Student's heart failed when he drank 2 litres of energy drinks a day for 2 years

A student’s ‘excessive’ energy drink consumption potentially caused his heart to fail, a report in leading medical journal the BMJ has said.

The 21-year-old man ended up in intensive care after he drank up to four 500ml drinks — a total of 640mg of caffeine — per day for two years. ‘I suffered from tremors and heart palpitations,’ said the patient, ‘I also suffered from severe migraine headaches.’ He sought help after his ill health, including shortness of breath and lethargy, brought his university studies to a halt for three months.

Medics found he had heart and kidney failure — the latter linked to a long-standing, previously undiagnosed condition.The report’s authors, from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, called the case ‘severe biventricular heart failure potentially related to excessive energy drink consumption’.

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