Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Alcohol causes a cardivascular disease,liver disease and heart related diseases.
Alcoholic hepatitis is characterized by a variable constellation of symptoms, which may include feeling unwell, enlargement of the liver, development of fluid in the abdomen ascites, and modest elevation of liver blood tests.
Alcoholic hepatitis can vary from mild with only liver test elevation to severe liver inflammation with development of jaundice, prolonged prothrombin time, and liver failure. Severe cases are characterized by either obtundation (dulled consciousness) or the combination of elevated bilirubin levels and prolonged prothrombin time; the mortality rate in both categories is 50% within 30 days of onset.
Alcoholic hepatitis is distinct from cirrhosis caused by long term alcohol consumption. Alcoholic hepatitis can occur in patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease and alcoholic cirrhosis.
Alcoholic hepatitis by itself does not lead to cirrhosis, but cirrhosis is more common in patients with long term alcohol consumption. Some alcoholics get an acute hepatitis or inflammatory reaction to the cells affected by fatty change. This is not directly related to the dose of alcohol. Some people seem more prone to this reaction than others. This is called alcoholic steatonecrosis and the inflammation probably predisposes to liver fibrosis

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Drinks and its effects

Drinking is the act of consuming a specifically prepared liquid through the mouth.
Drinks are of different types and categories but are basically grouped into two: Alcoholics and Non- Alcoholic drinks.

Drinks, to some people are to satisfy thirst .A good and clean water is undoubtedly the best kind of drinks recommended for human consumptions but excessive intake of water is harmful to human health, so regardless of the type or class of drinks one chooses to consume, the rate or level of consumption must be considered.

Some people do believe that the body requires a certain percentage of alcohol, this kind of alcohol can met through food without drinking alcohol.

This simple statement: Just a drink, had made a lot people to indulge themselves in alcohol without considering the effect of this liquor on their health.

Over indulgence in alcohol may expose you to liver disease, impotence, mental depression and so on.