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A man dying (gần chết, hấp hối) from alcohol poisoning (ngộ độc rượu) was saved (được cứu sống) after doctors (bác sĩ) in Vietnam pumped (bơm) 15 cans worth of beer into his body.
The 48-year-old, Nguyen Van Nhat, fell unconscious (bất tỉnh) and was taken to a hospital in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Tri on December 25 where doctors found that levels of methanol—a dangerous form of alcohol—in his body were more than 1,000 times over the recommended limit.
When he arrived, medical staff at the General Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, led by Dr. Le Van Lam, immediately administered him with three cans of beer, equivalent to about 1 liter. Over the course of the day, doctors transfused a total of 15 cans of beer into the man's body at a rate of about one every hour. This slowed down the rate at which his liver processed the methanol, allowing doctors to save his life.
...There are two types of alcohol—ethanol and methanol—both of which produce similar effects and are toxic to the body to some degree. However, methanol—whose chemical structure (kết cấu hóa học) varies slightly from its close relative—is not processed as well by the liver and thus can be far more dangerous when it is consumed in relatively large quantities.
The alcohol in consumer drinks tends to be mostly ethanol, although beverages such as beer and wine often contain very small amounts of methanol as well because it is a natural byproduct of fermentation (sản phẩm phụ tự nhiên của quá trình lên men). Commercial spirit manufacturers take steps to remove methanol from their products using special technology (công nghệ đặc biệt). However, methanol is often found in bootleg liquor (rượu lậu, quốc lủi), as well as in gasoline, antifreeze, paints, thinners, adhesives, cleaning products and inks.
