Bootleg alcohol, methanol, deadly poison, found in abundance inPickled medicine Fake liquor or home-distilled illegal liquor
The Ministry of Public Health has issued a warning to drinkers after finding a cluster of illicit alcohol in the Min Buri and Khlong Sam Wa areas. There have been increasing daily deaths and dozens of seriously ill people have been hospitalized. Closely monitor symptoms.
What is bootleg liquor?
Bootleg alcohol can be found in many forms. Most are produced by brewing and distilling alcohol without standards. It is often found in herbal liquors, which villagers may mix with foreign substances to claim to have aphrodisiac or sexual enhancement properties. In addition, toxic alcohol called methyl alcohol or methanol may be mixed in to reduce costs, since methanol is cheaper than ethanol.
Get to know methanol
Methanol is a colorless alcohol used as an organic solvent, fuel, or as a precursor in the production of plastics, drugs, and other organic compounds.
Methanol poisoning
Methano
l enters the body through inhalation, ingestion, and skin contact. It is toxic to the body and causes poisoning (Methanol intoxication). It causes irritation of the digestive tract, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, stomachache, blurred vision, loss of vision, fatigue, confusion, rapid breathing. If ingested in large quantities, it can cause metabolic acidosis, convulsions, unconsciousness, and death.
If after drinking alcohol you feel dizzy, have stomachache, severe nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, blurred vision, have blurred vision or abnormal vision in both eyes, may have convulsions, twitching all over the body, lethargy, should see a doctor immediately or call 1669. You can assess symptoms of methanol poisoning from this link https://shorturl.asia/ksFZb or call to consult symptoms at Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital 0-2548-2300, Wetchakarun Rasmi Hospital 08 2760 0579, Rattanapracharak Hospital 08 9404 1853, Erawan Center Hotline 1669, NHSO Hotline 1330
For treatment, doctors will treat with support and
may use ethanol, which is not a direct antidote, but will slow down the onset of methanol poisoning. The best thing to help is dialysis.
Amount of alcohol entering the body (mg %) and its consequences
30 mg% More cheerful than usual, decreased inhibition
50 mg% Decreased vision, slower ability to control the body
100 mg% Nausea, vomiting, staggering, incoherent speech, slower response and decision-making
200 mg% Partial memory loss, sadness, irritability
300 mg% Blurred vision, confusion, unable to control consciousness, difficulty breathing, irregular heartbeat
400 mg% Blurred vision, complete loss of consciousness, unconsciousness, may lead to death
*The amount of alcohol in the body varies depending on gender, height, and weight.
Source: Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Thank you for the information. Illegal liquor is a deadly disaster
that kills people.
Source: Thai News Agency