Cold snap and alcohol easing: Thai doctor warns that booze doesn't keep you warm, can kill you

[webfact]

Picture: Bangkok Business News

 

A Thai doctor said that drinking alcohol doesn't keep you warm.

 

In fact it can kill you.

 

Fall asleep in the cold after a bender and get dehydrated and that's your lot, said rehab medic Dr Sarayuth Bunchaiphanichwattana.

 

He told Bangkok Business News - who suggested it was an old wives' tale about getting warm after a drink - that he was concerned that the government's easing of the Covid rules would lead to a spike in boozing.

 

He recommended putting on a coat if you're cold or doing some exercise. 

 

And quitting altogether was easily the best option. 

 

The revelations come as Thailand enters a cold snap and PM Prayuth ponders further easing on the rules on drinking. 

 

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[steven100]

beer doesn't keep you warm but sure tastes good     !  

[jacko45k]

We get this warning each year.....taking a dip in the pool is as bad!

[Geoffggi]

For goodness sake stop all this mollycoddling, people are supposed to be adults before being able to consume alcohol so please stop treating everyone like children.

 

[Willy Wombat]

Thank you superior overlords.

 

How would I function without input from a government or bureaucrats.

[Gandtee]

Drinking a few beers can make amart people like the good  doctor sound intelligent. <deleted> off and leave me alone.☹️

[law ling]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

...said rehab medic

Dr Sarayuth Bunchaiphanichwattana.

Yeah, and try saying that name whilst under the influence.

[sezze]

Well they are right . It's perfectly fine to drink alcohol , but not if you are cold and trying a drink to heat you up , since in fact it does just the opposite . Alcohol widens your veins and by that more blood goes to your skin . This makes you feel warmer , but in fact it is cooling your core temp .

Nobody said you can't do , only give the recommendation for people who do try such thing .There are people dying many times in Thailand from undercooling , and many Thais do not have the knowledge that in fact the lao khao just does the opposite .

[DaLa]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Fall asleep in the cold after a bender and get dehydrated and that's your lot, said rehab medic

Dr Sarayuth Bunchaiphanichwattana.

I can think of worse ways to go.

[herfiehandbag]

Oh dear, and I just spent all that ???? on a Saint Bernard dog, complete with keg of brandy around its neck...

Edited December 13, 2021 by herfiehandbag

[JimGant]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

And quitting altogether was easily the best option. 

Nothing like religious or teetotaler mentality to ruin objectivity when commenting on alcohol consumption.

Oh, hot sake and hot buttered rum certainly warm things up on a cold day; so be careful when you generalize.

[bbko]

If it gets cold here, I'll just wear a thicker T-shirt and drink room temp beer, 555.????

Edited December 13, 2021 by bbko

[huangnon]

Is hypothermia a common cause of death in Thailand?

Some of my office staff have the A/C on lowest setting, and wear jackets, so I suppose it's plausible. ????

 

[Gandtee]

2 hours ago, Gandtee said:

Drinking a few beers can make amart people like the good  doctor sound intelligent. F off and leave me alone.☹️

Smart people. But then...????

 

Edited December 13, 2021 by Gandtee
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[MadMac]

Alcohol burns, they fire your car with it. What is this guy talking about? ????

[apophyss]

Waouh !

You need to be a doctor to know that ???

 

I learn this 40 years ago in school (about alcohol on Saint Bernard dog was not a good idea) !

 

 

Every weeks thai news look like a first april...

[4MyEgo]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

he was concerned that the government's easing of the Covid rules would lead to a spike in boozing.

Another one who has no idea about reality ????

 

The alternative, keep us all locked up and take away all alcohol so that we can survive Covid no doubt, as someone said in an earlier post, f/o and leave us children alone.

Edited December 13, 2021 by 4MyEgo

[royalmice]

If alcohol don't keep them warm, then they obviously have not been drinking enough of it.

[ebean001]

I think everyone knew this. i only read the article to see if there was something else to know. 

 

[Gsxrnz]

4 hours ago, law ling said:

Yeah, and try saying that name whilst under the influence.

I could probably only say it if I WAS under the influence.

[sambum]

Another teetotal goody 2 shoes who I bet has never spent a night on the tiles! Or had to walk home through the wind, snow and ice because he's missed the last bus home! 

[stigar]

5 hours ago, steven100 said:

beer doesn't keep you warm but sure tastes good     !  

I gave my lady 10 million bath today.And im not even drunk.55

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A Thai doctor said that drinking alcohol doesn't keep you warm.

On the contrary, a large tot just before I go to seep works wonders at keeping me toasty.

[tgw]

I do have ample empirical evidence of the contrary.

 

Flashback: Ukraine, January 1999. Temperature around -12, I was feeling cold even inside the room.

Andrei took out the garilka.

Shto gram after shto gram, 2 bottles had been emptied, we ran out into the snow in our underwear after that.

Felt like a beach in Phuket.

Not that I would have been able to tell the difference.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

In fact it can kill you.

So can crossing the road, but my chances of dying after a whisky to keep the chill off is less likely to end in death.

[Moti24]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

He recommended putting on a coat if you're cold or doing some exercise.

I do exercise at home, but would love to get out of the village without the motorcycle or car.

 

If the good doctor could recommend how to avoid the soi dogs, I could interact more with the local community.

[sambum]

5 minutes ago, stigar said:

I gave my lady 10 million bath today.And im not even drunk.55

She must be very clean! ???? 

[ChrisKC]

Put you coat on AND have a beer!

 

 

[Skeptic7]

Of course it's not the booze keeps me warm. It's the L̶B̶F̶M̶! Er sorry, LBBW (bed warmer)! ????

[marcho]

Who cares about warmth. Beer tastes great and makes me so mellow. Get a life doctor.