Orthopedic doctor: long-term alcohol abuse affects bone health

Orthopedic doctor: long-term alcohol abuse affects bone health. Drinking does not bring any health benefits. The saying “drinking in moderation is beneficial” simply doesn’t exist!

Drinking alcohol in moderation is good for your health?

A study published in the world-renowned medical journal “The Lancet” confirmed that drinking alcohol does not bring any health benefits. The saying “drinking in moderation is beneficial” simply doesn’t exist!

Data analysis shows that drinking is the number one killer of young and middle-aged men (15-49 years old) worldwide. In China, 700,000 people die every year due to drinking (65 million men).

Studies have shown that alcohol intake is related to the increased risk of 7 types of cancer, including esophageal cancer, liver cancer and other high-incidence cancers in China;

No matter how much alcohol you drink, it will increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as atrial fibrillation, heart failure, fatal high blood pressure, and fatal aortic aneurysm. As long as you drink it in your mouth, the risk of disease is higher than that of healthy people who do not drink;

Long-term mild to moderate drinking (about 7 to 10 bottles of beer or 1 to 2 bottles of red wine per week) can also cause some damage to brain functions, such as cognition and memory.

Therefore, there is no proper amount of drinking, the healthiest way is-not to drink!

Long-term alcohol abuse harms bone health

1. Long-term alcohol abuse can easily cause femoral head necrosis

Alcohol intake will cause problems with lipid metabolism, which will result in more garbage in the blood vessels of the femoral head, which will affect the blood supply of the femoral head and induce necrosis of the femoral head. In the middle and late stages of the disease, severe pain and collapse of the femoral head will occur, which can directly lead to disability in severe cases.

Clinical studies have proved that if you drink more than half a catty of liquor a day for five consecutive years, the incidence of femoral head necrosis is three times higher than that of normal people. If you drink more than one catty of liquor a day, you will be at risk of suffering from femoral head necrosis for two consecutive years.

2. Long-term alcohol abuse can easily cause gout

Alcohol promotes the production of endogenous uric acid, and can lead to the accumulation of lactic acid and ketone bodies, and inhibit the excretion of uric acid. Therefore, patients with high uric acid and gout should refrain from drinking beer, white wine, and red wine.

Question: People who drink and blush are more likely to fracture than ordinary people?

Drinking alcohol is easy to blush, because the body cannot metabolize alcohol in time, and the blood vessels dilate and make the face red, which does not mean that the amount of alcohol is not good.

Studies have pointed out that because people who drink and blush have low ability to decompose acetaldehyde, acetaldehyde accumulates in the body to produce active oxygen. When active oxygen pressure is high, it may affect bone metabolism, reduce bone density, and cause osteoporosis. The probability of thigh fracture due to osteoporosis is 2.48 times higher than the average person!

It’s better not to drink alcohol

It’s best not to drink alcohol. If you can’t quit for socializing, try to control your alcohol intake:

Adult men drink no more than 25 grams of alcohol a day, which is equivalent to 750 ml of beer, 250 ml of wine, or 75 ml of 38% liquor, or 50 ml of high liquor.

Adult women do not exceed 15 grams, which is equivalent to 450 milliliters of beer, 150 milliliters of wine, or 50 milliliters of 38-degree liquor and 30 milliliters of high-level liquor.

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