On the evening of April 29, the Bad News suddenly came out of Chinese football, and after many sources confirmed, Zhang Enhua, a famous Chinese football player and former national football captain, died unexpectedly, and he just spent his 48th birthday on the 28th. Because of the suddenness of the incident, many netizens felt incredible about it. As soon as the news came out, it immediately appeared on the hot search.
According to many sources, Zhang Enhua's excessive drinking at the birthday party caused acute cardiovascular symptoms and was declared incurable after being sent to the hospital for treatment. It is worth noting that just a month before his death, Zhang Enhua's mentor and national football celebrity Chi Shangbin was also suspected of dying of a heart attack after drinking.
Many netizens are concerned that Zhang Enhua, as a sports athlete with outstanding physical fitness, how can he stage such a tragedy? Does drinking alcohol really trigger myocardial infarction? Who should not drink alcohol?
Zhu Yaqing, deputy director of the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, reminded that zero alcohol is the greatest responsibility for the body, and not drinking alcohol is the real health. Especially for people with poor gastrointestinal function, liver disease, pancreatic disease or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, it is absolutely not suitable to drink alcohol.
Who should not drink alcohol?
As the saying goes, "no wine, no table", "wine" culture has a long history in China, whether it is a family reunion during the New Year's Festival, or a social outing, it is inseparable from the figure of wine. But tragedies caused by excessive drinking are played out from time to time.
The World Health Organization has identified alcohol (beverages) as a Class 1 carcinogen. Drinking alcohol does not bring any health benefits, and there is no scientific basis for the statement that "drinking a small amount of alcohol is good for health", they reiterate that alcohol consumption is the world's most damaging problem to health.
So what are the dangers of drinking alcohol to our bodies? Zhu Yaqing said that at present, alcohol consumption has been confirmed to be associated with more than 200 diseases and injuries, of which nearly 30 are directly caused by alcohol.
He said that alcohol is harmful to the gastrointestinal mucosa, liver, myocardium, etc. Long-term large amounts of alcohol may cause acute gastritis, gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding, etc., and over time the formation of alcoholic liver, and finally gradually evolve into cirrhosis, and even liver cancer, and may also induce myocardial hypoxia, angina, myocardial infarction and other heart diseases. A paper in The Lancet shows that blood pressure and stroke risk increase steadily as alcohol intake increases. In addition, alcohol will also affect the metabolism of brain cells, and the direct impact is to cause people's intelligence and memory to deteriorate in advance.
"Therefore, people with poor gastrointestinal function and a history of liver disease, pancreatic disease or cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease should not drink alcohol."
Men drink high alcohol
No more than one or two a day
In order to be healthy, Zhu Yaqing reminded alcoholics to try to quit alcohol, if they really can't quit alcohol, they should also reduce their intake of alcohol, and try to choose low-grade alcohol such as beer or wine.
What is the drinking limit? In the 2007 Edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents, the Chinese Nutrition Society gave clear recommendations for adults to drink alcohol in moderation. Adult men drink no more than 25 grams of alcohol a day, adult women drink no more than 15 grams of alcohol a day, pregnant women and children should completely avoid alcohol. That is to say, men drink no more than one or two high alcohols a day.
Why is alcoholism prone to sudden death?
According to friends familiar with Zhang Enhua, Zhang Enhua is not addicted to alcohol and usually rarely drinks. Experts remind that usually do not drink alcohol, sudden overdose is more likely to lead to sudden death. Why is alcoholism prone to sudden death? Zhu Yaqing listed a variety of possibilities for sudden death from drinking:
1) Excessive alcohol consumption, even alcoholism, is easy to cause vomiting, easy to cause aspiration, cause aspiration pneumonia, and even lead to suffocation, respiratory and heartbeat arrest, life-threatening.
2) Alcohol consumption can cause acute myocardial infarction. Because many people drink high and lie down directly, the heart attack of the drinker in the coma state may not have any symptoms, and it is difficult for others to find.
3) Drinking alcohol can lead to atherosclerosis, high blood pressure, and easy to induce cerebral hemorrhage.
4) The mortality rate of acute severe pancreatitis is very high, and long-term heavy drinking can lead to the onset of acute pancreatitis.
5) Trauma after intoxication is very common, if the fall may lead to epidural or subdural hematoma; if a car accident, liver and spleen rupture, rib fracture, hemopshorax may occur.
With the "May Day" small holiday approaching, relatives and friends gathering for dinner is inevitable, for the sake of their own body and health, drinking should also be careful.
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Written by: Nandu reporter Yang Liyun correspondent Liu Qingjun