Health Ministry warns people not to drink alcohol to keep warm

 

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Public Health has warned the general public of the increasing risk of catching a cold and influenza due to the drop in temperature, urging them to follow the same precautionary measures against COVID-19 to protect themselves against other respiratory diseases, while warning the public not to drink alcohol to keep warm or light a lantern or stove inside a tent.

 

The Ministry of Public Health Permanent Secretary Dr. Kiattiphum Wongrajit has advised the general public that winter is typically a peak season for influenza, the symptoms of which are similar to COVID-19, which is seeing a fresh outbreak in many provinces, making these two diseases difficult distinguish.

 

He has advised the public to follow the same preventative measures as they do against COVID-19, to protect themselves from influenza and other respiratory diseases, from mask wearing, to good hand hygiene, social distancing, and avoiding the sharing personal items.

 

Dr. Kiattiphum has debunked misunderstandings commonly spread during winter, one of which is the practice of drinking alcohol to keep the body warm. He said the warming sensation from alcohol consumption is only temporary, as a result from a heat transfer from widening of capillaries, which is actually causing he body temperature to drop.

 

He said this condition, coupled with the cold weather, could be fatal when the body is exposed to cold weather for a prolonged period of time, such as when sleeping.

 

He has also warned against the use of oil lanterns or coal stoves inside a tent due to the fire hazard, and the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide emissions from these devices which can cause oxygen deprivation in the body, leading to unconsciousness or death.

 

The Ministry of Public Health Permanent Secretary recommends that everyone wears warm clothes, refrains from sleeping in the open air, eats nutritious meals, exercises regularly, drinks 6-8 glass of water each day, avoids bathing or showering with water that is too warm, and apply some lotion to dry skin.

 

 

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Nonsense. I drink alcohol every day to stay cool. No matter what temperature. And I feel fantastic! ????

1 hour ago, webfact said:

 

The Ministry of Public Health Permanent Secretary recommends that everyone wears warm clothes, refrains from sleeping in the open air, eats nutritious meals, exercises regularly, drinks 6-8 glass of water each day, avoids bathing or showering with water that is too warm, and apply some lotion to dry skin.

A real nanny state ????

Rubbish! 

Health Ministry haven’t better thing to do this morning? ????

I could accept what he said until he came out with that penultimate point. 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Health Ministry warns people not to drink alcohol to keep warm

Hot toddy before bed works for me.

Maybe he means when people get drunk and fall asleep aside the road then ....

How about not burning crops to keep warm?  I need a drink as I can hardly breath.

Go to Hell!

unfortunately this happened yesterday in NongKhai.

Cruise ship named Estonia sunk in 1994 .  Most of the survivors had been drinking before the ship went down . A doctor made a comment at the time saying the alcohol is the reason that they survived so long in the bitter cold Barents sea waiting to be rescued .

I  would of thought he be busy enough with the C19 situation. 

4 hours ago, itsari said:

Cruise ship named Estonia sunk in 1994 .  Most of the survivors had been drinking before the ship went down . A doctor made a comment at the time saying the alcohol is the reason that they survived so long in the bitter cold Barents sea waiting to be rescued .

 

Alcohol consumption in cold survival conditions makes you feel warm by heating the surface of the skin.

 

However that causes sweating, which ultimately chills and dehydrates you.

 

It also draws core heat way faster which accelerates hypothermia.

 

It fools you with temporary warming of the surface, while accelerating your death.

 

Alcohol......the confuser.

 

No doctor or survival authority would recommend its consumption in a survival situation.

 

The best thing to do with a bottle of alcohol, in a maritime survival situation, is pour it away and fill the bottle with whatever fresh water you can before taking to the boats.

 

 

7 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

Alcohol consumption in cold survival conditions makes you feel warm by heating the surface of the skin.

 

However that causes sweating, which ultimately chills and dehydrates you.

 

It also draws core heat way faster which accelerates hypothermia.

 

It fools you with temporary warming of the surface, while accelerating your death.

 

Alcohol......the confuser.

 

No doctor or survival authority would recommend its consumption in a survival situation.

 

The best thing to do with a bottle of alcohol, in a maritime survival situation, is pour it away and fill the bottle with whatever fresh water you can before taking to the boats.

 

 

Does that include submarines?