How does alcohol affect your health?

Answer 1

it can affect your liver if you drink loads of alcohol
it damages your liver because your liver is your filter of substances being put into your body and alcohol has lots and lots of bad substances in it and it tears up your body....drink more h2o

Answer 2

u get fat, lazy and unmotivated.

Alcoholism refers to a disease called alcohol dependence syndrome, which begins with binge drinking and over time can lead to full fledged dependency. Alcoholism is a chronic and progressive disease, and there is some evidence that it is also an inherited one.

The preliminary effects of alcohol on the brain can be seen in the slurred speech, motor difficulty, impaired memory and other effects commonly associated with intoxication. Some other effects are: blackouts and memory impairment, prone to developing cirrhosis of the liver, damage of the heart muscle and nerve damage.

Additional Effects on the Health:

Arthritis

Cancer - liver, pancreas, rectum, breast, mouth, pharynx, larynx and esophagus

Fetal alchohol syndrome - Causes physical and behavioral abnormalities in the fetus

Heart disease - Raises blood pressure, blood lipids and the risk of stroke and heart disease in heavy drinkers.

Hyperglycermia - Raises blood glucose

Hypoglycemia - Lowers blood glucose, especially for people with diabetes

Kidney Disease - Enlarges the kidneys, alters hormone functions, and increases the risk of kidney failure

Liver Disease - Causes fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis

Malnutrition - Increases the risk of protein-energy malnutrition,; low intakes of protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamine, vitamin B6 and riboflavin, and impaired absorption of calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D and zinc.

Nervous Disorders - Causes neuropathy and dementia; impairs balance and memory

Obesity

Psychological disturbances - Causes depression, anxiety and insomnia

It should be pointed out that there is also research to suggest that with the right treatment therapy and continued and monitored counseling, these tendencies can be overcome.