What is the alcohol’s effect on the internal organs?
STOMACH. The stomach is the organ that digests the food that we eat. Alcohol inhibits the stomach to produce enough natural digestive fluid and fails to absorb and digest properly the food. There is also nausea emptiness, abdominal distention and dyspepsia which leads to loss of appetite for food and is more tempted to drink to ease the feeling.
LIVER. Frequent use of alcohol causes the liver to deteriorate. The liver has the capacity to hold and store substances, dangerous or not. In this case, alcohol is stored in the liver of an alcoholic which makes the person always influenced by it.
Proper dialysis and secretion of the liver is affected by alcohol. The vessels of the liver become dilated and there is a thickening of the tissues. Due to this, the membrane contracts and the organ shrink. Fatty liver may also occur because the liver is not functioning properly thus the fatty cells go into the liver.
KIDNEY. Excessive consumption of alcohol also has an effect on the kidney. Due to the alcohol, the kidneys lose its elasticity and its power to contract. Albumin from the blood easily passes through the membranes.
LUNGS. The lung vessels relax due to alcohol plus they are easily exposed to temperature variations which makes the lungs congested which may lead to death in alcohols especially during cold seasons.
HEART. Alcohol affects the heart by changing and thickening the membranes that surround the heart making them cartilaginous or calcareous. The heart valves lose their suppleness and the blood vessels lose its elasticity.
Because of the tissue changes that the heart has undergone, the muscular fiber are replaced by fatty cells or transferred into a modified muscular texture where the contraction power is reduced.
Because of the organ changes or deteriorations an alcoholic person experiences, they feel a “sinking” feeling due to organ power failure but they know that alcohol and other stimulants can help relieve the sensation.