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Alcohol can cause all kinds of damage to the kidneys. These effects can range from cell damage and enlargement of the kidneys to alcohols' impact of the various hormones that control kidney function. Alcohol creates an ionic imbalance in the body that can negatively affect many metabolic processes
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Alcohol affects brain cells your liver stomach lining and kidneys?
Yes, those are among the problems an excess of alcohol can cause. I am writing a report on the effects of alcohol on kidneys. I chose this subject because my husband is in renal failure due to diabetes and was concerned that his past drinking my have had a hand in this. I want facts, figures and pictures if possible. Thanks
What regulates the kidneys?
ALCOHOL
Which organ removes excess salt?
The kidneys remove the excess salt from the blood.
How does alcohol affect the kidneys?
Your kidneys filter your blood and get wastes out of it. When you drink a little bit of alcohol the kidneys filter that alcohol and are okay. But then, if you drink a lot in a short amount of time the kidneys become overworked, and you may have kidney failure, or they just might not be able to filter all of the alcohol. If that happens, the alcohol builds up in your system and starts affecting other parts of your body.answer 2 Actually, it is the poor old liver that has the work of converting the alcohol into 'usable' energy. But it is hard work for the liver and may well be beyond its ability in the short run. Allowed long enough, the liver will convert the alcohol into food. But in the short run, some of the alcohol remains in the blood, and is a welcome test for the highway patrol. Too much work for your liver from dealing with alcohol, and it will give up and you'll go a bright AA yellow![The main thing the kidneys filter out is urea, a chemical left as a by-product of metabolizing proteins. Urea is the mechanism by which the body disposes of this excess nitrogenous material.]
What is the excretory organ of excess water?
The kidneys.
What cleans the bloods of waste and the excess fluid?
kidneys
What percent of alcohol is filtered by the kidneys?
Alcohol is primarily metabolized by the liver.
Excess water moves back into the bloodstream from which organ?
Excess water is reabsorbed back into the bloodstream from the kidneys. The kidneys filter waste products and excess water from the blood to form urine, but they also have the ability to reabsorb water if the body needs it.
What excretory organs removes water?
The main excretory organs that remove water from the body are the kidneys. Kidneys filter blood to remove wastes and excess water, which is then excreted as urine.
What harms the kidneys?
alcohol and cell phone radiation
What percentage of alcohol is eliminated from the body by the kidneys?
15%
What food is bad for your kidneys?
tan excess amount of salt in your diet.
