All about your hangover: Advice for students
Student health: how to get over a hangover
Our doctors know all about university life. After all, they spent quite a lot of time there to get where they are today!
This means they're familiar with the crazy nights out and cheap drinks offers. In other words, they know exactly how you're feeling right now!
They’re not here to judge or lecture. When it comes to your hangover, they’ll just show you what works and what doesn’t, so you can get back to your normal, cheerful self in no time.
As for those 4am WhatsApp messages you sent to everyone, or why you’re only wearing one shoe. We’re afraid you’re on your own there!
Book appointment6 fake hangover ‘cures’ that won’t work
Wouldn’t it be great if there was one cool trick to stop you getting a hangover? Unfortunately, there just isn’t. Here are six hangover 'cures' you don't need to bother with.
Hair of the dog
You're just delaying the inevitable here. Also, morning drinking isn't a habit you want to get into.
A massive fry-up
Eating a big meal can help with a hangover. The bad news is it'll only work if you tuck in before you start drinking.
Sweating it out
It takes an hour for your body to process alcohol, so it’s too late to sweat it out. You're already dehydrated - give yourself a break!
Coffee
Coffee is a diuretic, which means it'll make you need a wee. This just makes it harder to rehydrate.
Beer before wine
Doesn't work. Sorry. It's not the order you drink in that matters, it's the amount.
Burnt toast
Seriously? As much as we'd all like there to be, there isn't a specific food that'll help your hangover. Toast is nice. Don't spoil it!
3 ways to avoid a hangover
Now we’re talking. If you really don’t want to deal with a hangover, here are three things you can do to wake up feeling that little bit fresher than everyone else.
Drink less
Yep. Sorry to sap all the fun out of everything. This is, and always will be, the best way to avoid a hangover.
Eating isn’t cheating
Lining your stomach will mean alcohol is absorbed more slowly, so you'll get merry at a reasonable pace.
Alternate alcohol with water
Diluting the amount of alcohol in your bloodstream is good. Really, more people should do this.
Why do you get a hangover?
This is the million-dollar question. There are all sorts of reasons you feel rotten after a night on the town, so let's break it down and see what's going on.
Bad head
You're dehydrated. Your brain shrinks as it loses water, which tugs on the surrounding membrane and causes your thumping head.
Feeling sick
Your stomach doesn't like alcohol. This is its way of telling you.
Tiredness
Even if you sleep for ages, alcohol ruins the quality of your sleep, so you'll still feel knackered the next day.
Fuzzy memory
Drinking too much, too fast could leave holes in your recollection of last night's events. Slowing down should help!
Dry mouth
We're back to dehydration again. Losing all that water explains why your mouth feels like you've downed a pint of sand.
Did you know?
Darker drinks such as whisky contain high amounts of congeners, a toxin that can make your hangover a whole lot worse!