The scientific reason hangovers are the absolute worst

Common symptoms of a hangover like headaches , nausea, and anxiety are caused by chemical changes in your body and brain that accompany dr...

• Common symptoms of a hangover like headaches, nausea, and anxiety are caused by chemical changes in your body and brain that accompany drinking.
• Alcohol suppresses a hormone called vasopressin, which normally prevents you from urinating too much. Without it, you pee more and become dehydrated (cue morning headache).
• Other chemicals called proinflammatory cytokines are to blame for your flu-like symptoms, while changes in brain chemistry — not your choices last night — are responsible for so-called "hangxiety."

Hangovers and the horrible headaches that come with them are caused by chemical changes in your body that take effect as soon you down your first drink.

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Ahhh. Your head hurts. You're nauseated. You're achy. And you're certainly: Never. Drinking. Again. The only thought running through your foggy mind is: Why are hangovers the absolute worst?

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