A man who drank eight energy drinks a day had a stroke...I'm losing my left hand
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According to the British Medical Journal's international journal 『BMJ Case Reports』, a healthy British man in his 50s visited the hospital with a sudden headache, and his blood pressure was abnormally high at 254/150 mmHg at the time.
Medical staff found that he consumes an average of eight energy drinks a day without finding the cause. Each can contained 160mg of caffeine, which meant that about 1300mg was consumed per day. This is more than three times the recommended maximum of 400mg.
Caffeine is known as a stimulant that constricts blood vessels and increases heart rate, and long-term overdose increases the risk of high blood pressure and stroke. The patient's blood pressure returned to normal after breaking the habit, but the sensation of the left hand and foot did not recover in the end. He said "I didn't know energy drinks would bring me this danger" and "8 years later, I still have paralysis in my left hand and feet"
Energy drinks contain more caffeine than three espresso cups, and the actual caffeine content may be higher than indicated due to additives such as guarana and taurine. The researchers warned that the interaction of these ingredients could increase the risk of blood clotting, cerebral hemorrhage, and stroke.
Meanwhile, according to previous studies, adolescents who frequently consume energy drinks were more likely to suffer from emotional problems such as headaches, fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders, sleep deprivation, and anxiety and depression. Along with caffeine addiction, experts also emphasized the risk of young people drinking a mixture of energy drinks and alcohol.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
