Is drinking alcohol serious for 5 years?

According to doctors, drunkenness can lead to death because alcohol directly inhibits the respiratory center. When vomiting after drinking, vomit can also block the trachea and cause death by suffocation. Alcoholism can cause harm to various organs in the body.

"Cauda Equina Syndrome": due to repeated violent vomiting, it will cause vertical tearing of the mucosa at the lower end of the gastroesophagus, leading to vomiting of blood.

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 the cranial nerves, leading to memory loss, and involuntary trembling of hands in early years.

Stomach damage: Long-term alcohol abuse can damage the stomach, leading to peptic ulcer disease and other complications.

In addition, alcohol dependence can also lead to cardiovascular diseases, such as palpitations and angina pectoris; respiratory diseases, such as pulmonary edema, and severe malnutrition, leading to hypoglycemia and many complications.

Long-term excessive drinking will lead to "alcohol dependence". According to relevant statistics, there are currently an estimated 140 million people in the world who are dependent on alcohol, and the mortality rate from alcohol poisoning accounts for 1.5% of all deaths in the world.

Drinking causes harm

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

1. Death: Alcohol will inhibit the respiratory center of the brain and cause breathing to stop. In addition, a drop in blood sugar may also be a fatal factor.

2. Malabsorption syndrome causes various vitamin deficiencies and indirectly leads to various nervous system injuries.

Two. Effects of long-term heavy drinking

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

2. Gastric ulcer: It can cause gastric bleeding and be life-threatening.

3. Nervous system damage: such as peripheral neuropathy.

4. Cerebral cortical atrophy: There are reports that some chronic alcoholics have cerebral cortical atrophy, and some patients also show signs of mental decline.

5. Alcoholic Fetal Syndrome: Alcohol is metabolized and excreted slowly in the fetus, causing various harms to the developing fetus, including fetal malformations, fetal death, growth retardation and behavioral defects. wait.

Three. The impact of alcoholism on family life

1. Easily agitated, losing temper, poor judgment control, prone to conflicts with others, sensitive to external stimuli, and high crime rate.

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

3. Being in a 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 and self-abandonment.

Four. Alcohol has different effects on different people. Most people think of alcohol as a stimulant. However, from a medical perspective, alcohol is a depressant: it slows down your reaction time and confuses your ability to judge movement and distance. Even walking and talking can become a problem when you drink too much. [1]

Five. It is important to understand that alcohol is a drug and addictive. The more you drink, the more you want to drink more, and the more you need to drink to get the instant pleasure and happiness that comes from drinking. However, it's a vicious cycle; because after drinking, you have a hangover, a horrible headache. The main cause is dehydration: alcohol causes water to leave your body's cells and enter your bloodstream and urine. [1]

Not only that, but over a few years, alcohol can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, and other consequences like brain damage, stomach disease, vitamin deficiencies, high blood pressure, and depression. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is very dangerous. Even small amounts of alcohol in the mother's blood may cause mental retardation or other birth defects in the baby.

Six. The social costs of alcoholism are staggering. Alcohol costs millions of working days, is directly related to many industrial accidents, and is often a factor in suicide. The victims of alcohol are often not the drinkers themselves, but other innocent people.

For example, driving while drinking shows a disregard for human life, not just for the driver and his passengers, but also for the lives of innocent people.

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The dangers of alcohol

As we all know, our country has thousands of years of Alcohol culture, moderate drinking can add to the festive atmosphere, but excessive drinking not only harms the body and life, but also harms the family and society. Alcohol dependence and related problems are the third largest public health problem after cardiovascular disease and cancer. The clinical manifestations of patients with alcohol dependence include neurological complications, digestive system complications, cardiovascular complications, etc. In addition, excessive drinking also has a certain degree of negative impact on the reproductive and endocrine systems. According to statistics, the majority of men are "drunkards" around the age of 40. Some people quit drinking to drown their sorrows, leading to drunken troubles, fights, drunken driving and car accidents and other illegal and criminal cases. According to statistics from the transportation department alone: ??in recent years, traffic accidents caused by driving while drunk accounted for 80% of all traffic accidents. Alcohol has become an increasingly serious threat to our health.

