During the Spring Festival, many people will go out to drink with friends. At the wine table, people who “never get drunk” will often arouse a burst of envy and praise from others. However, Zhang Hongyi, director of the liver, gallbladder and pancreas center of Beijing Tsinghua Changgeng hospital, and Shi bin, a doctor, should remind the vast number of netizens that drinking alcohol in Spring Festival should be moderate, and drinking alcohol improperly can easily hurt people.
why is alcohol bad for the liver
Alcohol injures the liver – this is a fact recognized by almost all experts. Alcohol produces acetaldehyde in the body, and the liver can oxidize acetaldehyde into acetic acid and expel it. However, if excessive drinking exceeds the detoxification capacity of the liver, the liver will be the first to be unlucky. Fatty liver is the earliest sign that can be formed only after a few days of heavy drinking. If it accumulates for a long time, it will lead to “fibrosis”, become alcoholic liver disease, and eventually develop into irreversible “liver cirrhosis”.
six things you must know when drinking
1. Beer, carbonated drinks and Baijiu cannot be mixed together
Beer and carbonated drinks contain a lot of carbon dioxide, which will expand the stomach and increase the area of alcohol absorption after drinking. At the same time, carbon dioxide will accelerate the absorption of alcohol, make it easier to get drunk and damage the liver.
2. You can’t take NSAIDs after drinking
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are one of the most commonly used drugs in the world, such as aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, etc. These drugs and alcohol will double stimulate the gastrointestinal mucosa and increase the risk of gastric bleeding and liver injury.
3. Taking cephalosporins and * nitrazole drugs requires complete prohibition of alcohol
When taking these drugs, forced drinking will cause disulfiram like reactions, such as limb weakness, dizziness, vomiting, shock, etc., 15 minutes to 1 hour after drinking, and the symptoms of patients with heart disease and hypertension are more serious.
4. Gout patients and high uric acid patients cannot eat beer and seafood at the same time
5. Blushing after drinking doesn’t mean you can drink a lot
Blushing after drinking is caused by the low activity of acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in the human body. Acetaldehyde produced after alcohol is metabolized cannot be metabolized and cleared by acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in time, resulting in dilation of blood vessels on the face and redness, which may cause damage to organs such as heart, brain, liver and kidney.
6. You can’t practice your drinking capacity
The catabolism of alcohol in the human body mainly depends on two enzymes, ethanol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. However, the human enzyme system is hereditary and can not be supplemented after tomorrow. Drinking more alcohol at ordinary times can not increase alcohol consumption.
At the same time, people who drink a lot do not mean that drinking is not harmful. The functional metabolism of the human body is limited. Even if you are not drunk, alcohol has damaged the liver, intestine, nerves, endocrine system, etc.
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