The harmful effects of drinking on the body include damage to the liver, stomach, pancreas, and nervous system, especially when drinking in large quantities or for a long period of time.
1. Damage to the liver: after drinking alcohol, it will be metabolized by the liver, and long-term drinking may lead to alcoholic liver disease, which may seriously cause alcoholic cirrhosis and induce liver cancer.
2. Damage to the stomach: drinking alcohol may cause stimulation of the gastric mucosa causing gastric mucosal damage, nausea, vomiting, etc., which may lead to stress gastric ulcers and gastric hemorrhage.
3. Damage to the pancreas: the stimulation of alcohol after drinking a lot of alcohol may cause acute pancreatitis, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever and other symptoms, and may develop into severe pancreatitis life-threatening.
4. Damage to the nervous system: long-term alcohol consumption may damage the nerves, reduce cognitive ability and memory ability, and thus develop into alcoholic encephalopathy, which may cause symptoms such as short temper, emotional instability, hallucinations and delirium.
Drinking alcohol also has damage to the cardiovascular system, etc. Drinking alcohol is harmful to health, and it is recommended to quit drinking as soon as possible.