Alcohol hangover

UNFAIR DISMISSAL UPDATE

The Fair Work Commission has determined a Tasmanian factory worker was unfairly dismissed after taking a hangover sickie.

In Chapman v Tassal Group Limited t/a Tassal Operations Pty Ltd [2017] FWC 4630, Tasmanian salmon producer Tassal Group Limited was ordered to pay compensation to an employee who overindulged on Anzac Day and was unable to attend for work.

The full text is available at: https://www.umj.com.ua/article/195838/pohmelnyj-sindrom-dopolnenie-k-obzoru
Related articles in English:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345430905_Some_aspects_of_tobacco_smoking_in_the_context_of_alcohol_consumption_and_hangover
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311922946_Alcohol_abuse_and_toxicity_of_alcoholic_beverages_in_Russia_Recent_history

The full text can be downloaded here and is available at: http://www.e-discoverypublication.com/jsd-v4i2-20030/
SUMMARY The hangover is a multifactorial phenomenon involving neurochemical and psychosocial mechanisms. The severity of hangover depends not only on the quantity but also on the quality of consumed alcohol: congeners may have a significant impact. The differential diagnosis between hangover and alcohol withdrawal syndrome is of particular importance for Russia, where both conditions have not been clearly distinguished in some textbooks. Accordingly, detoxification by intravenous infusions has been recommended for alcohol withdrawal syndrome also of moderate severity. This is generally not in agreement with the international practice. In conditions of suboptimal procedural quality assurance, repeated intravenous infusions may lead to viral hepatitis. During a drinking binge, many people would smoke more than usual; some intermittent smokers or those who had given up would restart. Tobacco smoking can exacerbate hangover symptoms through pharmacological and psychosocial mechanisms. The next morning curing with beer or vodka (hair of the dog) may enhance toxicity from the preceding binge and predispose to a continued drinking. In certain cultures, the curing drink is a tradition. According to observations, if the "curing drink" is accompanied by smoking, elevated mood in some people may be more easily converted to irritation or dysphoria.

This paper concerns the way the ancient Greco-Roman World dealt
with some illnesses derived from the overconsumption of food and drink. In
the first place, the text provides an exploration of the cultural meanings of excessive
food and drink consumption in the ancient world. In the second place,
it delves in the way ancient medicine regarded excessive eating and drinking
and the way these activities had a detrimental effect on human health. Finally,
it focuses on the issue of hangover and the way popular and elitist remedies
against this disease were connected with the medical theory and practice.