Drinking alcohol on a daily basis leads to alcoholism. The severity of the complications of this serious disease depends on the dose of alcohol, its concentration, quality parameters, as well as the concomitant pathologies of the patient, his body weight, age and even sex. Today you will find out how harmful alcohol is, what period a patient suffering from alcoholism can live, how he suffers from a disease and later dies.
When is a stop necessary?
Drinking alcohol frequently and immeasurably damages all body systems, but there is a misconception that if you drink alcohol in moderation, it will be beneficial. So, those patients say that they justify themselves daily in front of everyone. It is obvious that if you drink alcohol daily in large doses, in the near future the patient will die.
How often can you drink alcohol? An alcohol concentration of 6 ‰ is fatal for a person. It is achieved when you drink a couple of 500 ml bottles of vodka in a short time. There will be a state of intoxication, dysfunction of the whole organism, even when the person has not been ill before. It is forbidden to drink alcoholic beverages in patients with liver, heart and vascular dysfunction.
What if you drink a lot of alcohol every day? Can you drink alcohol often? Signs of alcohol dependence that require immediate treatment are:
- Drink a bottle of vodka or more daily, or a liter of beer.
- Constant meetings for any reason with drinking partners who drink alcohol with an alcoholic.
- Dysfunction of all body systems, increased beer belly.
- The patient uses alcohol to relax.
- Every morning, a patient who consumes alcohol is worried about a hangover syndrome, binges last for weeks.
On the complications caused by vodka.
Drinking vodka on a daily basis will lead to alcoholism. Pathological processes will arise in the body that will become irreversible:
- Kidney, liver, cardiovascular dysfunction will begin and the digestive system will also suffer.
- There will be dysfunctions of the central nervous system, mental problems.
- A person's appearance will change, he will be exhausted, the body will age faster.
As a result of daily consumption of strong alcohol, damage to brain structures will appear, leading to psychosis, delirium tremens.
Such patients will not even notice how quickly they will begin to forget everything, they will lose attention, and their intellect will deteriorate. They will become self-sufficient, socially degraded. Large doses of vodka will lead to the fact that a person will become paralyzed, his peripheral and spinal nerve fibers will become inflamed, and radiculopathy will develop.
The gastric mucosa will constantly burn and subsequently become inflamed. Inflammatory processes will also occur throughout the intestinal tract. The liver will not be able to completely neutralize the toxic compounds of alcohol, its cellular structures will die, cirrhosis or oncological processes will appear.
Pathologies of the heart will appear, it will contract less, dystrophy will appear in its tissues, and cardiac obesity will appear. This will lead to cardialgia, chest discomfort, tachycardia, and impaired respiratory function. The patient will become edematous, his blood flow will deteriorate, his blood pressure will rise. Violation of metabolic processes will lead to atherosclerotic changes, cerebral hemorrhage, myocardial infarction.
If you get addicted to beer every day
Unlike vodka, beer is a less strong alcoholic beverage. Therefore, it is used by many people in large quantities. There are also many complications with daily beer consumption. The stomach will be chronically inflamed, manifesting as pain and severity in the abdominal area, and atrophy of the pancreas will occur.
This will lead to the disruption of the digestive system. Large volumes of beer will lead to chronic liver inflammation without significant symptoms, leading to cirrhosis over time. Since beer has a diuretic effect, the kidneys will work hard, leading to the leaching of magnesium and potassium.
Vitamin C will also be removed, leading to heart dysfunction, bone and joint structures will suffer, and the immune system will be suppressed. The person will become less resistant to stress, more aggressive, irritable or complaining. Large doses of beer will produce renal vascular sclerosis, hemorrhage, and renal necrosis.
There will be problems with the cardiovascular system. Patients suffering from beer alcoholism will have varicose veins and the heart will become obese. Shortness of breath will appear with the slightest effort, blood pressure will rise, heart rate will be altered, and ischemia will appear. Death from impaired cerebral circulation in beer alcoholism will double.
Excessive consumption of beer will lead to male impotence, endocrine dysfunction due to the hormone progesterone. A man becomes more like a woman, his hair falls out and does not grow, his voice changes. Such dependence on beer develops 4 times faster than vodka and it is more difficult to respond to therapeutic measures.
