Almost everyone who used to drink alcoholic beverages have experienced dizziness or feeling tortured another drink after that the number of passing of the dose. However, more than just drunken habit of drinking alcohol is actually a very broad impact on health.
According dr.Ari Fahrial Sham, a specialist in internal medicine from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, the adverse effects of drinking alcohol will hit various organs in the body, ranging from the brain, mouth, gastrointestinal tract, to the large intestine.
Excessive alcohol drinking usually cause a reaction of confusion, slowing the ability to react, blurred vision, until the loss of concentration and muscle coordination, all of which can make a person an injury or fatal accident.
In addition the use of alcohol in a short time and excess can lead to alcohol poisoning or alcohol intoxication which could endanger lives.
"Intoxication occurs when the amount of alcohol consumed above the tolerance threshold that triggers the disorder the person is physically and mentally," said dr.Ari in electronic mail sent to Kompas.com.
The long-term heavy drinkers at risk for chronic inflammation of the digestive tract, especially the stomach. "Patients are often drinking alcohol will be easily found abnormalities in the stomach," said an expert in this digestion.
He explained that the chronic inflammation that occurs in the digestive tract will form the erosion to ulcer bowel and cause structural changes in the intestine until it turns into malignant cells (cancer).
Chronic inflammation is also often continue to be a shrinkage of the liver (cirrhosis). "Complications follow-up can vary, such as swelling of the abdomen, bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, to colon cancer," he added.
Another serious impact of alcoholism is a disease of bone fragility (osteoporosis), impotence, until fertility problems and breast cancer.
There are benefits
Though even so, the effect of alcohol was not always bad. In the last five years the benefits of alcohol consumption in moderation has become a major topic of a variety of reports, though still considered controversial.
One that should be highlighted from various research results menganai benefit is the consumption of alcohol in moderation. Some studies also mention the positive effects are only found in people who are middle-aged.
In fact, consumption of alcohol in moderation is also not recommended for women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant, or for those aged under 21 years.
The most powerful evidence of alcohol consumption in moderation is a lower risk of heart disease. Research was conducted Dr.Kenneth Mukamal, internist and assistant professor of Harvard Medical School who conducted the study for 12 years.
In his report in the New England Journal of Medicine, he wrote that alcohol had a positive impact on the good cholesterol (HDL). Addition of alcohol known to thin the blood clots that prevent blood vessel blockage.
Nevertheless Mukamal said that the potential risks and benefits of alcohol consumption is actually not the same in every person, depending on medical history, age, gender, and genetic factors.
Meanwhile dr.Ari added that although consumed in small amounts but the tolerance of the use that a little more and higher so that it remains at risk of causing addiction.
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