1. Diencephalic syndrome

2. Alcohol-related fragmentary amnesia

3. Wernicke's encephalopathy

4. Ke Sarkov syndrome

5. Alcohol-related dementia

6. Brain damage

7. Alcohol-related cerebellar degeneration

8. Alcohol-related polyneuropathy

9. Autonomic nervous system disease

10. Alcohol-related epileptic seizures

11. Alcohol-related personality changes

12. Alcohol abuse leads to mental disorders

About 15 years ago, scientists conducted a survey on workers in Danish wineries. These workers were allowed to drink 4 pints (about 2 liters) of alcohol for free every day. Beer, which is more than the average Danish male drinks. Compared with the general population, the result is that the incidence rates of esophageal cancer, laryngeal cancer, and lung cancer among brewery workers are many times higher. Among them, esophageal cancer is 25 times that of the general population, and laryngeal cancer is 10 times that of the general population. In contrast, some religions that forbid drinking alcohol are less likely to develop oral and head and neck cancers.

In our country, areas with high incidence of gastric cancer are also located in areas with strong old universities. Chinese scientists have studied that alcohol is a co-carcinogen for liver cancer, etc., and it can enhance the carcinogenic effects of other carcinogens. Alcohol acts as a solvent, making other carcinogens more easily absorbed by tissue cells. In the process of making wine, if the raw materials induce mildew and spoilage, and the water, tools, and containers used are contaminated, the brewed wine is often contaminated with carcinogens, the main ones of which are nitrosodimethylamine, aflatoxin, Asbestos, arsenic, nickel, etc. In addition, there are pigments and flavors that are suspected to be carcinogenic in wine. If a person has both smoking and alcohol habits, the synergistic effect of tobacco and alcohol increases the possibility of cancer, especially head and neck tumors. People who smoke and drink alcohol have a 15 times higher risk of developing cancer than the population average. Drinking alcohol is also related to the occurrence of breast cancer.

Among these many liver diseases, the most common is hepatitis, and the most common among hepatitis is infectious hepatitis. Infectious hepatitis is caused by a virus. The virus is a pathogen smaller than bacteria. It cannot even be seen with an ordinary microscope. It requires an electron microscope with tens of thousands of times magnification to see its appearance. Although it is small, it can penetrate into human liver cells, and ordinary antibacterial drugs cannot do anything to it. Moreover, it is also contagious. This virus can enter the body of a healthy person from a patient through food or blood, causing healthy people to develop hepatitis, so it is called infectious hepatitis.

The common types of infectious hepatitis are A, B, C, D, and E, or five types: a, b, c, d, and e. Two types, type A and type E, are transmitted through the digestive tract. These patients can shed the virus in their feces.

If these viruses contaminate food or water, and healthy people eat these contaminated foods, if their body's resistance is not good, they will develop hepatitis. Hepatitis B, C and D viruses are transmitted through blood. Transfusion of blood from these patients and use of syringes used by these patients that have not been thoroughly sterilized can cause the infection of hepatitis B and hepatitis C. A mother with hepatitis virus in her body can also transmit these viruses to her children.

Hepatitis B and C can become chronic hepatitis in some patients, with the disease course extending to several years or even ten years, seriously affecting the patient's health. Some patients with chronic hepatitis eventually develop cirrhosis. The patients develop jaundice, ascites, and increased portal vein pressure, which can rupture the blood vessels in the lower esophagus or the bottom of the stomach. The patient may vomit blood in large mouths, the patient's spleen may be enlarged, and white blood cells may Thrombocytopenia and significantly reduced immunity. Some patients can gradually develop into hepatic coma. At the beginning, the patient's cognitive ability declines. He no longer recognizes old friends, cannot recognize his home when going out, and uses his shoes as a urinal. Later, they may fall into a complete coma, and without proper treatment, their lives are often lifeless.

Some patients with cirrhosis will develop liver cancer. The early symptoms are not obvious, but in the later stages, there is severe liver pain, loss of appetite, and the person quickly loses weight, develops jaundice, ascites, and the cancer can metastasize to the lungs and bones. Metastasis to the lungs can cause hemoptysis and shortness of breath. Metastasis to the bones can cause fractures, and if it metastasizes to the spinal bones, it can also cause paraplegia. If liver cancer can be detected early, there is hope of cure. If it cannot be detected early, the treatment effect is very poor.

Our research has found that the number of alcohol dependence among the elderly is increasing in various countries around the world. Alcohol dependence is the result of heavy drinking over many years. Alcohol dependence generally begins around the age of 30. Abroad, alcohol dependence among the elderly is divided into three types.

Early-onset: Alcohol dependence develops at a young age. There is a drinking problem before the age of 40. That is, after severe alcohol dependence is formed, continuous drinking in a short period of time often occurs, causing alcohol-induced epilepsy, hallucinations, delusions, etc., which can easily lead to social and family problems caused by drinking.

Elderly worsening type: It gradually worsens based on the early onset, and alcohol dependence treatment is necessary after the age of 55.

