Tylenol, popularly known as paracetamol- when used as directed is safe and effective, but taking too much can lead to bad condition of the body.
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Tylenol, popularly known as paracetamol- when used as directed is safe and effective, but taking too much can lead to bad condition of the body.
It would completely destroy you liver and kidneys. It contains paracetamol and this has only one antigen. Because it only has one that means you will be consuming a lot of one specific antigen. An antigen is a toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies. In tylenol the antigen is a toxin that can be helpful but will in large amount shut down your kidneys. Every day, the two kidneys filter about 120 to 150 quarts of blood to produce about 1 to 2 quarts of urine, composed of wastes and extra fluid. Imagine what would happen if they stopped. To make it easier on you imagination. It your kidneys completely, your body fills with extra water and waste products. This condition is called uremia. Your hands or feet may swell. You will feel tired and weak because your body needs clean blood to function properly.
Tylenol overdose is not at all a pleasant. It causes severe liver damage which is often irreversible. As an ICU nurse I’ve seen many people attempt to OD on Tylenol and end up with eventual cirrhosis. This is often a long and horrible process. Most people survive the initial attempt learning that they were not only unsuccessful in ending their life but now have a severely damaged liver resulting in horrible and irreversible complications . These complications include vomiting up copious amounts of blood due to esophageal varices, fluid shifting, resulting in extremely uncomfortable accumulation of fluid in the belly and extreme confusion and agitation from hepatic encephalopathy. Ammonia accumulated in the bloodstream and must be treated by administration of a medicine called lactulose. This medicine causes frequent (nearly constant) watery diarrhea. A Tylenol overdose has the potential to be a horrible, ammonia scented road to hell. It is very likely that the persons will wake up in an ER or ICU with a tube down their windpipe and learn all this bad news.
It will kill your liver. Which will kill you, in a very unpleasant way. In fact, taking more Tylenol than is recommended by accident kills over a hundred Americans each year.!Unless your stomach gets pumped right away, that much acetaminophen will absolutely destroy your liver. And livers are important. You can’t live without them.