What are the consequences of long-term drinking

We all know that many of our friends need to drink frequently in their lives because they have to deal with guests for a long time. Once they drink, they will get drunk. This is very harmful to their health because alcohol will paralyze our liver and cause liver poisoning. Therefore, we recommend that patients should pay attention to the amount of alcohol they drink in their lives. It is okay to drink some alcohol appropriately, but long-term drinking will lead to alcoholic fatty liver.

Damage to the liver: Long-term drinking can lead to alcoholic liver disease, fatty liver disease, and even cirrhosis, with serious consequences. Damage to the brain: Paralysis of brain nerves leads to memory loss, and involuntary tremors of the hands occur in early years. Damage to the stomach: Long-term alcoholism can damage the stomach and cause peptic ulcer disease and other complications. In addition, alcohol dependence can also lead to cardiovascular diseases, such as palpitations, induced angina pectoris; respiratory diseases, such as pulmonary edema, and severe malnutrition, leading to hypoglycemia and many complications. Long-term excessive drinking will produce "alcohol dependence." According to relevant statistics, there are an estimated 140 million people in the world who are dependent on alcohol, and the death rate from alcohol poisoning accounts for 1.5% of all deaths in the world.

Harm caused by drinking

1. Drinking a lot of alcohol will cause the following disadvantages

1. Death: Alcohol can inhibit the respiratory center of the medulla oblongata, causing respiratory arrest. In addition, a drop in blood sugar may also be a fatal factor.

2. Malabsorption syndrome causes various vitamin deficiencies, which indirectly lead to various nervous system damages.

2. The effects of long-term heavy drinking

1. Liver damage: Fat accumulation in the liver causes fatty liver.

2. Gastric ulcer: can cause gastric bleeding and endanger life.

3. Nervous system damage: such as peripheral neuropathy.

4. Cerebral cortex atrophy: Reports show that some chronic alcoholics have cerebral cortex atrophy, and some patients have signs of intellectual decline.

5. Alcoholic fetal syndrome: Alcohol is metabolized and excreted slowly in the fetus, causing various harms to the developing fetus, including fetal malformation, stillbirth, growth retardation and behavioral defects.

3. The impact of alcoholism on family life

1. Emotionally agitated, lose temper, poor judgment control, prone to conflict with others, sensitive to external stimuli, and have a high crime rate.

2. Spouses and children often become targets of violent attacks.

3. Mental trance affects work efficiency.

4. Alienation from relatives and friends causes alcoholics to bear greater psychological frustration and pressure, leading to a vicious cycle of self-destruction.

4. Alcohol has different effects on different people. Most people think that alcohol is a stimulant. However, from a medical point of view, alcohol is a sedative: it slows down your reaction time and confuses your ability to judge movement and distance. Even when you drink too much, walking and talking become a problem.

Guidance:

5. It is important to understand that alcohol is a drug and is addictive. The more you drink, the more you want to drink, and the more you need to drink to get the instantaneous feeling of pleasure and happiness that comes from alcohol. However, this is a vicious cycle; because after drinking, you will have a hangover, a terrible headache. The main reason is dehydration: alcohol causes water to leave your body cells and enter your blood and urine. [1]

Moreover, after a few years, alcohol can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, and other consequences such as brain damage, stomach problems, vitamin deficiencies, high blood pressure, depression, etc. Excessive drinking during pregnancy is extremely dangerous. Even a small amount of alcohol in the mother's bloodstream can cause mental retardation or other birth defects in the baby.

Life care:

6. The social cost of alcohol abuse is staggering. Alcohol causes the loss of millions of working days and is directly related to many industrial accidents. It is also often a factor in suicide. The victims of alcohol are often not the drinkers themselves, but other innocent people. For example, driving under the influence of alcohol shows indifference to human life, not only to the driver and his passengers, but also to the lives of innocent people.

The above introduces us in detail the dangers of long-term drinking. I hope you will pay attention to it in your life, especially those who like to drink. For friends who drink alcohol for a long time, you should pay attention to not driving after drinking, because many traffic accidents are caused by drunk driving, and long-term drinking will cause cirrhosis of the liver.