Adverse effects of consuming alcohol on flight
It could seem that drinking alcohol is the height of luxury, as depicted in TV series and movies, which romanticize this "opulent debauchery." Swirling wine at 40,000 feet, getting tipsy on clouds, and nodding out like a baby are experiences that some people might even describe as utterly bizarre.
We are too preoccupied with using technology to conquer and control everything that we forget that science did not transform our bodies into monstrous monsters; instead, science left us unchanged and vulnerable to the actions of our own internal organs.
According to a new study, drinking alcohol while flying can have physiological negative effects that can change one's life.
A recent study that was published in the medical journal Thorax demonstrated the dangers of drinking alcohol while flying. They discovered that even among young travelers with no significant medical history, people's heart rates rise and their blood pressure falls when they go to sleep after drinking.
It's especially deadly for travelers who have heart problems. When alcohol and hypobaric conditions (high altitude) are coupled, blood oxygen saturation levels (SpO2) plummet. This illness can be fatal because it causes hypobaric hypoxia, a condition in which the brain receives less oxygen at greater elevations.
