Is it possible to drink Coca-Cola if you are poisoned?

Coca Cola

Coca-Cola was developed in 1886 from an extract of the cola plant. The main components of the product are sugar, phosphoric acid, caffeine and preservatives.

The drink is harmful if consumed in excess and has contraindications. Doctors prescribe soda to reduce alcohol intoxication, withdrawal symptoms and digestive disorders.

To whom is Coca-Cola contraindicated and why?

Soda is contraindicated for:

1. Neoplasms. The drink can stimulate the development of cancer cells in the body.
2. Cardiovascular pathologies. Cola accelerates the development of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
3. Diabetes mellitus. Contains an increased amount of sugar, which negatively affects the functioning of the pancreas.
4. Hypertension. The drink contains caffeine, which increases blood pressure.
5. Ulcers and gastritis. Cola can destroy the walls of the stomach, which leads to heartburn and discomfort in the organ area.
6. Destruction of tooth enamel. Phosphoric acid washes away calcium and corrodes the protective surface of the tooth.
7. Obesity. Increased consumption of soda leads to excess weight gain.
8. Pregnancy. An increased amount of sugar in the drink leads to excess weight, and this increases the load on the excretory system of the expectant mother.

Important! The negative impact of the drink on the body is proportional to the amount of soda consumed.

The famous Ukrainian pediatrician Evgeniy Komarovsky has developed his own recommendations on how to behave if you are sick with coronavirus.

He wrote about this in his column on the NV portal.

In his opinion, the characteristics of the disease, as well as emerging medical problems around the world, suggest that a significant part of patients with coronavirus will be treated at home - only “severe” cases will be hospitalized.

Coronavirus: how to treat yourself at home

This is not a review, but real instructions: how to exist when the coronavirus is no longer just at the gate, but nearby, perhaps in the next yard or in the next apartment.

A very specific question for all of you: do you allow this scenario of events when you get sick and there is no one to help you?

Anyone with a shred of sanity will say: “Of course, I admit it. Because I see the collapse of healthcare systems in different countries, and I understand perfectly well that quarantine in the conditions of my country is largely a fiction.” People are not disciplined, many do not stay at home. The state does not have the strength and means to isolate citizens.

In addition, in a very short time, those in self-isolation will run out of money and will need to leave the house in order to survive.

Therefore, we must all honestly admit that the Ukrainian healthcare system, which is already on its last legs, is, by and large, simply suffocating in the conditions when the coronavirus has come to us.

Hospitals simply will not be able to significantly increase their throughput. And it really needs to be increased significantly. And no matter what we do, no matter how many ventilators we buy, we have nowhere to get qualified intensive care specialists - anesthesiologists, resuscitators. You should know that, unfortunately, very few doctors in our country know in principle how the ventilator is turned on. Again, not every nurse can work with mechanical ventilation, it must be a very trained nurse.

You must also understand that, unfortunately (and we have been getting to this for a very long time): many health workers are not motivated - these are tired elderly people who will be the first to get sick under stress, which means that the number of medical staff will decrease even if our situation is at least 15−20% will be close to the Italian or Spanish scenario.

In addition, we have our own specific traditions of who should be treated in a hospital. In no country in the world can they imagine that any person would come to the hospital on his own feet because he needs to get a bath. No country can imagine how it is for a person who can swallow a pill to receive antibiotics intravenously.

You must also understand that when we have a protocol for the treatment of coronavirus infection and this protocol lists certain medications, then with a high degree of probability you simply will not be able to buy them. Now is the time when no one will give you this medicine; it is needed in other places.

And you should also understand (and I’m not intimidating, but simply explaining the real state of affairs) that there are basically four categories of patients who may develop a coronavirus infection:

The first category is almost 80-85% of patients who will tolerate the disease very easily, like a regular ARVI.

The second category is approximately 5-10 people throughout the country who will need a treatment procedure called ECMO. You probably know what hemodialysis is - an artificial kidney. ECMO is about the same thing, only not a kidney, but artificial lungs. I say again - it could be 5-10 people throughout the country.

The third group is approximately several hundred people throughout the country who will need mechanical ventilation. No, of course, thousands may need ventilators. But they will only be able to get a few hundred.

