Around 9 pm on the evening of the 12th, a middle-aged man holding a 10-year-old boy rushed into the emergency department of Wuhan First Hospital. The deputy chief physician Liu Lin is on duty before approaching, smell a strong smell of alcohol. See the child's face red, how can not wake up shouting, highly suspected of acute alcohol poisoning. After emergency vomiting and fluid therapy, 2:00 am the boy slowly regain consciousness.

　　Accompanied by the mother of the hospital, said his son Huanhuan 13 years old, that night the whole family to participate in the aunt from abroad back to Han New Year's farewell banquet. Dad Mr Wang in order to exercise his son's capacity for alcohol, took the initiative to Huanhuan poured a cup of white wine, about two two like. Not long after the wine, Huanhuan fell asleep. At first we did not take it seriously, until the end of the banquet, only to find the child's body hot, how to shout not to wake up.

　　"Many parents think that the wine to the child sip on a small mouth or use chopsticks to dip a little lick all right, in fact, this behaviour is very dangerous." Liu Lin pointed out that alcohol is far more harmful to children than adults. She explained that the child is in a period of growth and development, the development of the liver and metabolic function is not perfect, the tolerance and decomposition of ethanol is poor, even if it is a lower degree of alcohol, alcohol is also easy to stagnate in the body and cause poisoning. In particular, the child's nervous system is not well developed and is more sensitive to alcohol toxicity, which may lead to brain damage, epilepsy or even life-threatening.

　　Liu Lin reminds the public, China's "acute alcohol poisoning diagnosis and treatment consensus" that the lethal dose of alcohol adults is 250-500 grams, children about 25 grams, infants as long as 6-10 grams will cause irreparable consequences.

　　Extended reading: underage drinking and these hazards

　　Minors do not control themselves easily and once they become addicted to alcohol, it is very difficult to realise that they are addicted to alcohol, let alone quit. Once a minor becomes dependent on alcohol, it can have an immeasurable impact on all bodily functions!

　　Affects the body's development and can lead to illness.

　　Minors are in a stage of growth and development, the development of various organs of the body is still immature, especially the digestive system is still very delicate, to a variety of external stimuli is more sensitive, so can not be too much to withstand the stimulating substances such as alcohol.

　　Alcohol with obvious irritation to the liver, stomach and other organs will cause direct damage, it will not only stimulate the gastric mucosa, affecting the secretion of gastric acid and gastric enzymes and lead to indigestion, but also make the blood vessels congested and damaged, leading to gastritis and gastric ulcers, and sometimes also cause acute pancreatitis.

　　Alcohol is absorbed by the body, in the body mainly rely on the liver detoxification, and adolescents' liver cell differentiation is incomplete, drinking alcohol is easy to cause liver and spleen enlargement, so that the blood bilirubin, transaminase and alkaline phosphatase increase, affecting liver function.

　　Damage to the brain affects learning

　　Alcohol, as a psychoactive substance, also has a strong stimulating effect on the human heart, brain and blood vessels, and has an adverse effect on the human nervous system.

　　Reduces immunity

　　Underage drinking also leads to lower immunity. After drinking, capillaries dilate, heat dissipation increases, and resistance decreases, making it easy to suffer from colds, pneumonia and other diseases.

　　Changing children's character

　　Alcohol also affects the mood and personality of minors, making them irritable, stubborn and unpredictable, which over time can lead to character defects in adolescents who are in the process of defining their personalities.

　　Developing bad habits

　　The desire for alcohol tends to make minors develop bad habits such as laziness, lack of hygiene and lack of responsibility. Under the stimulation of alcohol, people tend to become manic and delirious.