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I believe that everyone must have seen such a scene in the film and television drama: someone can't withstand huge pressure, or can't think for a while, so he took a lot of sleeping pills, and the next day he was found, and he has passed away peacefully and peacefully.
Under the misleading situation of many film and television dramas, many people mistakenly believe that sleeping pills are just a pill to help people fall asleep, and if you take a large number of sleeping pills, you will definitely be able to "sleep" calmly.
This is not the case!
The rumor-busting king advises you to quickly dispel this erroneous perception.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > sleeping pills are more than just small pills that "help people fall asleep</h1>."
Sleeping pills refer to a general term for a class of drugs that have sedative and hypnotic effects and can improve sleep.
From the earliest drugs to the present, it has undergone three generations of optimization.
However, no matter which generation of sleeping pills, the reason why they have a sleep aid is related to the central nervous system suppression effect in the drug.
If taken in small doses, it has the effect of improving sleep disorders.
When taken in a slightly larger dose, there is an anticonvulsant effect.
However, if taken in excess, it will cause excessive inhibition of the nervous system, which will severely damage various organs of the body and even lead to death.
Toxicological data suggest that taking sleeping pills more than 5 to 6 times the usual dose can cause poisoning, while if the absorbed dose exceeds 15 times the prescribed dose, it can lead to death.
The process is by no means without feeling, without pain, and just how painful it is, we go on.
< h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > what are the painful symptoms of sleeping pill poisoning? </h1>
Depending on the intake, different individuals react differently to the drug, and overall, overdose poisoning by taking sleeping pills is divided into 3 levels:
"Mild poisoning"
It is mainly manifested as drowsiness, and there may also be impaired judgment and mobility, including gait instability, unclear speech, and nystagmus.
It looks like you're drunk, but the reflexes are still there, and your body temperature, pulse, breathing, and blood pressure are relatively normal.
"Moderate Poisoning"
They will enter a coma, still awake through strong stimulation, but often unable to speak, repeatedly enter a coma, breathing shallowly and slowly, tendon reflexes disappearing, and pharyngeal reflexes remain.
"Severe Poisoning"
It is generally manifested as a deep coma, unable to wake up, and may show a state of increased muscle tone in the limbs and hyperreflexia in the early stage, but in the later stage, there will be muscle relaxation throughout the body and the disappearance of various reflexes.
At the same time, blood pressure drops, breathing is gradually suppressed, and if it cannot be treated in time, the probability of death is very high.
The vast majority of people who take sleeping pills for a light life will reach the dose of severe poisoning.
In this case, due to the large dosage taken, coupled with the fact that the current sleeping pills are generally absorbed faster, such as the peak of the blood concentration can be reached within 0.5 to 2 hours.
Therefore, the rate of toxic reactions to drug overdose is also very fast.
But from severe intoxication to death due to respiratory depression, there is a longer period of time, and in the process, our bodies will endure a gradual process of pain.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" >what happens when a large number of sleeping pills enter the body? </h1>
Due to limitations of medical ethics, although it is impossible to prove the relationship between the relevant dose and toxic reactions through human experiments.
But if you take a large dose of sleeping pills to save your life, it is impossible to die painlessly as in the film and television drama.
On the contrary, the actual process will probably look like this:
Limb loss of control, vomiting, abdominal pain, convulsions, difficulty breathing...
When a large number of sleeping pills enter the human body, under the stimulation of a large number of drugs, it may cause people to vomit, abdominal pain and other digestive tract discomfort symptoms.
With intense abdominal pain, the human body begins to vomit, and under the stimulation of stomach acid, a pronounced burning sensation is felt in the throat and esophagus.
As the drug is rapidly absorbed, the person will begin to fall asleep, the central nervous system of the body will be severely suppressed, and consciousness will begin to become unclear.
In the early stages of taking the drug, the body may cause excessive muscle tone, and the limbs twitch, after which the body's muscles will gradually begin to relax, limbs and behavior will be out of control.
After a while, the respiratory system will begin to be suppressed, and the person will feel difficult to breathe.
At this time, the lungs will not be able to exchange oxygen effectively, and there will be a strong feeling of suffocation in the chest.
But at this time, you have completely unable to control your body, and can only passively bear it.
The beating of the heart will gradually slow down due to insufficient oxygen supply, and blood pressure will begin to decrease.
In this case, all organs of the body will not be able to get an adequate blood supply, and all organs will be doubly tormented and suffering.
Eventually, in the process of gradual failure of various organs, the human body goes to death.
In such a process, although people are unconscious, the pain experienced by the body is real.
Moreover, because of the muscle relaxation caused by drugs, people will not be able to control their own bodies, nor can they ask the outside world for help, how can such an experience be painless?
<h1 class = "pgc-h-center-line" > and if lucky is saved, "pain" will last a lifetime</h1>
If you're lucky, you might have been taken to the hospital for emergency care before the tragedy.
In the first aid, the doctor will take a series of first aid measures such as gastric filling, diarrhea, medication, and blood purification. And this process is undoubtedly very uncomfortable.
Moreover, the relevant drugs used for treatment also have a strong effect, and the use of excessive doses or improper use may also cause convulsions, mania and other situations.
Even if the treatment is successful and the life is saved, due to the poisoning reaction caused by the large dose of medication, it is likely to cause irreversible health damage to the liver, brain, kidneys and other organs.
And because the nerve center of the brain is damaged, people's motor ability will decline, and even the road will be unstable, not only that, but also become mentally indifferent and slow to respond.
Later in life, these experiences will take a mental and physical toll.
Therefore, everyone must not be misled by the unreliable plots in film and television dramas, cherish life, and everyone has a responsibility.
bibliography:
Cao Kun. Emergency treatment of acute severe sleeping pill poisoning[J].Shenzhen Journal of Integrative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, 2015:99-100.
XUE Zhiyun. Treatment experience of 78 cases of self-administered sleeping pill poisoning[J].Chinese and foreign medical research, 2010:171.