3 most dangerous activities for the New Year

Miscellaneous / by admin / December 29, 2021

Don't do this if you plan to stay alive and well.

When it comes to the most dangerous things on New Year's, fireworks and firecrackers come to mind first. However, this is far from the main cause of injury and death. There are far more dangerous New Year traditions that most people follow.

1. Alcohol abuse

In January 2021, died in Russia for reasons unrelated to Covid-19Natural movement of the population in the context of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation / Federal State Statistics Service 36.7 thousand people more than in February. At the same time, the peak of mortality falls onA. V. Nemtsov, A. N. Simonov, T. A. Fattakhov, R. V. Gridin. Excess mortality in Russia on holidays / Demographic Review for the first week of January - from the 1st to the 15th. Due to active celebration during this period, 14% more people die in Russia than during the rest of the time.

One of the common reasons is alcohol poisoning. On New Year's Eve, people die from this two times more often than at other times. Also, along with the amount of alcohol consumed, the risk of injury from falls, homicide and suicide in alcoholic psychosis increases.

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Even for those who drink quietly and peacefully, the risk of dying from an alcoholic holiday is increased.D. P. Phillips, J. R. Jarvinen, I. S. Abramson, R. R. Phillips. Cardiac Mortality Is Higher Around Christmas and New Year's Than at Any Other Time / Circulation due to aggravation heart diseases. Large doses of alcohol dramatically increase blood pressure, and if you have heart problems, a feast can provokeI. R. Whitman, V. Agarwal, G. Nah. Alcohol Abuse and Cardiac Disease / Journal of the American College of Cardiology heart attack and other dangerous diseases.

Six or more alcoholic drinks per evening significantly increaseE. Mostofsky, H. S. Chahal, K. J. Mukamal. Alcohol and Immediate Risk of Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis / Circulation risk of heart attack and stroke in the next 24 hours.

Also, New Year's holidays with alcohol by 48% increaseS. E. Roberts, A. Akbari, K. Thorne. The incidence of acute pancreatitis: Impact of social deprivation, alcohol consumption, seasonal and demographic factors / Alimentary pharmacology and therapeuticsrisk of getting pancreatitis - a disease of the pancreas.

How to avoid problems

If you cannot refuse strong drinks, adhere to some rules:

Accept enterosorbent before the feast. It will absorb some of the alcohol in your gastrointestinal tract and help you stay sober longer.
Pick one type of alcohol and drink it all evening without skipping to other drinks and cocktails. This will make it easier for you to assess the amount of alcohol consumed and stop in time.
Try to drink no more than one glass of wine or one glass of spirits per hour. The body will have time to process the alcohol, and you will be able to stay practically sober throughout the night.

2. Overeating and eating stale food

In January 2020, diseases of the digestive system were sent 1.Information on the number of deaths due to causes of death in the Russian Federation for January 2020 / Federal State Statistics Service
2. Information on the number of deaths due to causes of death in the Russian Federation for February 2020 / Federal State Statistics ServiceFederal State Statistics Service the other world is 1,623 more people than in February of the same year.

According to gastroenterologist Maria Lopatina, holidays often cause exacerbation of stomach and pancreas diseases. The combination of fatty, sweet food with alcoholic beverages (especially carbonated) creates a significant load on all organs of the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to exacerbation of gastroduodenitis and pancreatitis.

According toEveryone should know this ": pancreatitis / Research Institute of Health Organization and Medical Management Research Institute of Healthcare Organization and Medical Management on New Year's holidays, the number of hospitalized patients with pancreatitis increases by 10%.

Also, the New Year's table can provoke exacerbation of diseases of the gallbladder and ducts: dyskinesia, chronic cholecystitis and gallstone disease.

Gastroenterologist, hepatologist, blog author @ dr.lopatina_gastro

It is important to understand that if there is a stone in the gallbladder, one should not allow oneself to make mistakes in the form of fatty or spicy foods. This can provoke the release of a stone into the duct and the occurrence of biliary colic, which will require urgent hospitalization in the surgical department.