Well, the fourth category is those who will need intensive care, those who, most likely, will not reach the state of mechanical ventilation.

The main thing now is that only those who cannot receive care outside the hospital should apply to the healthcare system at the hospital stage.

And even in this case, strict selection is necessary. It is a crime against all of us and against the healthcare system if in hospitals there are people in a state of moderate severity, who have a normal concentration of oxygen in the blood and who can drink and eat on their own, but are nevertheless given IVs.

If you find any symptoms similar to ARVI - runny nose, stuffy nose from which nothing flows, discomfort in the throat, dry cough, high temperature, any catarrhal symptoms, you should assume that you have coronavirus. Just go from there. But understand that the help will be standard. Therefore, you can help yourself much more than the entire healthcare system, which, let me emphasize, may not care about you.

What to do if you have coronavirus

Top up your mobile phone. Set up contacts, including the ability to transfer an image. If you know medical workers, immediately arrange for help. Also - about mutual assistance with relatives, friends, neighbors regarding transport, movements, or who will stay with the child if you have to go to the hospital. Please note that if you are sick, you are not on bed rest. Moreover, constant stay in a horizontal position increases the likelihood of complications. Spin, twist, take a half-sitting position. If you have trouble breathing, try sleeping on your stomach.

Air. Perhaps the most important point of treatment. The optimal temperature in the room is 18-22 degrees, not higher. Air humidity - from 40 to 60%. Use climate control equipment. Ventilate the room, use humidifiers. Better - 16 degrees than 23.

Food. The fundamental question is what to eat when you are sick. If you don't feel like eating, don't eat. But you must understand what you need now - not buckwheat, not canned meat or fish, but easily digestible food containing carbohydrates. And sugar, sweets are completely normal. Oatmeal, semolina, condensed milk, fruit, fruit puree, bananas, berries, ice cream, chocolate, jam. Sweets and muesli are just wonderful.

Beverages. Right now you need drinks that contain energy sources. And this source is regular glucose/sucrose. It is important. Lots of liquid. The liquid should be sweet if you don't eat anything else and don't feel like eating. I say a terrible word, nevertheless - Coca-Cola, Pepsi, compotes, sweet tea, juices, kvass - all this is possible and necessary. The amount of fluid you drink is very important. With a lack of fluid, the sputum in the lungs dries up, which greatly increases the likelihood of complications.

Cloth. Under no circumstances should you freeze. Once again, I draw attention to sleep. It is necessary to ventilate the room most thoroughly before going to bed, screw in the radiators, and put on extra pajamas, if necessary.

Your indicators. When you call your doctor and tell him what’s wrong with you, it would be very nice if you could take your temperature, count your breathing rate, count your pulse, and measure your blood pressure. Pay attention to the frequency of urination and the color of the urine. If your urine is deep yellow or you urinate infrequently, you have a fluid deficiency. So please drink. Separately, I will say that diarrhea with difficulty breathing is a reason to seek hospitalization.

Medicines. For some reason, everyone sincerely believes that coronavirus can be cured with magic pills. Even the name of the drugs that Trump calls is all an experimental treatment. So don't count on all this too much.

If you previously had any illnesses and you have medications that you used to use, you continue to take them. If, for example, you are asthmatic and take salbutamol or topical steroids, then please note that at the first symptoms of an acute viral infection, you need to increase the dose. It is best to discuss this with your doctor in advance, but if there is no one to discuss this with, increase the dose by about one-quarter of your standard dosage.

Medicines for coronavirus that should be in every home

Antipyretic drugs. I name two drugs. The first and main one is paracetamol (this is an international name that has a huge number of brands).

The maximum amount of paracetamol that an adult can take during the day is one and a half grams - 1500 mg. For those who are not good at math - 0.2 is 200 mg, 0.4 is 400 mg, 0.5 is 500 mg. Look at what pills you bought. You can take a maximum of 500 mg three times a day.

The second antipyretic drug, around which there is now a lot of discussion, however, there is an official WHO position that it is acceptable - this is ibuprofen (and a list of its trade names). The permissible daily dose for an adult is 1.2 grams, that is, 1200 mg.

