2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Counterfeit alcohol usually differs in packaging. This means that while quality alcohol is sold in sealed bottles with excise labels, poor quality alcohol is missing. Bottles containing low-quality alcohol are filled through a funnel and have an unclear content.
With the desire of more and more people to profit from the sale of low-quality and respectively cheaper alcohol, the cases of poisoning and bottles with fake excise labels are becoming more frequent.
The inexperienced eye of the consumer would find it difficult to see the differences, as even the sellers in the shops themselves cannot detect this violation. Unfortunately, in most cases, finding out that we drank low-quality drinks is "the hard way."
Methyl alcohol, methanol, methyl alcohol - these are the names of counterfeit alcohol. It is obtained by dry distillation of wood. It is most often used in industry and laboratories as a solvent, in pharmaceutical industries and the chemical industry, in painting, as a solvent for varnishes, for cleaning furniture and more.
The bad thing about consuming this consistency is that for hours to a day it does not give any symptoms of poisoning. During this latent period, a person does not feel anything, but alcohol is metabolized in the body to formaldehyde and formic acid. They cause severe metabolic acidosis, damage the nervous system and especially the optic nerve by blocking cellular enzymes.
Poisoning usually begins with abdominal pain, vomiting, headache and dizziness. In more severe forms, seizures and coma occur. The most characteristic symptoms are from the eyes - dilation of the pupils, progressive deterioration of vision to complete blindness due to damage to the optic nerve.
The diagnosis is made on the basis of data on alcohol intake, the described clinical symptoms and the chemical evidence of the poison in a blood test.
Often, even a connoisseur of alcoholic beverages cannot recognize whether an alcohol is of good quality or not. The truth is that a universal method for distinguishing them has not been found, so the cases of poisoning are not decreasing. Attempts by the authorities to stop the production of substandard alcohol are also evasive.
The only thing you can do is always check the source of your drink. If you suspect that you are being served poor quality alcohol, ask to see the bottle. Is there no excise label and label - do not consume more!
Also, never buy bottles without the mandatory labels and especially - from obscure and dubious manufacturers. This can save your life.
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