• April 25, 2024

Exaggerated alcohol intake has complex conditioning factors (genetic, psychological, social and economic) as well as individual and social harmful effects. Some of these effects are a consequence of acute intake (accidents, aggressions, non-attendance, etc.) and others are caused by chronic intake. In this last case several organs are affected, highlighting the liver by its severity and frequency.

Too much alcohol can cause a variety of problems, such as:

1. Arterial hypertension
2. Irritation of digestive system, what causes ulcers
3. Gastritis and an incorrect absorption of nutrients
4. Disorders in the Central Nervous System , among them: brain problems, avitaminosis B and peripheral neuropathy
5. Impotence in men and women
6. Depression , anxiety and other social problems

Diseases to the liver generated by excess alcohol

1. cirrhosis
2. Liver cancer
3. alcohol hepatitis

Alcohol hepatitis

The diagnosis of the alcohol hepatitis It is often difficult for doctors, as the patient often denies the history of the intake alcohol . In addition, as it happens in other viral diseases, symptom They appear late, late in the disease.

The liver has a limited capacity to absorb and metabolize the alcohol . The excess part of the organ is responsible for the distribution of nutrients to other areas of the body. The alcohol that can not be assimilated greatly alters the functioning of other organs and psychological well-being.

Alcoholism is a very harmful disease that affects millions of Mexicans and destroys many lives; the specialist in liver diseases José Luis Poo , explains in an interview about the disease Hepatitis due to alcohol.