What is a hangover?

Dr. Jeanne Morrison, PhD on behalf of Sigma Nursing

Family Practitioner

After excessive consumption of alcohol, you may experience a hangover, which is a cluster of unpleasant symptoms that can be physical, psychological, or both. Hangovers are uncomfortable, but they usually resolve on their own. In general, the more you drink at one sitting, the more likely you are to get a hangover the following day.

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Alcohol & Health

Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol daily, such as one to two 12-ounce beers or 5-ounce glasses of wine, was once thought to offer certain health benefits, particularly for heart health. However, those benefits have increasingly been questioned, and experts have become more aware of the risks, including liver disease and several types of cancer. And excessive drinking is known to lead to serious health problems, such as strokes, dementia, pancreatitis, high blood pressure and dementia. Factoring in all the risks of benefits, some researchers now conclude that no level of drinking is completely safe.

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