what does alcohol do to your body

what does alcohol do to your body ?

Alcohol causes intoxication when consumed in high doses and act as a poision. Though alcohol has ill effects on all the body organs, certain organs are affected more than others.

a) On nervous system :

Alcohol has an anaesthetic effect on the nervous system and first affects cerebrum followed by cerebellum and other parts. These effects can be characterised by loss of judgement, will power and self control, loss of emotional control, loss of moral sense and visual problems.

b) On stomach:

A large dose of high concentration alcohol causes increased secretion of gastric juices which cause inflamation of gastric mucosa leading to gastritis.

c) On liver:

Inside the liver, alcohol is changed into more toxic compound -aceteldehyde which provide energy to synthesize fats from alcohol. So liver becomes the storehouse of fats which leads to a fatty acid syndrome.

d) On Heart:

Alcohol stimulates the deposition of alcoholic fats on the walls of blood vessels which becomes rigid and brittle. This increses blood pressure and adversly affects the working of the heart.

e) On kidney:

In an alcoholic, theurine becomes hyperosmotic which interferes the normal functioning of nephrons of kidney.

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