Black killer? Is it possible to overdose on coffee

Coffee is people have different. Someone can not stand even the smell of this drink, someone would be glad to take a Cup of the other, but cannot due to medical contraindications, someone is drinking a couple times a day, having particular dependencies. But there are real fans of a fragrant drink, drinking several cups a day. Is it possible to overdo it and get an overdose of coffee, dangerous for life?

Coffee known to man for a very long time, so scientists have studied the drink far and wide. Teaspoon of pure caffeine is the dose safe for a healthy adult, no contraindications. A lot or a little? Such amount of active substance contained in 28 cups of coffee, which, theoretically, you can drink per day without consequences for the organism.

But the more coffee a day to drink already risky. This can not only negatively affect the health, but also lead to serious consequences including death. But whether it is possible to overdose? Yes, the cases exceeding the norm, though rarely, recorded.

Recently the British Queen Elizabeth hospital delivered the 26-year-old woman with the concentration of caffeine in blood 147, 1 mg/l are considered Lethal dose of 80 mg/l, so the doctors had to fight for life a lover of coffee. The patient had abnormally high pulse rate, she was constantly sick and breathing was difficult.

It had to be connected to the ventilator, and intravenous administered drug that restores the acid-alkaline balance in the body. A British woman held in hospital under close medical supervision, but all ended well.

Scientific publication BMJ Case Reports has published information on the caffeine provided by physicians. From this it follows that 1-2 grams of pure caffeine already may have on human the negative effect to cause nausea, dizziness and heart palpitations. 5 grams is the amount that can lead to death.

A resident of Albion, which was saved by the doctors, used about 20 grams, so without immediate medical intervention the chances to survive it was very low. To consume that much caffeine in the drink is not easy, but for avid coffee lovers, as you can see, nothing is impossible.Therefore, doctors strongly advise you to control yourself and not absorb liters of strong coffee. If after drinking you feel bad, and this might happen even after 1-2 cups, it is best with coffee in the day to stop. Even better — visit after "alarm bells" doctor and find out what is wrong with the body, which reacted negatively to the usual dose of caffeine.

And remember that coffee is not the only way to "Wake up" in the morning or to cheer themselves during the working day. There are several more secure ways that do not have contraindications.