Caffeine overdose Patient barely survives a severe brain hemorrhage

Man suffers from brain hemorrhage after excessive consumption of energy drinks

Energy drinks have enjoyed growing popularity among young people in particular for years. But older people sometimes fall back on the caffeinated drinks. One Brit, for example, who approved so many of these drinks one night in a hot club that he nearly died. Now he is in favor of a ban on energy drinks.

High consumption of energy drinks endangers the health

It has long been known that energy drinks can be harmful to your health. The consumption of sweet drinks can not only lead to discomfort such as abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, but sometimes have more serious consequences and pose a risk to the heart. A man from the UK would have brought the excessive consumption of energy drinks almost to the grave. He suffered a brain hemorrhage.

In the UK, a man drank 25 cans of energy drinks in just six hours. Only a short time later he was diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage. (Image: mix3r / fotolia.com)

25 doses in six hours

Cerebral haemorrhage usually occurs through a trauma, for example, a traffic accident, crash or the like.

But also diseases that affect the vascular system in the brain, high blood pressure or aneurysm (arterial dilation) can trigger a cerebral hemorrhage.

In addition, innate vascular anomalies, brain tumors or vascular tumors are among the potential causes. Even some medications, especially those that are supposed to prevent blood clotting, can lead to cerebral hemorrhage.

The favorable factors include many years of alcohol and / or drug use.

Nick Mitchell from Wakefield, England suffered a brain hemorrhage because he consumed far too many energy drinks.

According to media reports, the 56-year-old man suffered a brain haemorrhage several years ago after drinking 25 "Monster" and "Red Bull" cans in just six hours.

Caffeine overdose and bleeding in the brain

According to a report by the Daily Mail, the Briton approved 25 energy drinks during a karaoke night in a hot club.

Later that night, he was taken to a hospital after waking up with a painful headache.

There, the doctors found a caffeine overdose. In addition, a CT scan revealed hemorrhage in the brain.

The patient was operated on immediately. Previously, the doctors warned him that more than 50 percent of patients had another bleeding within twelve hours, which in some cases was fatal.

Such drinks "should be banned"

The now 56-year-old suffered shortly after several small strokes, which led to the lack of oxygen in the brain to the fact that he could no longer speak.

"I had three in a week. These drinks almost killed me. I was so close to death and thought I could not make it through the operation, "the Englishman said.

He says these drinks are "as bad as drugs and should be banned".

Even years after the incident, the 56-year-old is suffering from aphasia. It is difficult for him to find the right words when speaking.

Now he wants to warn other people of the "addictive drinks", it says in the newspaper report. He said it was stupid to drink so much, but like many others, he had no idea how dangerous they could be.

Enormous amounts of sugar and caffeine

According to the report, the average sugar content of a can of energy drink may be higher than the total daily recommendation for an adult.

Up to 13 pieces of sugar can be included - and up to 160 mg of caffeine.

Apparently the producers of the drinks do not see a problem: "A 250 ml can of Red Bull contains 80 mg of caffeine, about as much as a cup of self-brewed coffee," the Daily Mail quotes a Red Bull spokesman.

"The European Food Safety Authority has found that caffeine intake of up to 400 mg per day (five 250 ml cans or five cups of coffee) raises no safety concerns for the general healthy adult population."

Monster Energy has not commented. (Ad)