Alcoholic liver disease is a common liver disease in the West, and the rate of death due to cirrhosis caused by alcohol is among the top five causes of death in Europe and the United States, while cirrhosis caused by viral hepatitis accounts for the majority of chronic liver diseases in China. However, due to the development of the economy in recent years, the standard of living has been improved, our residents of the consumption of alcohol is also growing rapidly, friends and family get together inevitably have to drink a few cups of wine to be considered enough to rituals and enjoyment, especially the Chinese is a good gift love face of the nation, the table wine is indispensable beverage. Ancient and modern, regardless of the dignitaries or peddlers, civilized society or backward areas, the demand for wine does not seem to be much difference. Once more socializing, drinking opportunities increase, and alcoholic liver disease is also gradually increasing. If you already have chronic toxic liver disease and drink a lot of alcohol, your liver disease will deteriorate faster, so alcoholic liver disease is also a liver disease that deserves attention. How much alcohol should be consumed, what kind of alcohol should be consumed, how long should it be consumed, and whether it should be consumed every day or intermittently before alcoholic liver disease or cirrhosis occurs? According to research, the formation of liver disease is not related to the type of alcohol but to the amount of alcohol content. In the early years, it was believed that if you drank 160 grams of alcohol per day for five years, you could develop cirrhosis. Later, it was believed that 80 grams per day was already a dangerous amount. More than half of the Oriental people lack an enzyme necessary for the decomposition of alcohol in the body, so it is easy to get drunk, easy to blush, of course, the amount of alcohol is much less than the Westerners, and therefore it is believed that 40 grams of alcohol per day for five to eight years, chronic liver disease, cirrhosis of the liver will be swollen. Women due to smaller size, high fat content, drink the same amount of alcohol, its blood alcohol concentration is higher than that of men, and at the same time affected by the influence of hormones, gastric emptying time is extended, the wine in the stomach stagnation time is longer, and the absorption of alcohol is also increased. Even after women stop drinking, they can easily turn from alcoholic hepatitis to cirrhosis of the liver. Therefore, women should think twice about drinking alcohol. Chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis does not occur in all chronic alcoholics, but according to research, 10-15% of this group have cirrhosis after autopsy. There is still no reasonable explanation as to why some people are prone to it and some are not. In people who drink a lot of alcohol over a long period of time, acute alcoholic hepatitis should be suspected if vomiting, pain in the upper right abdomen, or symptoms such as jaundice and fever occur, and hepatomegaly is found on palpation. If you notice a gradual enlargement of the abdomen, edema of the lower extremities, and a gradual yellowing of the face, you should pay attention to whether or not you have alcoholic cirrhosis. However, there are also asymptomatic people who have chronic hepatitis or cirrhosis in their liver tissue. Therefore, long-term drinkers should undergo regular liver function tests and be seen by a physician. In addition to causing chronic liver disease, regular alcohol consumption can also cause acute and chronic pancreatitis and even acquired diabetes, myocardial fibrosis, acute and chronic erosive gastritis, hyperuricemia, gout and triglyceride and other complications. However, drinking alcohol is really no one benefit? Drinking too much alcohol is indeed harmful to the liver, but a small glass a day can increase the concentration of HDL in the blood, which can prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, for people over 40 years of age, a small drink can be beneficial.