Men who sit here often are doomed to contract hepatitis

Chinese people have had a saying since ancient times that "no wine, no feast". Whether it is during festivals or business dealings, drinking is indispensable. This has become a burden for many professionals. Although they know that they should drink in moderation, they often can't help but drink too much.

Alcohol is the biggest culprit for liver disease, and people are more likely to get infected at the drinking table

Generally, long-term excessive drinking has a doubled chance of developing hepatitis and cirrhosis, and continuous excessive drinking in the short term is even more harmful. First of all, it kills normal liver cells rapidly and on a large scale in a short period of time, which not only catalyzes the formation of chronic liver disease, but also may cause acute liver failure. In addition, the antiviral ability of liver cells is significantly weakened after drinking. At this time, if there are active liver disease patients at the table, the liver cells of healthy people will be more susceptible to various infections. If it is a chronic liver disease patient or a person who already has liver damage, when drinking, the virus replicated in the liver cells will also more easily overflow from the cells and infect new liver cells, thereby aggravating the condition or causing acute liver disease.

Find the best way to drink less alcohol and reduce liver damage

Experts say that the human liver can metabolize about 1 gram of alcohol per kilogram of body weight every day. A person weighing 60 kilograms should limit the amount of alcohol he or she should consume to less than 60 grams per day. People weighing less than 60 kilograms should reduce the amount accordingly, preferably around 45 grams. Converted into various finished wines, it should be: 50 grams of 60-proof liquor, 1 kilogram of beer, and 250 milliliters of whiskey. Although red wine is good for health, it should not be consumed in excess, and 2 to 3 small glasses a day are preferred.

In addition, to minimize the damage of alcohol to the liver, when drinking, you should pay attention to the type of wine and the reasonable combination of side dishes. Do not drink on an empty stomach or drink without eating. The first choice is high-quality red wine. The best side dishes when drinking are high-protein foods rich in methionine and bile, such as fresh vegetables, fresh fish, lean meat, beans, eggs, etc. Do not drink with salted fish, sausages, and bacon, because these smoked and bacon foods contain a lot of pigments and nitrosamines, which react with alcohol and cause greater damage to the liver. In addition, you should drink a glass of milk before drinking to delay the absorption of alcohol and reduce its harm to the liver.

In addition, it is difficult to separate tobacco and alcohol at gatherings. Experts say that this habit of smoking and drinking at the same time will cause double damage to health, as both can increase the toxicity of the other. The carcinogens in the smoke are inhaled into the mouth, nose, throat, trachea and lungs, and deposited on the surface of the organs in the form of tar. Alcohol is a good organic solvent for tar, which can fully dissolve the tar and help it pass through the mucous membrane and diffuse into the body. In this way, the toxicity of smoking is increased by hundreds of times. At the same time, the toxicity of tobacco can also prevent the liver from fully and timely decomposing and metabolizing alcohol, thereby aggravating the liver toxicity of alcohol.

Vaccination is the key to preventing hepatitis virus transmission at the drinking table

To avoid being infected with hepatitis virus at the table, you should do a good job of daily prevention. If you have not been vaccinated against hepatitis B, get vaccinated as soon as possible. You should also pay special attention to eating at the table, try to eat the food next to you, and don't touch the place where others pick up food, which can also avoid infection to a certain extent.