How does alcohol cause liver disease?

Answer 1

Drinking alcohol abusively over a period of decades has been implicated statistically with the development of liver cancer.

Interestingly, cancer is much more likely to develop after an alcohol abuser stops drinking. That's because it is during the period that the liver is rapidly regenerating that abnormal cells are more likely to develop.

Answer 2

There have been studies that show that alcohol can increase the risk of certain cancers.

Drinking alcohol, especially along with smoking, increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx, larynx and liver in men, and of Breast cancer in women, according to the National Cancer Institute.

Fortunately, except for breast cancer, these cancers are all rare. Moderate consumption doesn't increase the risk of the most common cancers, except for breast cancer, as listed by the National Cancer Institute alphabetically:

• Bladder Cancer

• Breast Cancer

• Colon and Rectal Cancer

• Endometrial Cancer

• Kidney Cancer (Renal Cell)

• Leukemia

• Lung Cancer

• Melanoma

• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

• Ovarian Cancer

• prostate cancer

• Skin Cancer (Non-Melanoma) 1

Of these 12 most common caners, the risk of two (kidney cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) are reduced by consuming alcohol.

Answer 3

Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol can damage the cells of your liver, causing a disease call Cirrhosis. This disease will make you more vulnerable to liver cancer if you stop drinking and and the liver rapidly regenerates itself. The rapid cell development increases the chances of abnormal cell growth.

Answer 4

Alcohol is a known cause of cancers of the:Mouth,

Throat (pharynx),

Voice box (larynx),

Esophagus,

Liver,

Colon, Rectum, and

Breast.

Alcohol may also increase the risk of cancer of the pancreas.

For each of these cancers, the risk increases with the amount of alcohol consumed.

Answer 5

Cirrhosis is a type of liver scarring caused by alcohol consumption (and by viral hepatitis). Cirrhosis, like other injuries and lesions, can turn into cancer. One type of cancer that starts from cirrhosis is hepatocellular carcinoma. Cholangiocarcinoma is a rarer form of liver cancer that can stem from alcohol abuse.

Answer 6

yup. Consumed in large quantities over a a period of decades, alcohol can damage the liver. Consumed in moderation, beer contributes to good health and greater longevity than abstaining.

Answer 7

By being a corrosive toxic chemical that the liver must process.

Answer 8

Cyrosis of the liver.

Answer 9

yes