Oral hydration products. Maximum 3-4 doses. In most cases, when someone wants an IV, but you can still drink, then you don't need an IV. Because it is not at all necessary to inject saline solutions and glucose directly into the blood, you can drink it yourself, and it will be instantly absorbed from the stomach and intestines. For this purpose, drugs are produced that are called oral hydration agents (gastrolit, rehydron, gedrovin, orsol and others).

If you cannot buy these sachets that need to be dissolved, prepare them yourself at home: table salt (3 g), sugar (18 g), water (1 l). This is how cholera is treated, not like coronavirus.

Symptomatic remedies to relieve throat discomfort. They don't cure, but it will get easier. First, you check the box that you are doing something. Secondly, your mouth will be busy not with talking, but with a tasty pill. Suck it, drink it, it won't get any worse. And the choice of such drugs is large. Get treatment for your health.

Cough medicines. Be careful with them. Especially with expectorants. I draw your attention to the classic phrase in most civilized pharmacology textbooks: the effectiveness of expectorants compared to drinking plenty of fluids has not been proven. If you drink a lot, you don't need any expectorants. I especially warn you: if you drink little and take expectorants - in dry and warm air - the likelihood of complications will increase many times over. Do not do this under any circumstances.

If you dress warmly, breathe clean cool air, watch a good movie, talk with your loved ones, drink plenty of fluids, rinse your nose with saline solution (if you can’t buy it, you can do it yourself at home: 1 teaspoon per liter of boiled water) and drip from a pipette into your nose so that there is no thick mucus - you can handle it.

I’ll add: if you can’t breathe through your nose, it’s very dangerous. This means you will need vasoconstrictor drops. The optimal drug, which can be used once every 12 hours, is called oxymetazoline (and all its trade names - picture in the video - NV).

In the vast majority of cases, with the minimal help from you, the human body is ready to cope with an acute respiratory viral infection, including coronavirus.

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Benefits of Cola for poisoning

Human digestive system

The carbonated drink eliminates digestive problems. In case of poisoning, Coca-Cola will not replace treatment: it does not have antibacterial properties and is not able to remove toxic substances from the body.

Taking Cola will eliminate unpleasant symptoms:

• relieve nausea;
• stops diarrhea;
• eliminates the feeling of heaviness in the stomach, vomiting;
• will dissolve hard-to-digest fibers in the stomach;
• will speed up the passage of food through the gastrointestinal tract.

To eliminate the symptoms of mild poisoning, you must adhere to the following rules:

• Avoid taking large amounts of cola;
• to improve your general condition, a small bottle of Coca-Cola is enough;
• before drinking, it is better to release the gas from it;
• It is better to drink in small sips and at intervals of 5 minutes;
• It is recommended to drink a carbonated drink through a straw;
• must be refrigerated before use.

For moderate to severe poisoning, it is advisable to seek medical help. Cola only relieves symptoms.

What is Coca-Cola?

The tonic soft drink has been produced by an American company of the same name since 1886. The coolant used to consist of 90% highly carbonated water, caffeine, burnt sugar, and phosphoric acid. The original drink included the juice of coca bush leaves and kola nut extract. Due to their narcotic properties, they were allegedly removed from the composition. The composition of modern cola includes:

• water,
• caffeine,
• orthophosphoric acid,
• sugar, instead of which aspartame (sweetener) is used,
• carbon dioxide, carbonating liquid,
• synthetic dye - sugar color,
• preservative – sodium benzoate.

The drink contains one percent of “merhandiz 7,” a substance whose chemical composition was known to only ten employees of the company. Recent investigations have shown that the mysterious substance is none other than carminic acid (E 120), obtained from cochineal scale insects.

Roskontrol experts came to the conclusion that Coca-Cola, when consumed frequently, leads to obesity, provokes the development of diabetes, and causes diseases of the stomach and intestines.

Recommendations from Roskontrol! For adults, the safe dosage of the drink is 0.5 - 1.0 liter per week. Children should not drink Coca-Cola at all.

According to nutritionist Ekaterina Belova, the main harm to the body is caused by the chemical components of Coca-Cola. The drink has a dose-dependent effect. Safe for adults in small quantities. An increase in consumption leads to the development of oncology and kidney disease.

Dosage for adults and children

For disorders of the gastrointestinal tract in adults, the recommended volume of the drink is 330 ml or a small glass bottle.

