Patient's question:
What kind of diseases can be treated by general internal medicine? How should severe alcohol poisoning be handled?Doctor's answer:
If you consume alcohol within two hours, it is advisable to perform gastric lavage on the patient. However, if it has been more than two hours, the significance of gastric lavage is not very great, as the majority of the alcohol has already been absorbed. Severe alcohol poisoning may suppress the respiratory center, potentially leading to recurrent shock and other adverse reactions, while also causing a sense of respiratory fatigue, resulting in respiratory failure. Medications used to treat alcohol poisoning include fructose, vitamin C, glucose, etc., and naloxone, an opioid receptor antagonist, can also be used.