In addition, the habit of finishing up dishes that are not of the first freshness can cause poisoning. According to 1.Information on the number of deaths due to causes of death in the Russian Federation for January 2020 / Federal State Statistics Service
2. Information on the number of deaths due to causes of death in the Russian Federation for February 2020 / Federal State Statistics ServiceFederal State Statistics Service For this reason, the Federal State Statistics Service died in January 2020 for this reason 230 more people than in February.

How to avoid problems

If you stay hungry all day, overeating at night is inevitable. It is much more useful not to change your usual diet with a full breakfast, lunch and dinner.

This is especially true for people with chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, in whom prolonged fasting, and then eating a large amount of food can provoke an exacerbation.

As for food poisoning and infections, Rospotrebnadzor notedRecommendations to Citizens: On the Prevention of Food Poisoning and Foodborne Infectious Diseases / Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfarethat the most dangerous products in this regard are multicomponent salads seasoned with mayonnaise and sour cream, pastries with cream, shawarma, minced meat dishes and jelly.

To do without illness on holidays, it is worth cooking at home and in small quantities, so as not to store leftover dishes for more than a day.

3. Drunken walks

First of all, such night walks can end in frostbitten limbs. Insurance agency notesDuring the New Year holidays, Russians are more likely to seek help with injuries and poisoning / Alfa Insurancethat during the New Year holidays 3% of the total number of insured events are frostbite.

Under the condition of windy weather, such tissue damage does not even need a strong cold: -5 ° C is enough. And in the case of a really low temperature (from -15 ° C) and wind, you can freeze anything in just five minutes. This can happen without pain, so you will not notice that the skin has lost sensitivity in some place.

Also, night walks are fraught with various injuries of the musculoskeletal system, especially when it is slippery outside. The number of injuries on New Year's holidays increases by 5% compared to other times, and the peak falls on January 1 - on this day, 16% of all applicants come with injuries.

And these figures are clearly associated with alcohol intoxication. And the "hidden unconditioned reflexes" of drunk people, which allow them to fall correctly and not get hurt, is nothing more than a myth.

Against the background of the use of even small doses of alcohol, people are injured not only more often, but also more severely. According to an Australian studyT. Stockwell, R. McLeod, M. Stevens. Alcohol consumption, setting, gender and activity as predictors of injury: a population-based case-control study / Journal of studies on alcohol, the risk of injury in men increases significantly after drinking 90 g of ethyl alcohol, and women need even less - 60 g.

And even an ordinary walk is enough to deprive a person of mobility for several months.

Yuri Glazkov

Traumatologist-orthopedist, candidate of medical sciences, head of the clinic of Dr. Glazkov, author of the blog @doctor_po_sustavam

One patient was returning home in the morning, slipped on the icy steps and fell to one knee. According to the man, there was no severe pain. Perhaps, because the day before a considerable dose of "anesthetic" was taken. It turned out that he had broken a patella, and a tendon of the quadriceps muscle had torn off his upper pole. I had to do an operation. The full recovery took several months.

Yuri also says that falls often end fractures hands. When a person lowers his body weight in a swing on the palm of a straightened hand, the thin and fragile radius bone does not withstand the load and breaks. If on New Year's Eve you are drawn to extreme sports, the risks of going to the hospital skyrocket.

How to avoid problems

Mostly alcohol-related injuries areT. Stockwell, R. McLeod, M. Stevens. Alcohol consumption, setting, gender and activity as predictors of injury: a population-based case-control study / Journal of studies on alcoholoutside the home. And most of them happen within the first 30 minutes after drinking. If you consumed 60–90 g of ethanol in alcohol (5–8 glasses of spirits or a bottle of wine), refrain from night walks.

Even after minor injuries to the musculoskeletal system, it takes weeks and months to recover. Remember that it is slippery and dark in places at night. So, if you do not want to be at the traumatologist, stay at home.

The tradition of getting drunk unconscious, overeating and looking for adventure on New Year's Eve is not the best choice for a holiday.

Observe moderation in food and alcohol, do not take unnecessary risks: a plate of fried potatoes and a bottle of vodka will not make you happy, but resting in a hospital bed will certainly reduce the quality of life by a week or two.

There is no need to maintain bad traditions. Try to celebrate the New Year in a new way.