The person refuses to admit his addiction to beer. He believes that beer is beneficial to the body and associates impotence with other reasons.
If you drink rarely, only on vacation
Alcoholic beverages have different effects on people who drink every day and those who drink rarely. The effect of alcoholic toxins in a patient with alcoholism and in a person who drinks rarely is very different. A dose of wine for a normal person in the amount of 100 g is equivalent to ½ liter of vodka for an alcohol-dependent patient. An alcoholic is always very sensitive to alcohol, even if he stops consuming it.
After three decades of sober life, he won't be able to drink a bit. After a glass of alcohol, the next one will pass, and therefore, without stopping, a person simply cannot stop. The reason for this is as follows. First, alcohol is oxidized in liver cells to an acetaldehyde compound, so the patient's liver suffers the most from daily alcohol consumption.
What affects frequent alcohol consumption?
The following considers how beverages affect internal organs and systems with frequent use.
What will happen to the liver?
The acetaldehyde compound is very toxic. Daily drunkenness overloads the liver, it cannot completely neutralize this toxic substance. A person suffering from alcoholism has a rapid accumulation of alcohol metabolites, compared to a healthy person. The neutralization of these metabolites occurs slowly, they remain in the body for a long time.
Such intoxication provokes a hangover syndrome, the patient gets used to ethanol. These changes in such a person will always be, the more he drinks alcohol, the more his general condition will worsen.
A large accumulation of acetaldehyde compounds in the body of an alcoholic will persist for a long time compared to a non-drinker. Acetaldehyde is deposited not only in liver tissue, but also in other organs.
This will lead to a constant desire to drink alcohol from an ethanol dependent patient. Normal people don't have this desire. If you continue to drink a lot of alcohol, then there will be liver cirrhosis. The organ is reduced, the blood vessels in the liver constrict and the pressure increases, a stagnation of blood occurs. This leads to the fact that the walls of the organ will break, bleeding will occur, leading to death.
Non-alcoholic people get drunk in rare cases, they also rarely feel a hangover syndrome, since their liver works normally, it neutralizes alcoholic toxins well.
How are brain structures affected?
When a person gets drunk, the cortical layer is destroyed, numbing and death of individual segments of the brain. In an alcoholic, edema, scarred ulcers, and dilated vessels are seen in the brain tissue. Numerous ruptures are also manifested, cysts are formed in the necrotic segments.
Effects of ethanol on the central nervous system
If you drink alcohol immensely, then a person behaves differently, he degrades himself mentally and morally. The patient perceives reality in an inadequate way, his attention is poorly concentrated. In addition, the nervous tissues conduct fewer impulses, polyneuritis forms, movements are poorly coordinated, the patient does not sleep well, is unreasonably irritable, aggressive, has a fever.
He is delirious, he is disturbed by hallucinatory states, the person does not feel temperature, pain, hyperhidrosis is expressed. Pain often arises acutely, a person feels ants crawl on his skin, and muscle spasms are also disturbed. Lack of treatment will lead to changes in encephalopathy, alcoholic delirium, mental retardation, Korsakov psychosis, and epileptic seizures.
Heart and blood vessels
Systematic use of alcohol will cause hypertrophy of the heart, its functioning will be disrupted, the rhythm will fail, ischemic, atherosclerotic, hypertension with myocardial infarction will occur.
What will happen to the kidneys?
If you drink vodka every day, the kidneys will wear out faster, and they will also quickly lose their ability to work. Metabolic processes are disrupted, the blood will not be rid of toxic compounds, which will lead to intoxication. There is a high probability of the formation of pyelonephritic changes, inflammatory processes of the urinary system. Then there will be kidney failure, stones and oncology will appear.
How is the gastrointestinal tract affected by the spleen?
Ethanol compounds are toxic to the digestive system. They will hit the walls of the esophagus, heartburn will occur, the urge to vomit will intensify, which will lead to the fact that the vessels of the esophagus will begin to thin and expand. This will break the venous walls, a hemorrhage will appear.
