Alcohol is such a part of our culture that most people don't notice it becoming a problem, until they are dependent and can't get through a day without it.
I started this article last year as I sat at the hospital bedside of a dear long-term friend as he was detoxing from alcohol. I was thinking about the fragility of life and how we take our bodies and our health for granted.
Social drinking a couple drinks once a week with friends? Drinks every day after work to unwind and relax? Pounding back a few when feeling stressed or depressed? Drinking to excess to drown out the worries of the world? The two types of excessive drinking are binge drinking and heavy drinking. Binge is the habit of drinking to impairment . Heavy drinking is defined as several episodes of binge drinking per month.
Symptoms of fatty liver include fatigue, weight gain, swollen belly, broken blood vessels under skin, darkened urine, enlarged breasts in men, yellowing of skin and eyes , patchy skin, red palms, abdominal pain and gastrointestinal issues. If you are a regular drinker and have any of these symptoms, please see your doctor and get your liver tested. Livers can regenerate if you stop drinking but if you don't stop drinking cirrhosis comes next, which can be deadly.
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