What harm does tobacco and alcohol dependence have to the body?
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October 10 is the 22nd World Mental Health Day. During the large-scale free clinic held in Beijing Huilongguan Hospital on that day, experts reminded that "alcohol and tobacco are not separated" is not only a saying, excessive drinking may lead to alcohol dependence. 60% of smokers are tobacco dependent, and most of the patients with alcohol dependence are also tobacco dependent. What harm does tobacco and alcohol dependence have to the body? Let's talk about it
What harm does tobacco and alcohol dependence have to the body?
Digestive system and nervous system are the most vulnerable parts of alcoholism. The incidence of liver cirrhosis, gastritis, peptic ulcer, esophageal varices, esophageal cancer, acute and chronic pancreatitis in alcohol dependent patients was 10 times higher than that in the general population. Besides a series of mental disorders, alcoholism can also cause peripheral neuritis, cerebellar degeneration, epilepsy and optic atrophy. In addition, the incidence of anemia, impotence, cardiomyopathy, vitamin deficiency and tuberculosis in alcohol addicts was higher than that in the general population.
There are many reasons for the adverse effects of chronic alcoholism on health. Tangdu Hospital neurosurgery abstinence experts said that alcohol has a direct toxic effect on tissues, especially on brain cells and liver cells. Long term drinking can reduce gastrointestinal absorption function, coupled with reduced food intake, so alcoholics often appear vitamin B and protein deficiency. Often drunk, easy to cause trauma. The neglect of daily living and food hygiene is easy to lead to infection, and these factors are also easy to induce physical and mental diseases.
Long term heavy drinking can lead to chronic alcoholism, a series of physical diseases such as cirrhosis, gastritis and mental symptoms such as forgetting, hallucination and disturbance of consciousness. So what harm will alcohol dependence cause? Let's listen to the abstinence experts from the functional neurosurgery department of Tangdu Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University.
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Abstinence surgery is a kind of minimally invasive surgery. Through remote sensing micro positioning, computer control, analysis of electrical signals in brain cells, supplemented by MRI, spiral CT and other advanced image diagnosis technology, we can determine the "addicted cells" in the brain of patients with long-term drinking, Then a 3 micron electrode is inserted and heated to eliminate the addictive cells in the brain of the patients, so as to achieve the goal of complete abstinence and no re drinking.
