Why is drinking harmful to health?

The main component of wine is alcohol, and its chemical name is ethanol. When ethanol enters the human body, it will have many destructive effects.

1, when the alcohol concentration in blood reaches 0.05%, the effect of alcohol begins to appear, and excitement and euphoria appear; When the alcohol concentration in blood reaches 0. 1%, people will lose their self-control ability. If it reaches 0.2%, people have reached the point of being as drunk as a fiddler; When it reaches 0.4%, people will be unconscious, unconscious and even life-threatening.

2. The most important thing is the central nervous system. It makes the nervous system from excitement to high inhibition, which seriously destroys the normal function of the nervous system. Excessive drinking is harmful to the liver. Chronic alcoholism can lead to alcoholic cirrhosis.

In addition, chronic alcoholism is harmful to health in many ways. If it can lead to polyneuritis, myocardial lesion, brain lesion, hematopoietic dysfunction, pancreatitis, gastritis and ulcer, it can also increase the incidence of hypertension. Others have noticed that long-term heavy drinking will harm germ cells and lead to mental retardation in future generations. The incidence of laryngeal cancer and digestive tract cancer in people who drink a lot has increased significantly.