breaking down the alcohol the liver is one of the organs that filter your blood
here with the help of enzymes alcohol goes from its original form ethanol to a toxic carcinogen
acetaldehyde, to acetate, and finally to carbon dioxide
and water. While acetaldehyde is short-lived it can cause significant damage especially to
the liver since this is where about 90 percent of the alcohol is broken down.
Nearly all the rest is processed by the kidneys which also filter your blood and remove harmful
substances like alcohol through urine kidneys also regulate the amount of water in your body
by monitoring the amount of particles in your blood compared to fluid since alcohol is a fluid
this is why you pee more when you drink but alcohol can make your kidneys release more water
than they should while messing with your brain's communication system the alcohol prevents the
brain from releasing a hormone called vasopressin, or anti-diuretic hormone, this hormone tells your
kidneys to hold on to water so without it your kidneys are just making you pee constantly.
So, let's get out of here before that happens. I really don't want to exit the body through that
end here we are back to where it all began as I was saying excess urination can lead to
dehydration and common hangover symptoms like headaches and nausea once your bac
is back to normal which it seems like is the case for my friend here and that means oh no
WHOA!
Well, i definitely need my data scrubbed. So, if you're of age tell me how many drinks can
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