One in 10 patients with alcoholic liver disease may develop liver fibrosis, and 1.5-8% of patients with alcoholic liver disease may develop cirrhosis. There are no specific signs and symptoms in the early stage of alcoholic liver, but as the disease continues to develop, alcoholic hepatitis, liver fibrosis, and cirrhosis will appear. The people have a saying that “people who drink with a red face don’t hurt their liver, people who drink with a white face hurt their liver”, which is a big misconception. Experts point out that the change in color of the face when drinking alcohol is not the equivalent of the body’s tolerance to alcohol and metabolic ability, and people at risk for alcoholic liver should not “look at the face and drink”. Because of the insidious onset of alcoholic liver, many alcoholic liver patients tend to rely only on health care products to “detoxify and protect the liver”, ignoring the damage caused by alcohol to the liver delaying treatment. There is an alcohol metabolizing enzyme called cytochrome P450 in the liver, and the activity of this enzyme is related to the body’s ability to metabolize alcohol. When the body drinks a lot of alcohol, it will cause the supply of P450 enzyme in the body to be insufficient, and the liver’s ability to metabolize and detoxify alcohol will be reduced, which will cause liver cell damage. Those who blush after drinking have serious liver damage Drinking and blushing, medically known as flushing, means that the body has more ethanol dehydrogenase and less acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, making the conversion of ethanol, the main component of alcohol, into acetaldehyde very fast, while requiring the liver to provide a large amount of P450 enzymes to convert them into acetic acid. Drinking too much alcohol and consuming more liver P450 enzymes can be extremely damaging to the body, especially for people who suffer from liver diseases themselves, causing aggravation or attacks. Research has found that: people who drink on the face of metabolism is blocked Medically speaking, the statement that ‘people who drink on the face of alcohol are more able to drink’ is wrong! Experts say that any food that enters the body has to be digested and metabolized. Alcohol metabolism mainly relies on acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) in the liver. People who drink a lot of alcohol have relatively enough acetaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 in their bodies. The alcohol metabolism will be slowed down and hindered, and the alcohol stored in the body will stimulate the blood vessels to expand, resulting in redness of the face and skin of other parts of the body (such as the neck), in addition to symptoms of intoxication such as rapid heartbeat and nausea. After drinking face white people should not drink too much People usually think: “drinking face red people drink a small amount of alcohol, drinking face white people drink a large amount of alcohol, can drink.” In fact, this is wrong. After drinking face white people, the body of highly active ethanol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase less, mainly by the liver in the P450 enzyme slowly oxidation, rely on body fluids to dilute alcohol. A large amount of alcohol consumption at one time is prone to coma, while acute alcohol poisoning occurs. Drinking alcohol increases the burden on the liver, and at the same time, the heart beats faster and the burden is increasing. In order to provide enough blood to the main organs, certain people show up with a white face. In fact, this is a signal for the body to protect itself, or a reaction called. After a person drinks alcohol, 8% of the ethanol is absorbed by the duodenum and jejunum, and the rest is broken down by the liver. However, after excessive alcohol consumption, blood pressure drops. The body, in order to maintain normal blood pressure, constricts the peripheral blood vessels and capillaries, thus protecting the brain and major organs. This inevitably causes a decrease in blood flow to the peripheral vessels, making the face pale. In this case, if you think you have a large amount and continue to drink, it is like pouring oil on the fire, adding insult to injury, it is easy to hurt the body. The size of a person’s alcohol consumption depends mainly on the amount and activity of ethanol dehydrogenase secreted by the liver. The red and white face is never a sign of being able to drink or not. It seems that the statement that people who drink with a white face can drink is not based on science and is also very harmful. Therefore, people who drink with a white face should be especially cautious when drinking, do not rely on the white face and greedy cup, must maintain their own health. A few people with a blue face after drinking should not drink a drop of alcohol. A few people with a blue face after drinking alcohol feel burning in the face within 5-10 minutes of ethanol absorption, while the face or whole body skin appears flushed, throbbing headache, breathing difficulties, nausea, vomiting, sweating, thirst, chest pain, hypotension, syncope, blurred vision and confusion and other symptoms, medically called “acetaldehyde syndrome”, which is caused by the oxidative metabolism of ethanol significant blood acetaldehyde This is due to the significant increase in blood acetaldehyde level caused by the oxidative metabolism of ethanol. Those who are blue after drinking should pay attention to protecting the liver and stay away from alcohol. Several kinds of alcohol misconceptions strong tea solution 1, “drink strong tea can solve alcohol” is the most common view of many people. But in fact, strong tea is not a comprehensive solution to alcohol. Although the tea polyphenols in strong tea has a certain role in protecting the liver, but the theophylline in strong tea will make the blood vessels constrict, blood pressure rise, but will intensify the headache. 2, drink vinegar solution: some people say that drinking vinegar or drinking something sour can solve the alcohol. Originally alcohol on the gastrointestinal mucosa stimulation is not small, if you also drink vinegar or eat acidic food, aggravate the stimulation of the gastrointestinal mucosa, easy to induce gastritis, peptic ulcer and other diseases. How to drink alcohol in a healthy way? 1, moderate drinking: (1) “Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents” recommends: adult men drink no more than 25g of alcohol per day, adult women drink no more than 15g of alcohol per day. (25g of alcohol is equivalent to: 750ml of beer, 250ml of wine, 50g of white wine) (15g of alcohol is equivalent to: 450ml of beer, 150ml of wine, 30g of white wine) (2) Do not Drink alcohol on an empty stomach, eat foods rich in vitamins and high protein first, such as beans, eggs, milk, fresh vegetables, etc. (3) Drinking alcohol should not be consumed at the same time carbonated drinks, because they can accelerate the absorption of alcohol. 2, alcohol detoxification: the longer alcohol and its metabolites stay in the body, the greater the damage to the liver, detoxification helps accelerate the metabolism of alcohol and reduce the continued damage of alcohol to the body. Health problems brought about by excessive drinking: 1, digestive tract damage: esophagitis, gastritis, gastric ulcers, malignant tumors of the digestive tract. 2, cardiovascular disease: hypertension, atherosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral embolism. 3, reproductive system injury: sexual hypogonadism, infertility, affecting fetal development. 4, neurological damage: numbness of limbs, memory loss, brain atrophy. The role of alcohol detoxification: 1, slow down the absorption of alcohol, to protect the digestive tract. 2, accelerate the metabolism of alcohol, reduce the damage of alcohol to the body. 3.Promote the recovery of the body after drunkenness.