Recently, Mr. Zhao often feels abdominal distension and abdominal pain, which has not been relieved after taking digestive drugs, accompanied by nausea, loss of appetite, dizziness and other symptoms. When he came to the hospital to check his liver function, he found that he had liver cirrhosis.
On his checklist, the index of alkaline phosphatase has far exceeded the normal value, reaching 2685 U/L. It was not until the doctor heard with his own ears that "liver cirrhosis should not be ruled out and other tests need to be done" that Mr. Zhao panicked.
However, the ultrasound results show that it is indeed cirrhosis.
"Doctor, can I be saved from this disease?" Mr. Zhao looks nervous.
"You have no symptoms of ascites, and the situation is not too serious, but how many years have you been drinking it?" The doctor asked.
Mr. Zhao thought about it. He started drinking when he was a teenager. He drinks at work, either for entertainment or for parties. But at the age of 50, he suddenly became addicted to alcohol, and he felt uncomfortable without drinking a glass or two every day. At first, his family dissuaded him, saying that alcohol would harm the liver, but Mr. Zhao always used drinking as an excuse, saying that it would not get in the way, and so on for seven or eight years. He said cautiously, "Didn't you say drinking for health?"
"Alcohol where there is no harm? There are people like you, people who drink alcohol and people who drink cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. " The doctor said.
"But some people say that when talking about problems, it is wrong to talk about poisoning without dosage." Mr. Zhao argued.
The doctor listened to the music: "Hey, you know a lot, which is true, but alcohol is metabolized in your body, all through your liver." No matter how much you drink, you will go through such a process. Moreover, the metabolism of alcohol in the body takes at least 10 to 12 hours. If the alcohol content is higher, it may take a day or two. You drink every day, and alcohol keeps accumulating in your body. Isn't it a problem after a long time? "
"Can't I drink 2 A Liang days? And I don't drink blended wine. I only drink more than 50% white wine, which is good wine. "
"You can't drink anything. Beer, red wine and white wine all contain alcohol, and the higher the degree, the more alcohol content. You think you are drinking good wine, but good wine is also wine, which is equally harmful. "
The doctor also told Mr. Zhao how to calculate the alcohol content in the wine: the degree of liquor is used to indicate the volume percentage of alcohol in the wine, and 50% liquor indicates that there is 50ml alcohol in 100ml wine. Blending liquor is indeed more harmful to health, but Mr. Zhao drinks liquor with high alcohol content every day, and his liver metabolism burden is heavier. Moreover, after alcohol is absorbed by the human body, it will be concentrated in brain tissue and blood in large quantities. Only a small amount of alcohol will be excreted with urine through the kidneys, or discharged from the respiratory tract through the lungs, or evaporated from the skin surface, but this is very small. A large amount of alcohol still accumulates in the human body, causing hypertension and fatty liver of alcoholic hepatitis.
So there is no such thing as drinking for health. Although for some people, drinking can relieve bad emotions, it is not good for health.
Many drinkers have heard that "drinking can lower blood pressure, dredge blood vessels, prevent cardiovascular diseases, and red wine can also resist aging and promote sleep, which is also good for women", so they believe it and develop the habit of drinking a glass every day. Indeed, according to the standard of alcoholic hepatitis in China, drinking 40g or more alcohol every day for men and 20g or more for women will cause liver disease for more than 5 years. In fact, if you consume more than 25g of alcohol every day, symptoms will appear in a few years. Most people who drink alcohol every day can't meet this standard, so many people have a misunderstanding: since the alcohol they drink every day can't meet the standard of alcoholic liver disease and the liver is still metabolizing, it's okay.
In addition, after alcohol enters the human body, it will be converted into acetaldehyde during metabolism. Acetaldehyde can dilate capillaries. After drinking, a large number of capillaries dilate, which will lead to lower blood pressure. However, this reduction is only temporary. After acetaldehyde is metabolized, the dilated capillaries will contract again, and blood pressure will rebound, even higher than before drinking. Many people only see a temporary drop in blood pressure, ignoring the subsequent rebound, so it is only a rumor that drinking can lower blood pressure.
Similarly, many people think that the high alcohol content of liquor is harmful to health, so they decide to drink some red wine every day to promote sleep and resist aging. However, red wine also contains alcohol, among which polyphenols and resveratrol have cosmetic effects, but the content of these cosmetic substances in a glass of red wine is lower than that of alcohol, and alcohol plays a role when drinking red wine.
In recent years, with the change of ideas and living conditions, more and more people drink alcohol, but whether it is red wine, white wine, beer or medicinal liquor, they are carcinogens. Alcohol is related to oral cancer, laryngeal cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer. 5.8% of cancer deaths in the world are caused by alcohol, and 1 person in every 18 cancer patients is caused by alcohol.
The Lancet magazine also shows that 28 million people in the world die directly from drinking every year. Similarly, alcohol is the seventh leading cause of death and disability in this season, and China is also the country with the largest number of deaths due to drinking, with 700,000 people dying from drinking every year, including 650,000 men.
Drinking is not the most appropriate and healthful way, but not drinking at all is the healthiest way.
Of course, although I said I don't drink at all, many people can't quit drinking at work and in social life for some reasons. If you have to drink, you should know the best way to protect your health:
1, avoid drinking on an empty stomach.
When drinking on an empty stomach, the absorption of alcohol will become very fast, and it will enter the blood within a few minutes. Therefore, it is best to eat staple food, yogurt and meat before drinking, and pad your stomach to avoid alcohol being quickly absorbed by your body. When the alcohol content in 100ml blood reaches 200~400 mg, the liver cannot complete metabolism, which is harmful to the body.
2. Drink only one kind of wine at a time
Drinking mixed wine is as harmful as blending wine. Different wines contain different ingredients. Mixing them will accelerate the absorption of alcohol and may also lead to alcoholism.
3. Control alcohol and alcohol consumption.
The higher the degree, the more alcohol it contains, the heavier the burden on the liver and the greater the harm to the body. Therefore, don't drink high alcohol when you can drink low alcohol.
Similarly, it is appropriate to drink no more than 50ml of white wine, 300m of beer and 250ml of red wine at a time, but if you can't drink it, try not to drink it.