What are the harms of drinking to the human body

Nowadays, many young people develop the habit of drinking because of work needs. So for people who drink alcohol regularly, alcohol will cause certain harm to the human body. Especially for people who drink alcohol every day, it is easy to cause symptoms such as alcoholic liver or beer belly. Over time, more other chronic diseases will appear. Next, I will give you a detailed introduction to the main harms of drinking to the human body.

1. Drinking in moderation is good for your health

2. Eating or drinking too much of anything can be harmful, and alcohol is no exception. Drinking too much alcohol can make you susceptible to many other diseases. Drinkers are more likely to develop kidney and liver diseases than the average person. Excessive drinking can cause alcohol poisoning, damage the central nervous system, and even lead to cerebral oblongata paralysis; it can inhibit gastric juice secretion, weaken pepsin activity, irritate gastric mucosa, cause chronic gastritis, and bring great harm to the human body. Alcohol can also reduce the level of testosterone, the main male hormone, affecting male fertility and the health of offspring. For male adolescents, it can delay the maturation of sexual function. Excessive drinking during pregnancy may cause the baby to be deformed, mentally retarded, or even stillbirth. For patients with liver disease, the stimulation of alcohol will increase the burden on the liver and aggravate the condition.

For hypertensive patients who are taking antihypertensive drugs, alcohol not only reduces the efficacy of the drugs, but also dissolves the outer shell of slow-acting drugs, causing the drugs to suddenly take effect and endanger their lives. Generally speaking, every time people drink, when the alcohol concentration in the liquid reaches 0.05-0.2%, the brain's inhibitory function weakens, memory declines, and discrimination, concentration, and comprehension abilities significantly decrease. At this time, the drinkers often lose their usual civilization and politeness, becoming rude, chattering, boasting, talking irrelevantly, or even fighting and making trouble. When the alcohol concentration in a person's blood reaches 0.4%, the drinker will fall into drowsiness, coma, pale complexion, slow breathing, low body temperature, and even lose his life. Long-term and large-scale drinking can also cause chronic alcohol poisoning, mental retardation, chronic gastritis, degeneration of the liver, heart, and kidneys, cirrhosis, multiple neuritis and other diseases. People who drink frequently often do not pay attention to the nutrition of food. In addition, alcohol can consume thiamine (vitamin B1) and niacin (anti-pellagra vitamin) in the body, thereby causing mental and organic disorders. Be careful. People who drink excessively often suffer from malnutrition. Experimental results show that even a small amount of alcohol can affect normal people's short-term memory ability. Long-term alcoholics may suffer from severe amnesia due to vitamin B1 deficiency.

The above is a detailed introduction to the harm that regular drinking of alcohol causes to the human body. For those who love to drink, they need to pay attention to drinking less or quitting the addiction. If you drink for a long time, it will cause damage to your body. In severe cases, liver lesions may occur. In middle or old age, some people may develop alcoholic liver disease or liver cancer.