Delayed onset: There is no alcohol dependence when you are young. After the age of 55, alcohol dependence develops due to problems in work, family and health that cannot be solved, and when you are depressed.

Research results show that as people’s life expectancy increases, the problem of alcohol dependence among the elderly is becoming increasingly prominent. Alcohol dependence among the elderly is mostly caused by loneliness and loss after retirement. There are also a considerable number of people who were mildly alcoholic when they were young. In old age, their alcohol consumption has not decreased but increased, leading to obvious alcohol dependence. In addition, it is worth noting that the cultural level of dependents is improving. This also shows that some people with high cultural levels have strong ability to control drinking when they are young, but in old age, some psychological problems lead to alcohol dependence. Therefore, for drinkers with high cultural level, when they reach old age, they should be allowed to reduce drinking or quit drinking as early as possible to prevent them from becoming alcohol dependent.

With changes in lifestyle, liver disease has also emerged. Let’s talk about alcoholic liver disease first. Just by looking at the name, you can tell that this disease is closely related to alcohol. The chemical component of alcohol is ethanol. After drinking alcohol, ethanol enters the liver through the portal vein, where it is metabolized into acetaldehyde. Acetaldehyde is a hepatotoxic substance that can cause significant damage to the liver, ranging from fatty liver to cirrhosis. According to research, consuming 40 grams of alcohol per day, which is about 2 taels of liquor, will definitely cause alcoholic liver disease in 5 years. If you drink 8 taels a day, acute alcoholic liver disease can occur in two weeks.

With the improvement of the material living standards of our people, there is also an increasing number of liver diseases - fatty liver. Excessive intake of fatty substances exceeds the body's physiological needs and accumulates in the liver. If we eat too much carbohydrates, including rice, noodles, and steamed buns, and lack exercise, these carbohydrates can also evolve into fat and accumulate in the liver. If these fatty substances enter liver cells, liver function can be damaged.

Transaminase and transpeptidase will both increase. If it cannot be corrected, it may develop into cirrhosis. Fatty liver has now become a common disease among people in more economically developed areas.

Digestive system complications

(1) Oral cavity and pharynx The oral cavity and pharynx are the first parts that come into contact with alcohol. Studies have found that alcohol abusers have a significantly higher incidence of oral and pharyngeal cancers. In addition, alcohol abusers generally have poor oral hygiene and therefore have more dental caries. Due to vitamin B1, the tongue can appear atrophic, smooth, and beef-like red, and bleeding in the mouth often indicates that the liver disease has entered an advanced stage or is complicated by coagulation disorders.

(2) Esophageal Reflux esophagitis is common among alcohol abusers. When alcohol abusers develop cirrhosis, portal hypertension often leads to esophageal varices, which makes bleeding very easy.

(3) Stomach and small intestine People have long noticed that alcohol has a direct toxic effect on the gastric mucosa and can destroy the natural barrier of the stomach. Studies have found that as alcohol abuse worsens, the gastric mucosa can manifest as inflammation, tissue destruction, and bleeding, respectively, and is clinically diagnosed as gastritis.

(4) The cause of acute pancreatitis of the pancreas is very complicated, but foreign studies (such as Sheely.1980) claim that about 30-60% of the incidence of pancreatitis is related to drinking

. For the treatment principles of alcohol-related acute pancreatitis, in addition to requiring patients to abstain from alcohol, please refer to the internal medicine section for the rest. Follow-up found that if the patient does not quit drinking, he or she will easily develop acute recurrent pancreatitis or chronic pancreatitis.

(5) Liver Alcohol-related liver disease is one of the serious complications of alcohol abuse and dependence. Statistics show that alcohol-related liver disease causes deaths in the United States. Taking the first place among various types of liver diseases, alcohol-related cirrhosis is the fourth cause of death for men in the 35-54 age group and the fifth cause of death for women in this age group.

As we all know, our country has thousands of years of drinking culture. Moderate drinking can add to the festive atmosphere, but excessive drinking not only harms the body and life, but also harms the family and society. Alcohol dependence and related problems are the third largest public health problem after cardiovascular disease and cancer. The clinical manifestations of patients with alcohol dependence include neurological complications, digestive system complications, cardiovascular complications, etc. In addition, excessive drinking also has a certain degree of negative impact on the reproductive and endocrine systems. According to statistics, the majority of men are "drunkards" around the age of 40. Some people quit drinking to drown their sorrows, leading to drunken troubles, fights, drunken driving and car accidents and other illegal and criminal cases. According to statistics from the transportation department alone: ??in recent years, traffic accidents caused by driving while drunk accounted for 80% of all traffic accidents. Alcohol has become an increasingly serious threat to our health.