Alcohol, sedatives can depress body’s breathing mechanism, doctor warns Alcohol, sedatives can depress body’s breathing mechanism, doctor warns
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Dr Krisda Sirampuj, director of an international anti-ageing medical centre, said a human body’s respiratory mechanism doesn’t start in the lungs, but actually in the brain, which instructs the human body to breathe. He said this brain-to-lungs connection is automatic and our bodies know not to hold the breath.