Amy Winehouse Death

Initial Account:

Amy Winehouse's Cause of Death: Accidental Alcohol Poisoning, Blood Level Five Times the Legal Limit. Her unexpected passing, and her official cause of death has finally been revealed.

It was revealed that the 27-year-old suffered a "death by misadventure" on July 23, and that her passing was an "unintended consequence" of accidental alcohol poisoning. An initial autopsy taken in the wake of the singer's death was inconclusive, though no drugs were found in her system at the time. But according to both Greenway and pathologist Suhail Baithun, it was because of the plenty of alcohol. Further, the findings revealed, that Winehouse had consumed "a very large quantity of alcohol" and that her blood-alcohol limit was more than five times that of the drunk-driving limit.It had been said that the singer had 416 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood. The legal limit in Britain is 80 mg.

Amy was found her unresponsive in bed with two empty full-size bottles and one smaller bottle of vodka in her room.

The Reason: Bulimia and Alcohol are a deadly mix

Though an inquest confirmed that the British singer-songwriter died of alcohol poisoning.

But two years after her tragic death, it was discovered that it was bulimia that led to her death. It was revealed that drink and drugs took their toll, but the eating disorder fatally weakened her.

It was suggested that it is possible that Amy Winehouse died because from the combination of her eating disorder and her issues with drink and drugs. The physical impact of an eating disorder over a sustained period of time includes organ damage. Some people have renal (kidney) failure, hepatic (liver) damage, weakening of the heart muscles and damage to the digestive system, amongst many other physical problems. Which meant that the body’s organs are not able to deal with processing alcohol in the same way that healthy organs would, and therefore the likelihood of organ failure is greater.

Bulimia is a serious mental illness where people feel that they have lost control over their eating and evaluate themselves according to their body shape and weight.

People with bulimia are caught in a cycle of eating large quantities of food (called bingeing), and then vomiting, taking laxatives or diuretics (called purging), in order to prevent gaining weight. This behaviour can dominate daily life and lead to difficulties in relationships and social situations and they may also have very low self-esteem and self harm.

And there seems to be a strong link between eating disorders and alcoholism, as 37.5% of people with bulimia reported excessive alcohol use, and 26.8% reported alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence.