Have a drink? Reminder: This way of drinking is more harmful than occasional binge drinking, don't take it seriously!
What is the harm that alcohol can cause to the human body? Is it alcohol addiction, alcoholism, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, cancer?
Yes, alcohol is indeed an addictive consumer product, and long-term heavy drinking is likely to lead to alcohol addiction. However, alcohol also stealthily steals one's health, causing damage to multiple organs and tissues throughout the body.
Among all alcohol injuries, the most worthy of vigilance and attention are cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, alcoholic liver disease, digestive tract damage, and cancer!
1. Cardiovascular disease
After alcohol enters the human body, it can dilate blood vessels and promote blood circulation. So, after a small amount of alcohol, you will notice a gradual drop in blood pressure.
However, this does not mean that alcohol has a protective effect on blood vessels. In fact, alcohol can insidiously damage the vascular endothelium, resulting in the continuous deposition of lipids on the blood vessel wall, and eventually form atherosclerosis, which is the cause of stroke and myocardial infarction. Lay hidden;
2. Alcoholic liver disease
After alcohol enters the human body , it needs to be metabolized by two dehydrogenases secreted by the liver, and finally it can be excreted into carbon dioxide and water. However, in the process of alcohol metabolism, it will inhibit other biotransformation capabilities of the liver, and acetaldehyde, ethanol, etc. will also attack liver cells.
In particular, acetaldehyde, a substance, is extremely toxic to the liver. After liver damage, it will gradually develop into fatty liver, hepatitis, liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, and even cancer;
3. Digestive tract damage
Although alcohol is metabolized in the liver, when alcohol enters the body, it will first come into intimate contact with the mucous membranes of the digestive tract . It will destroy the protective barrier of the digestive tract mucosa, resulting in damage to the digestive tract mucosa.
The higher the concentration of liquor, the greater the , which can lead to inflammation, ulcers, perforation and other problems;
4. Cancer
As mentioned above, chronic alcoholism itself can induce chronic diseases of the digestive tract mucosa and liver. Clinical studies have shown that repeated attacks of chronic diseases and long-term inflammatory responses in cells may lead to the appearance of cancer cells once the cell DNA is replicated incorrectly .
Not only that, the acetaldehyde substance in alcohol itself has the ability to change the expression of cellular DNA. Therefore, long-term heavy drinking will undoubtedly increase the risk of gastrointestinal cancer and liver cancer.
Although the harm caused by alcohol, we all know more or less. However, many people actually don't take the harm of alcohol seriously, because in their opinion, only long-term heavy drinking will increase the chance of disease.
With a few drinks, alcohol will be quickly metabolized by the body and will not cause damage to organ function. But is it really advisable to have a good drink? actually not!
"European Journal of Cardiology" once published a research survey on alcohol in South Korea, which combed the relevant information of 9.78 million people, including their drinking habits and heart health status.
The research team followed up for 18 years and found that people who regularly drink in small amounts are more harmful than occasional binge drinking.
In 2018, the famous medical impurity "The Lancet" also published a research survey involving 28 million people, and the results showed that there is no so-called safe dose of drinking alcohol, as long as it is drinking, it will pose a threat to health . If you have to talk about the safe dose of drinking, there is only one answer: don't drink!
Therefore, from a clinical point of view, everyone should not take any chances with alcohol. As long as alcohol enters the body, it will cause harm. It's just that the time and severity of the damage are different.
Therefore, from now on, it is necessary to stay away from alcohol damage and actively quit drinking.