What are the hazards of drinking?

Alcohol is a carcinogen. Drinking will increase the burden on many organs of the whole body, and long-term drinking will easily lead to many diseases.

Alcohol needs to be metabolized by the liver. Long-term heavy drinking will greatly increase the burden on the liver, which will lead to diseases such as alcoholic hepatitis and even alcoholic cirrhosis. Patients who drink alcohol for a long time will have alcohol dependence, and patients will often be in a listless state, which will affect their daily work and life.

In addition, alcohol will affect the metabolism of lipids in the body, and long-term drinking will increase the risk of atherosclerosis and greatly increase the probability of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; Moreover, alcohol is very irritating to the gastric mucosa, and a large amount of alcohol may lead to digestive tract ulcers and even gastrointestinal bleeding.

In daily life, we should pay attention to developing good living habits, eating a balanced diet and giving up drinking, so as not to affect our health.