Celebrating the Spring Festival, the gastroenterologist has come to remind you: be sure to tell your family not to drink too much!

Time flies, inadvertently, the Year of the Ox has hurried away, and we have ushered in a year full of hope and vigor. Director Gao Fengyu of the Department of Gastroenterology of Shandong Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital brought all the medical staff of the department to bid farewell to everyone! I wish you all a family reunion, good health and all the best!

During the Spring Festival, due to the epidemic, we can't gather on a large scale, but small gatherings between relatives are still necessary. Partying is inevitable to drink, drink pleasantly, and drink heavily. So do you know what harm a lot of alcohol can cause to the body?

1. Leading to gastrointestinal diseases: alcohol damage to the esophagus and gastric mucosa is very large, and heavy drinking will lead to acute mucosal damage, leading to esophagitis, gastritis or even ulcers, or severe vomiting leading to tearing of the cardia mucosa, which will cause abdominal pain and bloating and even symptoms of acute gastrointestinal bleeding.

2, damage to the liver: alcohol is mainly metabolized in the liver, a lot of alcohol will cause alcoholic hepatitis, long-term heavy drinking can also lead to alcoholic cirrhosis and even liver cancer.

3. Induce acute pancreatitis: alcohol will promote the pancreas to secrete more pancreatic juice, in addition, alcohol will also oxidize and metabolize in the pancreas, helping to activate the inflammatory response. And while drinking heavily, people will also consume more high-fat, high-protein foods, which will cause a sharp rise in triglyceride levels and induce acute pancreatitis.

4. Damage to the brain: long-term alcohol consumption can damage the central nervous system and appear in a state of excitement to inhibition. When patients who have been drinking alcohol for a long time suddenly quit drinking, they can have withdrawal symptoms such as hallucinations and mental abnormalities.

5. Induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: alcohol can stimulate the sympathetic nerve to enlarge blood vessels and accelerate blood flow; further promote the impact of blood flow on the tube wall, which will cause arteriosclerosis and blood pressure to increase for a long time, resulting in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and even sudden cardiac death.

6. Long-term alcohol consumption can affect blood lipid and blood glucose metabolism, form or aggravate fatty liver, and aggravate the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis.

7. Gout: alcohol participates in purine metabolism, which will promote the conversion of adenine nucleotides, increase uric acid production, and alcohol will be metabolized into lactic acid in the body, which can inhibit uric acid excretion by the kidneys. Alcohol competes for metabolic channels of blood uric acid, reduces uric acid excretion, increases blood uric acid, induces gout.

8. Long-term alcohol consumption will also damage germ cells and affect the development of offspring, especially for women.

Therefore, a lot of drinking is harmful to the body and no benefit, we once again call for the Spring Festival must control drinking, physical health is the first! (Text/Kou Luan Editor/Xu Xiao)