Getting drunk once is like getting hepatitis
Since ancient times, alcohol has been a great helper for people to connect with each other at gatherings and social events.
Long-term drunkenness is extremely harmful to the human body. This analogy means that the damage alcohol does to the liver is no less than getting hepatitis.
And if you get drunk too many times, you can actually develop hepatitis.
Alcohol has certain nutritional value for the human body. It contains nutrients that the body needs, such as amino acids and vitamins. For example, beer contains 17 amino acids and 12 vitamins and is known as "liquid bread." However, drinking a large amount at one time can cause acute alcohol poisoning. Because the short-term intake of a large amount of ethanol increases the liver's oxygen consumption, it causes hypoxia in the liver tissue, leading to centrilobular necrosis, which is a characteristic manifestation of ethanol hepatotoxicity. In addition, drunkenness also manifests as symptoms of central nervous system excitement, ataxia, or drowsiness and coma. At this time, the body is in a state of stress,表现为中枢神经兴奋或抑制状态, and in severe cases, it can lead to respiratory, circulatory, and liver dysfunction, and even death due to central nervous system paralysis.
If you drink heavily for a long time, it can lead to toxic liver damage—alcoholic liver disease, including alcoholic fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and alcoholic cirrhosis. Chronic alcoholism can also harm other organs, such as causing gastritis and gastric ulcers, and Alzheimer's disease (senile dementia).
The most effective way to prevent and treat alcoholic liver disease is to quit drinking. In patients with alcoholic cirrhosis, there is a possibility of complete reversal of liver lesions after quitting alcohol. In addition, when drinking, you can take some vitamins at the same time to play a role in protecting the liver.