After dinner on Friday night, Mrs. Honan went upstairs to see her daughter in the room, and suddenly saw the 14-year-old her "uncontrolled convulsions and tremors", freaking her out and hastening to call an ambulance.
What is this all about?
One, it's all about energy drinks.
A 14-year-old girl on Sunshine Coast drinks a 500-milliliter energy drink that is readily visible on supermarket shelves before having a seizure in the room.
Her mother later described it as: "her teeth rattling, her muscles twitching, her body just being shaken," Mrs Honan said.
'I 'm shocked to be the culprit, 'she said on Facebook.
But paramedics say they are used to it.
According to statistics, they call ambulances at least four times a week after drinking energy drinks. "the teenagers who were brought in had a rapid heartbeat, unconscious tremors, and occasionally death." The paramedics said.
2. The harm of energy drinks to teenagers
Roger Finn, president of the Sunshine Coast Medical Association, says teenagers are prone to adverse reactions to energy drinks.
"Energy drinks tend to contain stimulants such as caffeine, and the body is not fully developed as a teenager and does not adapt to these stimulants."
In addition, a study published in the Australian Journal of Medicine found that up to 87 percent of respondents had significant symptoms of discomfort, including palpitations, restlessness, tremors and gastrointestinal discomfort, after drinking energy drinks.
Over the past 10 years the consumption of caffeine-containing beverages labeled "energy" and "vitality" has increased significantly. Recently, energy drinks account for 20% of the convenience store beverage market, but more and more cases of caffeine poisoning caused by energy drinks have been reported to hospitals and poison centers.
The main active ingredients of energy drinks include different amounts of caffeine, Guarana extract, taurine and ginseng, as well as amino acids, vitamins and carbohydrates.
And their target population is mainly students, workers.
The study showed that consumers were mostly unaware of the caffeine content of energy drinks and did not have warnings or markings. A typical energy drink can average up to 300 milligrams of caffeine, while 50 milligrams can trigger symptoms such as tachycardia.
Carbonated drinks like Coke contain only 40 milligrams of caffeine, seven times more!
Excessive consumption of energy drinks can even lead to the death of some teenagers. As early as 2103, a 16-year-old Australian girl named Sara Milosevic, died after drinking a mixed energy drink.
Similarly, a 14-year-old American girl died of a heart attack after drinking two cans of energy drinks in 12 years.
Last year, teenagers died in the UK after drinking energy drinks containing three times as much caffeine.
3. The proliferation of energy drinks also has an impact on adults.
It is reported that the caffeine content of many energy drinks sold on the market exceeds the safety limit of the human body, and some of the new energy drinks have a caffeine content of 500 milligrams, equivalent to 5 cups of high-concentration coffee!
For adults, people's blood pressure and adrenaline levels rise when they stay up late to watch the game, at which point they are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease if they take too much caffeine.
In addition, in some entertainment places, many people like to mix energy drinks with wine, drink a variety of new patterns. Experts say such a mix of drinks can cause arrhythmia and dyspnea, or even fainting and life-threatening.
So adults and teenagers who don't have a good heart function should be careful when drinking this kind of energy drink.