The gastric membrane will also suffer, it will age faster, inflammatory, ulcerative and oncological processes will form. A dysfunction of the spleen will occur, which uses the destroyed blood cells. The spleen will be enlarged, there will be suppuration, necrosis.
Immune system problems
Immunity will be depressed, which will weaken the body's defenses. The synthesis of lysozyme protein contained in saliva and tears decreases, thus neutralizing pathogenic microorganisms. A person will become susceptible to many infectious pathologies, his condition will worsen.
What will happen to the muscles and joints?
If you systematically consume alcohol, there will be a leaching of calcium, the bone tissue will become brittle, it will often break down, and osteoporotic changes will appear. The joints will also start to hurt. 75% of alcoholics develop arthritis, the next binge only increases the pain. There is also a pronounced negative effect on the muscles. Muscle growth slows down or stops, muscle tissue will be destroyed. Sagging, atrophy will appear in them, but there will be more fat.
The fluid will be removed from the body slowly, edematous changes will occur. The uric acid will build up in the form of hydrochloric acid and will begin to build up in the joints. This will lead to its inflammation, gout will appear. The more the patient drinks, the more painful sensations will manifest. The excess fluid that penetrates the articular bag puts pressure on the walls of the cavity and the nervous tissues become irritated. After a period of time, the joints become deformed.
Endocrine system damage
Alcoholism leads to endocrine dysfunction. In the female body, testosterone synthesis will increase and estrogen and progesterone levels will decrease. Also, the ovaries will become painful and excess weight will increase.
A woman's appearance will change with her behavior, her sleep will be disturbed, she will become aggressive, her muscle mass will increase, and her hairline will become more noticeable.
How are the respiratory organs affected?
About 2% of the alcohol released as a vapor passes through lung tissue. This leads to damage to the respiratory mucosa, inflammatory processes of the pharynx, larynx, bronchi and lungs develop. Pneumonia can be complicated by pneumosclerosis. Ethanol in the bloodstream expands lung tissue and emphysema develops.
What will happen to the vision?
As a result of exposure to ethanol, the type of intracranial pressure, which is the cause of minor bleeding, will increase and the eye vessels will be damaged. Hypoxic processes of overloaded eye muscles will occur and visual function will deteriorate. There is a gradual atrophy of the eye muscles, the optic nerve does not function properly, and the patient can go completely blind.
About appearance
Alcoholism spoils the appearance of a person:
- There is swelling under the eyeballs.
- The hair is disheveled.
- The nose has a bluish tint.
- The face is swollen, bleeding from blows is observed.
- Torn, dirty, smelly clothes.
Increased blood flow to tissue structures overloads the vessels and damages them. Small capillaries break. Red dots can be seen on the face. The blue color of the skin appears due to vascular damage, hypoxia. To excrete ethanol, the body needs a large amount of fluid, which is manifested by thirst in an alcoholic. After drinking water, it builds up.
This is how the body reacts to possible dehydration. As a result, there is swelling of the facial area, in the extremities.
Lifespan of alcohol addiction
It is unequivocally difficult to say what the life expectancy of these patients will be. After all, each organism is individual. The life expectancy of these people is influenced by various circumstances, for example, the dose, the quality of the alcohol.
According to statistics, the duration of patients with alcoholism varies from 48 to 55 years. With drunk alcoholism, the use of alcoholic beverages in his youth, that person will die even earlier. Patients who have the last stage of alcoholism are at high risk. They do not live more than 6 years from the onset of the disease, death occurs from serious pathologies.
Alcoholics often die:
- of oncology, perforated gastric ulcer or duodenal ulcer;
- hepatitis, cirrhosis, fibrotic changes in the liver caused by alcohol;
- intestinal obstruction;
- acute disturbance of cerebral circulation caused by ischemia or hemorrhage;
- myocardiopathic changes, myocardial infarction, sudden coronary death;
- acute or chronic inflammation of the pancreas;
- sudden death while sleeping;
- intoxicated suicide.
Ethanol compound poisoning can cause death in people between the ages of 35 and 45. All internal organs and systems will fail and a person's life will be shortened quickly. In order not to suffer from such a severe addiction, it is better to give up alcoholic beverages completely, then a person will avoid a lot of problems and preserve his health.