Veisalgia....

Veisalgia or more commonly known as hangover is the sum of physiological effects following heavy consumption of drugs, particularly alcoholic beverages. The most commonly reported characteristics of a hangover include headache, nausea, sensitivity to light and noise, lethargy, dysphoria, and thirst. Hangover is basically caused by the presence of ethanol in alcoholic drinks. Ethanol causes dehydration when taken in certain amounts because it increases the production of urine. Aside from these when ethanol is being broken down by the enzymes from the liver it will produce by products like acetaldehyde which is converted by an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase. Acetaldehyde or ethanal is much more toxic compared to ethanol itself.

You can avoid having hangovers by choosing what kind alcoholic beverage you drink. The darker sweeter drinks have more congeners (complex organic molecules of which methanol is one). Therefore brandy, sherry, red wine and whiskey will give you more of a hangover than white wine and vodka. Cheap spirits poorly refined are more likely to give you a hangover.

But if you already have hangover here are some possible remedies.

• Take plenty of H2O


• Take Vitamin C


• Eat lots of bananas, it will help help to replenish many essential salts.


• Take some sugar; alcohol lowers your blood sugar levels.


• Take some pain relief tablets. Avoid aspirin as the alcohol has probably already made your stomach lining rather sensitive.
  Sleep.


• A few hours of it can work miracles. Don't drive until you have fully recovered. Just because you've slept after a drinking session doesn't mean you're sober. Nothing can speed alcohol out of the body so don't kid yourself that a strong coffee will do it (it's more likely just to help replenish a little fluid).

But the best way to avoid hangover is not to take in any alcoholic drinks at all or at least drink in moderation.