What happens if my aunt drinks alcohol?

Drinking alcohol is harmful to women's bodies. If you drink alcohol during your period, it will cause your uterus to heat up, which may cause endocrine hormone disorders and affect the eggs. Therefore, women should try not to drink alcohol during their period. Even if they do drink, it is best to wait until after their period is over, because drinking during these periods will cause the greatest damage to the organs.

Common harms of drinking alcohol for women

1. Women who drink frequently affect the next generation. Drinking a small amount of alcohol is good for the body, but some young women also drink a lot during social activities, which is very harmful to women's health. Because alcohol is toxic to eggs, the eggs will be poisoned by alcohol. The fetus developed from this fertilized egg will have slow growth and brain damage, and its physical and intellectual development after birth will be affected. Therefore, young women should drink alcohol with caution and in moderation. They should not become addicted to alcohol or drink excessively, otherwise it will be harmful to themselves and the next generation.

2. It is best for women not to drink alcohol during menstruation. Before and during menstruation, women are affected by hormone secretion, the activity of the body's decomposition enzymes is reduced, and the ability to metabolize alcohol decreases. As a result, alcohol is not easily excreted from the blood quickly, but instead becomes an "acidic substance" that is harmful to the body. In order to remove these acidic substances, the liver must continuously produce enzymes. As a result, the burden on the liver will be increased, making it more likely to cause liver dysfunction.

It has been reported that women are half as likely as men to suffer liver damage or alcohol poisoning from drinking during menstruation. Because women lack digestive enzymes in their bodies during menstruation, if they drink too much at once, the time of drunkenness will be prolonged and the feeling or symptoms of drunkenness will be more severe. In addition, during menstruation, due to constant bleeding, the body is weak and the resistance is poor. Drinking alcohol will speed up blood circulation, which may lead to increased menstrual flow. If you drink cold beer, it may also cause dysmenorrhea.

3. Drinking during pregnancy can have adverse effects on the embryo and newborn, causing fetal malformations and slow reaction in the child. Many deformed newborns are caused by alcohol poisoning in pregnant women.

4. Excessive drinking will increase blood circulation and increase the burden on the heart, causing myocardial hypertrophy and expansion of ventricular size. Fat cells may also infiltrate myocardial tissue, weakening myocardial function and causing tachycardia.

5. Drinking large amounts of alcohol can damage the gastric mucosa, causing gastritis and peptic ulcers, and symptoms such as upper abdominal discomfort, loss of appetite, abdominal distension, and acid reflux.

6. If a woman drinks two glasses of wine a day, cirrhosis of the liver will become very obvious, while for a man, cirrhosis of the liver will become obvious only after he drinks 6 glasses of wine a day.

7. The raw materials for brewing wine contain lead. After drinking a lot, the blood lead content will increase, causing people to have reduced intelligence and slow reactions. In severe cases, it will damage the reproductive system and easily cause Alzheimer's disease in the elderly.

8. Because women have less water in their bodies than men, alcohol will take away water from cells after being absorbed by the blood. Since women have lower water content in their bodies than men, after drinking the same amount of alcohol, the alcohol concentration in their bodies and livers is obviously higher. Therefore, women not only get drunk more easily than men when drinking, but are also more likely to develop liver disease.