People who love to drink, if you can withstand 4 tests after drinking! Congratulations, the liver hasn't been deteriorated by alcohol

According to the data survey, among all the countries in the world, China's drinks production and consumption capacity has always ranked second in the world, second only to the United States.

Behind this data, a variety of chronic diseases follow, and the organ most related to drinking injury is the "liver". Heavy drinking can not only induce alcoholic fatty liver, but also a breakthrough for liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.

This is because alcohol seems to enter the stomach with the mouth, but then it will be absorbed by the blood vessels and enter the liver with the blood circulation. Nearly 95% of the alcohol consumed in the body is metabolized and decomposed by the liver.

This is mainly dependent on the liver secreted ethanol and aldehyde dehydrogenase, and ultimately the ethanol into carbon dioxide and water, and then discharged from the body!

No matter the majority of Chinese people are affected by gene defects, the liver lacks the ability to secrete aldehyde dehydrogenase.

Even if people have the ability to secrete aldehyde dehydrogenase, during the process of alcohol metabolism, alcohol will inhibit the liver's ability to metabolize fat, and then develop into alcoholic fatty liver. If you still don't stop drinking at this time, hepatitis and cirrhosis will come later!

Moreover, acetaldehyde, an intermediate metabolite of the liver, is not only the cause of alcoholism, but also can damage cell genes, change gene expression and increase the possibility of late canceration.

In addition, if pregnant women drink a lot, it can also cause harm to the fetus, and even lead to fetal malformation and dysplasia!

However, the damage of alcohol to the liver is a chronic and long-term process. From alcoholic liver to liver cancer, it is not absolute. Even if it is carcinogenic, it will take a long time.

If you want to know whether your liver is healthy or not, you can make the following four tests:

1. Is alcohol tolerance still normal?

Many people believe that alcohol tolerance can be exercised.

But as mentioned above, the tolerance to alcohol depends mainly on the ability of liver to secrete alcohol dehydrogenase. However, when the liver is damaged by long-term drinking, the alcohol consumption will not increase, but will decline. For example, it is easy to blush, headache, nausea and vomiting after drinking, which are all manifestations of alcoholism.

If alcohol tolerance is getting worse recently, watch out for the liver to remind you it's time to quit!

2. Whether the hepatic region is painful?

The liver is an organ without peripheral nerve distribution. In general, there will be no pain in the hepatic region.

But in the presence of serious liver diseases, such as liver cirrhosis, liver cancer and other causes of liver enlargement, it can be pulled to the surface of the liver capsule, and there is an appropriate amount of nerve distribution on the liver capsule. When the liver capsule is over extended, it will produce dull pain and traction pain.

If you often feel inexplicable pain in the right upper abdomen recently, it may be a signal from liver lesions.

3. Is the complexion normal?

Under the condition of health, the complexion of a person should be ruddy and shiny, while the damage to the hepatic region is different. this complexion change is divided into two situations, the first is the liver disease face.

Under the influence of liver function weakening and metabolic disorder, melanin will accumulate on the face, and then appear dark circles, dark dry skin and other symptoms.

The second is bilirubin metabolism disorder, bile discharge is not smooth, resulting in jaundice symptoms, patients can appear yellow complexion, sclera yellow and other abnormal symptoms.

4. Is digestion normal?

Although the liver is not a digestive organ, it also participates in the work of human digestive function. It is responsible for the secretion of bile and participates in the absorption of nutrients by the small intestine, and it also has the ability to store and integrate nutrients.

When the liver is damaged, patients may have varying degrees of digestive disorders, such as anorexia, nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea and abdominal distension, which are common symptoms.

If the above four abnormalities appear recently, especially the unexplained jaundice and long-term digestive disorders, it is likely that the liver has been damaged, so we should actively seek medical treatment for examination.

At present, the main methods of liver health screening are liver function test, B-ultrasound, CT, etc. once the diagnosis of chronic liver disease, more need to actively cooperate with doctors to start follow-up treatment.