A 35-year-old man is in a deep coma, experiencing circulatory arrest after drinking alcohol, and is currently in critical condition due to suspected methanol poisoning.
The "drunk - sober - progressively worse" pattern, accompanied by severe headaches, is often confused with simple intoxication, causing many alcohol poisoning victims to miss the critical window for treatment.
Bearing the primary responsibility for eliminating ethanol as soon as it enters the bloodstream, the liver is forced to operate at full capacity to process toxins and prevent poisoning of the nervous system and other internal organs.
Nam, a 40-year-old communications specialist in Hanoi, once believed that his face flushing red after just one drink was a sign of natural alcohol tolerance.
