Alcohol can be very dangerous!

Are you someone who feels that you have to drink alcohol in the morning to calm your nerves? Do you feel guilty about drinking and get annoyed if someone criticizes you about it? If the answer is yes, you might have an alcohol addiction, so let me discuss the dangers of alcohol.

Alcohol related problems are very common. According to WHO there are over 380 million people with alcoholism around the world. It can decrease your life expectancy by 10 years. Furthermore, alcohol can be blamed not only for physical problems, but also mental problems So, Let’s discover those problems.

For the digestive system, alcohol can irritate the lining of the stomach which can cause gastritis and eventually bleeding ulcers. It can also cause acute pancreatitis, a very bad and serious inflammation in the pancreas.
The other important one for the long-term use of alcohol is the fat deposit on the liver, which can progress to scar formation and liver cirrhosis and eventually liver failure. Liver cancer can also happen after years of heavy alcohol drinking.

what about the brain? Drinking heavy alcohol for years can also damage the nerves and the brain. It can affect the balance, can cause memory loss and tingling and numbness in the arms and legs with dementia at the end.

On the other hand, stopping alcohol suddenly can cause withdrawal syndrome. Normally, 2 to 3 days after stopping, the person will become very anxious with sweating and headaches, they might get palpitation and vomiting.
Also, it can cause tremors and confusion. This is serious, if it is not treated quickly it might cause hallucinations and seizures.

Alcohol can also affect the heart; it can cause high BP & weakening the in the heart muscles which can cause a heart failure.

For unborn babies, they can also drink alcohol, if a pregnant woman drinks it during pregnancy. It might cause serious problems from birth defects to low birth weight and lower IQ. Also, alcohol can be passed through the breast milk to the babies.

Another important risk for someone who had a lot of alcohol at one time, they become drunk with impaired thinking, incoordination & drowsiness. If this person ends up driving, he will risk his life and the lives of other people of dying from car accidents.
Finally, alcohol is considered for some culture as an important part of a fine dining. But unfortunately, social drinking can turn sometimes into chronic alcohol abuse & addiction which can become a lethal poison for some people.

video shot and edited by: Fadi Helbaoui

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God bless and keep all from alcohol 🙏🏻 thanks doctor for another amazing video 👨🏻‍⚕️💐