p>Today, any medical specialist knows very well how terrible the harm of alcohol is. Yes, the Ministry of Health regularly warns. True, not too loudly - just for the sake of form. But meanwhile, the harm done is truly terrible. After all, today not only adult men abuse alcohol, but also women and even teenagers. It has become a rule of good manners to appear in the company of a bottle of beer, a can of "Jaguar" or just a slight smell of fumes. The people are really degrading with the complete connivance of the government and the Ministry of Health. But many of these people would have resolutely refused alcohol if they had learned more about the harm of alcohol. This is exactly what you can learn from this article.
Alcohol deals a terrible blow to the entire human body. The liver, heart, brain, reproductive system - all this receives a strong blow when drinking alcohol. But we should start in order.
How exactly does alcohol affect a person? What causes pleasant relaxation? Why do all problems recede, it is enough to drink just a couple of glasses of vodka or cognac? Is there any harm from alcohol or is it just a deception?
As you know, alcohol is an excellent solvent. To check, take a shot glass of alcohol and put a piece of lard in it overnight and see for yourself in the morning. So, when vodka, cognac, wine or another drink containing alcohol gets into a person's stomach, some of it gets into the blood. As a result, the red blood cells that transport oxygen in the human body lose their fatty lubricant - it simply dissolves. Usually, it allows them to slip past each other, successfully performing their function. But when the fatty lubricant is lost, the cells no longer slip past each other upon contact, but stick together. When 6-10 red blood cells join together, you get something vaguely resembling a bunch of grapes. Of course, this "bunch" will easily pass through an artery or vein. But when it gets into the capillaries through which the red blood cells get to the neurons of the brain, difficulties begin. The capillary is of a size that allows only one red blood cell to pass. What happens when a bunch gets there? That's right, the capillary gets clogged. The neuron does not receive oxygen and dies. When neurons die in tens and hundreds of thousands of people and a person feels a sense of relaxation, all problems fade into the background. But is this relaxation worth it? This example already makes it clear how harmful alcohol is to the brain.
This is what glued red blood cells look like (such gluing clogs a capillary, the size of which is slightly larger than the red blood cell itself) - The harm of alcohol to the brain
Alcohol contributes to the blockage of blood vessels and this leads to the formation of aneurysms (a defect in the vessel wall, a bulge that breaks under the pressure of the blood and blood enters the brain substance, thus forming a hemorrhagic stroke. The mortality rate from hemorrhagic stroke is 70-80%, those who survive can hardly be called people - they are plants, incapable of cognitive functions and self-service) - the harm of alcohol to the brain
An equally terrible blow is inflicted on the rest of the body. The same widely known cirrhosis of the liver occurs precisely because of increased alcohol consumption. And besides, about six hundred thousand people a year die in Russia from diseases associated with alcohol consumption. And simply, drinking alcohol shortens a person's life by an average of 5-15 years, depending on the characteristics of the human body and the intensity of consumption. So it is worth seriously thinking - what is better, to drink vodka with a snack with friends with or without a reason or to live an extra 10 years without suffering from numerous diseases in the last years of life.
Harm of alcohol (Photo)
The harm of alcohol for teenagers is even more terrible. As already mentioned above, alcohol effectively kills the body of an adult, a strong person. What can we say about teenagers whose body has not yet had time to strengthen. It is during adolescence that the body is most vulnerable - the restructuring of the child's body into the body of an adult is in full swing. And at this moment, a terrible blow is dealt to it. Of course, in this case, the harm of alcohol becomes even morenoticeable and scary. For example, the liver at this age has a higher throughput, and besides, its structure has not had time to strengthen. As a result, liver diseases can be caused by a few grams of alcohol. In general, alcohol, be it vodka, wine or beer, strikes at the entire child's body - the liver, nervous system, brain, respiratory tract, decreased immunity and rapid transformation into a binge alcoholic - this is the fate of children to whom parents in childhood were unable to clearly explain why any alcohol is scary. So seriously think - is the harm of alcohol for teenagers so small, as is commonly believed, or is it worth taking certain steps today to give your child a healthy and happy life?
We can talk for hours about the harm of alcohol for men. But alcohol has an even more terrible effect on the female body. It is widely known that women move much faster from the stage of "moderate drinkers" to the clan of alcoholics. But even this is not the most terrible harm of alcohol. In fact, the harm of alcohol for women lies in something else. After all, almost any healthy woman is a future mother. Sooner or later, maternal instincts awaken in her. But often they awaken too late and the young woman has already made so many mistakes that she will regret them for the rest of her life.
Here we should talk in more detail about the mechanism of the effect of alcohol on the human body. How does it affect women? To understand this, we should take the harm of alcohol for men and add to it the high probability of having disabled children.
Indeed, alcohol, getting into a woman's body, is carried by the blood to all organs. The blow is dealt to the brain, liver and other vital organs, as mentioned above. But in addition, alcohol gets into the reproductive system. And here the fundamental differences begin. If a man's semen is renewed in a few months, then a woman receives one supply of eggs for life. And getting alcohol into this supply will certainly damage at least some of them. Indeed, a strange statement causes considerable surprise - a sick child was born because a woman drank a decent dose of alcohol twenty years before his birth. Mysticism? Nonsense? Stupidity? Alas, a medical fact. Alcohol simply disfigured a cell that matured and was fertilized decades later. So, if we talk about the harm of alcohol for women, this side of the harm should be remembered first of all.
Of course, every person reading this article has a question - how can you avoid or at least reduce the harm of alcohol for a person? The answer here is surprisingly simple - give up alcohol. Completely, forever and right now. To someone this will seem wild and incredible - how can you give up beer, vodka and wine? However, thousands of people in our country and millions of people around the world live without touching alcohol at all. And they live, it should be noted, much longer and happier.
To understand this, you should evaluate the harm of alcohol in numbers. How does alcohol reward its loyal followers? Just 30 grams of alcohol per day (two glasses of vodka or one and a half bottles of beer) give a person a sure cirrhosis of the liver. For women, a third of this portion is enough. The risk of a heart attack increases by 45 percent. Coronary artery disease – by 48 percent. Fatal heart attack – by 37 percent. So is it worth drinking these two glasses, paying for it with years of life?
If this is not enough for you, it is worth digging a little history. Statistics show the harm of alcohol surprisingly clearly. Two indicators coincide surprisingly precisely – the number of suicides per 100 thousand people and the amount of alcohol consumed. In addition, the increase in alcohol consumption in the country is accompanied by a surge in criminal activity. Of course, the number of patients dying from dozens of diseases associated with the effects of alcohol on the human body is also increasing.
Many people are interested in the harm of alcohol and beer. Alas, but in the minds of most people, beer is not associated with alcohol – it is just a cooling drink. But this is not so. It also contains a lot of alcohol, and since beer is consumed not in glasses, but in bottles, the effect on the body is truly terrible. Moreover, it is not only the alcohol itself and fusel oils that are scary here, but also the hormone estrogen contained in hops. It is because of it that many men lose their willpower, become bloated, and acquire a beer belly.
Of course, the harm of alcohol and potency are also inextricably linked. Or more precisely, the harm of alcohol to human health and impotence. Of course, oversaturation of the male body with femalehormone reduces sexual activity and attraction to the opposite sex. Therefore, it is not surprising that many long-term alcoholics also suffer from impotence. Or do they not? Indeed, most of them don’t care anymore. They don’t think about such things. They are only interested in one thing – where to get a drink. Do you want such a life? Or do you think that the harm of alcohol to a person is not worth the dubious pleasure it brings?