Coca-Cola in a 330 ml bottle

Children can drink Coca-Cola if:

• attack of nausea;
• mild diarrhea;
• when the gastric tract is overloaded with dietary fiber;
• to reduce emotional distress;
• to replenish the body’s energy resources due to acute intoxication;
• dehydration with hyperemia.

The recommended dosage for children depends on the age and general condition of the body. Please note that the drink is prohibited for consumption under 3 years of age. To replenish the child’s body’s energy reserves, you will need about 150 ml of the drink.

Summarize

If you are faced with a rotavirus infection, you may well try to cure yourself with Coca-Cola. Perhaps this tool will help you. Lack of improvement should prompt the patient to see a doctor.

It is unacceptable to conduct therapeutic experiments on children

Remember that it is unacceptable to conduct such experiments on children . This may further affect their health. Doctors do not recommend self-prescribing for intestinal flu.

The disease is not as harmless as it might seem at first glance. With severe diarrhea and vomiting, the patient requires hospitalization and inpatient treatment. Within the walls of a medical institution they certainly won’t give you Coca-Cola for this.

Drink for alcohol intoxication

In case of alcohol poisoning, it reduces symptoms:

• nausea;
• diarrhea;
• dizziness;
• dehydration;
• heaviness in the stomach.

Soda is not able to relieve alcohol intoxication. Therefore, additional intake of sorbents will be required.

How to get rid of a hangover:

• take 200 ml of chilled drink;
• It is recommended to maintain a gap of half an hour;
• drink 200 ml of clean water;
• repeat steps after 30 minutes.

The symptoms of a hangover are reduced thanks to the ingredients in the soda:

• caffeine stimulates the nerve center;
• water replenishes fluid loss;
• gas allows you to restore stomach function;
• phosphoric acid activates muscle tone and removes excess toxins from the body.

Cola relieves heaviness in the stomach after a feast and facilitates the digestion of complex carbohydrates.

Coca-Cola treatment for withdrawal symptoms

Soda eliminates withdrawal symptoms due to its effect on the body, as it activates the production of serotonin, which is responsible for feelings of happiness and satisfaction. Caffeine stimulates impulse transmission and eliminates depression. During withdrawal symptoms, it is recommended to drink sweet water:

• open the bottle 20 minutes before use to release gas;
• It is recommended to drink only a chilled drink;
• drink 250 ml in small sips, but quickly.

To prevent negative effects on the body, it is recommended to follow the dosage of the drink.

Side effects from the chemical composition

Side effects from taking Cola occur if the recommended dosage is exceeded. The negative effect on the body is due to the presence of components in soda:

Carbon dioxide

1. Carbon dioxide. A preservative used in the food industry. Its use is not recommended for people with hypersensitivity to aspirin. The component negatively affects the pancreas and liver (digestion is complicated).
2. Sodium benzoate. A preservative that is used to make juices, margarine, sauces and seasonings. The substance is used to enhance the taste of the product. The preservative has a negative effect on the child’s body: it retards mental development. Sodium benzoate can provoke the development of allergies and asthma attacks. When a preservative is combined with vitamin C, it is converted into benzene (a strong carcinogen).
3. Orthophosphoric acid. Additional areas of application of the substance are the textile and agricultural industries. Acid is found in plant fertilizers. When consuming an unlimited amount of the component, active destruction of tooth enamel is observed. Acid can wash calcium out of the body, and this is dangerous for children.
4. Aspartame. The substance belongs to the group of sugar substitutes. It is used for the production of children's drinks and sweet products. It is strictly forbidden to heat the substance: a strong carcinogen is formed. The component provokes a feeling of thirst, and this leads to the consumption of the drink in an increased dosage.
5. Sugar color. An artificial coloring used to color sweet water.
6. Sugar. 1 glass of drink contains about 6 tablespoons of the ingredient. In large quantities it has a negative effect on the body. Increased glucose consumption leads to excess weight gain, tooth damage and pancreatic dysfunction.
7. Caffeine. The ingredient causes sleep problems. Caffeine causes hyperactivity in children and reduces overall tone. The substance promotes the active removal of calcium from the body and provokes bone fragility.
8. Carbon dioxide. The component provokes heartburn and destroys the structures of the liver and gallbladder.