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Excessive alcohol use can cause a condition or disease called cirrhosis. It can be fatal.

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What is the liver disease caused by excessive alcohol?

Cirrhosis of the liver.


What are all the effects of alcohal on the liver?

There are no effects on the liver unless a person abuses alcohol over a period of many years or decades. However, alcohol abuse can lead to cirrhosis, or permanent scarring of the liver, and many other dangerous diseases.


Which organ may enlarge due to excessive alcohol?

The liver


Could an experiment be done with rubbing alcohol and a liver to show the effects of alcohol on the liver?

No. Isopropyl alcohol does not affect the liver in the same way as ethyl alcohol. Furthermore, the effects on the liver come from the functioning of a living liver (!) dealing with alcohol for long periods of time. The conditions possible in an experiment would have no valid relationship to the actual course of alcoholic liver disease.


What are the potential risks and effects of consuming 40 alcohol vodka in excessive amounts?

Consuming 40 alcohol vodka in excessive amounts can lead to alcohol poisoning, which can cause symptoms like confusion, vomiting, and loss of consciousness. Long-term effects may include liver damage, addiction, and increased risk of accidents or injuries. It is important to drink alcohol in moderation to avoid these risks.


What does alcohol effect in your body?

alcohol effects your immune system and your liver.


What is an organ that may develop cirrhosis?

The liver. Cirrhosis of the liver is often caused by excessive alcohol use.


What are the illness that may result from drinking alcohol?

Excessive drinking can result in alcohol poisoning and liver failure.


A progressive degenerative disease of the liver that is often caused by excessive alcohol use?

The condition you are referring to is alcoholic liver disease. It is characterized by liver damage due to excessive alcohol consumption over an extended period, leading to liver inflammation, scarring (cirrhosis), and eventual liver failure. Reducing or eliminating alcohol consumption is crucial to prevent further damage and improve liver health.


What kind of alcohol effects the liver?

As far as i know, every kind of alcohol effects the liver. In short, there are numerous liver diseases related to alcohol consumption: Accumulation of fluid in the abdomen; bleeding from veins in the esophagus; enlarged spleen; high blood pressure in the liver; changes in mental function, and/or coma; kidney failure; liver cancer; psoriasis; alcohol hepatitis; and Alcoholic cirrhosis


What are the advantage and disadvantage of alcohol in your body?

An advantage of having some alcohol in the body is to regulate the liver. Excessive amount can actually destroy the liver. So don't over do it.


What are the effects of drinks and drugs?

Excessive alcohol intake can destroy your liver and kill you, you can also die of alcohol poisoning if you drink too much at once. With drugs it depends which ones, but they can lead to heaps of physcological problems and overdoses and stuff