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The influence of alcohol on a woman's body. Influence on sexual function. Can a pregnant woman drink? How alcohol affects fetal development

Alcohol abuse is an ubiquitous problem. Alcoholism is present in any, even the most developed country in the world. Russia is no exception. Thousands of people die from alcohol poisoning every year, most of whom are males. Women are also susceptible to alcohol dependence, and alcohol affects their health to a greater extent than men. Even from adolescence, female representatives begin to consume alcoholic beverages, then moving on to stronger ones, for example, vodka. What is the cause of female alcoholism?

An interesting fact is that a woman starts drinking in most cases because of depression, boredom or loneliness. It should be noted that the female body is weaker than the male in relation to alcohol. The point is that women get drunk faster and lasts longer than men. This is caused by a smaller body size, a higher concentration of alcohol in cells and blood, and inadequate production of the enzyme dehydrogenase, which breaks down alcohol. The psychological aspect must also be taken into account. A man is more resistant to alcohol. The body of a woman, even with the use of small doses of alcohol, can undergo significant changes. Let us consider in more detail the effect of alcohol on the female body.

Ethyl alcohol contained in any alcoholic beverage affects primarily the reproductive system of a woman's body. How is it shown? First, alcohol can disrupt the menstrual cycle (period). In doing so, it can affect menopause. Often a side effect during this period is increased sweating.

Secondly, there is a violation of the ability to conceive and carry a child. This is the most serious problem. The activity of female reproductive cells and glands, hormonal levels change. Eggs are very sensitive to this substance. In addition, the production of estrogen increases, as a result of which the hormonal balance is disrupted.

As for the bearing of the fetus, then in this period of time it is advisable to abandon the use of alcohol.

Ethanol is able to penetrate the placental barrier into the fetus, disrupt its growth and development. At birth, such a child may have a low weight, various developmental anomalies. Moreover, there is a high chance of miscarriage.

It should also be remembered that alcohol affects the baby through breast milk when breastfeeding. A woman's body can suffer from the carcinogenic effects of alcohol. It has been found that alcohol increases the risk of developing cancers and tumors of the breast, intestines, liver and other important organs.

Effects on the nervous system

The effect of alcohol on the body is manifested in the defeat of the central and peripheral nervous system. Nerve cells are the most sensitive. Ethanol is known to cause physical and mental addiction. The latter manifests itself in a craving for alcohol, a change in personality. Women who drink frequently are prone to psychosis or depression. At the same time, psychoses are more severe than in men. With developed alcoholism, a woman may have thoughts of suicide. Of great importance is the fact that there are frequent cases of traumatic injury when women lose their instinct for self-preservation.

Instability in behavior is observed. Women become aggressive and indifferent to everything around them, even to their children. Undoubtedly, such manifestations are characteristic only with regular alcohol abuse. In a state of intoxication, women can have an accident or create one. The effect on the nervous system is manifested in a decrease in memory, attention. Intellectual capabilities suffer.

The effect of alcohol on the skin

A woman is exposed to the harmful effects of alcohol and at the same time does not think about the fact that it negatively affects the skin. For a woman, this is of great importance, as she must always look good. How does alcohol affect the skin? It dehydrates the body. This occurs due to its active excretion along with urine. The diuretic effect occurs both when drinking weak drinks and stronger ones. As a result, the skin shrinks somewhat and becomes dry. This is especially noticeable on the face. In chronic alcoholism, as a result of kidney damage, some swelling may appear, including on the face.

As a result of the constant use of alcohol, a woman begins to outstrip her biological age, she looks older than her years. In this case, wrinkles appear, and premature aging of the body develops. Of great importance is the fact that alcohol reduces the reserves of certain vitamins in the body, such as vitamins E and C, which are responsible for the synthesis of skin collagen. All this is reflected on the face. It is also important to reduce the ability of damaged cells and tissues to recover. To protect the skin of the face, it is necessary to avoid alcoholic beverages.

Alcohol affects the female body by disrupting microcirculation. Everyone knows that alcohol dilates blood vessels and improves blood flow, but this is only a temporary effect. Soon thereafter, the vessels begin to constrict. They can become clogged, as a result of which tissue trophism is disturbed. Capillaries can die off, which contributes to the appearance of a purple skin tone (a mesh is formed). It doesn't look very nice. With alcoholism during the development of hepatitis and cirrhosis, the skin color often becomes yellowish.

Impact on sexual function

Alcohol has a negative effect not only on menstruation, the process of conceiving and bearing a child, but also on sexual function. are more prone to promiscuous sexual intercourse, which often leads to the spread of sexually transmitted infections. An unwanted pregnancy can also be the result. The latter fact is of the greatest importance, because you have to raise a child in a dysfunctional family or have an abortion. Some mothers send their children to orphanages, as they are addicted to alcohol and unable to raise them.

The presence of an illegitimate child also complicates the personal life of a woman. It will be very difficult for her to build a full-fledged family and find a man. Abortion at a young age is the cause of infertility in women. As for dangerous sexual intercourse without the use of contraception, today this is a serious problem. Women may not be aware of what is happening and then do not remember who they were with and where. Such sexual activity often contributes to the transmission of such dangerous infections as syphilis, HIV.

The effects of alcohol on internal organs

The influence of alcohol on the body is great and extends to almost all internal organs and systems. The kidneys are very often affected. Inflammation may be the cause. The fact is that women in a state of intoxication often find themselves on a cold floor or on the street, which leads to inflammation. Among such diseases, pyelonephritis and cystitis occupy a special place. The urinary tract can also become inflamed. With hard drinking, toxic nephropathy develops. This is a formidable kidney disease. Continued use of alcohol can lead to acute renal failure and death.

With nephropathy, edema, arterial hypertension, and the presence of protein in the urine are observed. Along with the kidneys, the heart also suffers. Ethanol can disrupt the heart rhythm, causing arrhythmias. Another target organ is the adrenal glands. Alcohol reduces the production of hormones. This also applies to the thyroid gland. As you know, a violation of the synthesis of thyroid hormones contributes to obesity or depletion of the body. The next organ is the liver. The function of the liver is to neutralize various toxic substances, in particular ethyl alcohol. The latter causes alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver and liver failure. A drinking woman's immunity decreases, this contributes to frequent illnesses.

Thus, the female body is more sensitive to alcohol than the male. This is explained by physiological and mental characteristics. Toxic substances in alcoholic beverages poison the body. All organs and systems are affected. The most serious complication is impairment of the ability to conceive or carry a child. Every woman is obliged to become a mother, therefore it is recommended to give up the constant use of alcohol in large quantities. It has been proven that the average lethal dose of alcohol is 6-8 g / kg of body weight. The toxic effect of alcohol is manifested with a daily dose of more than 20 g.

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Comments (1)

    Megan92 () 2 weeks ago

    Did anyone manage to save your husband from alcoholism? Mine drinks without drying out, I don't know what to do ((I thought about getting a divorce, but I don’t want to leave the child without a father, and I’m sorry for my husband, so he’s a great person when he doesn’t drink

    Daria () 2 weeks ago

    I have already tried so many things and only after reading this article, I managed to wean my husband from alcohol, now he does not drink at all, even on holidays.

    Megan92 () 13 days ago

    Daria () 12 days ago

    Megan92, so I wrote in my first comment) I will duplicate just in case - link to article.

    Sonya 10 days ago

    And this is not a divorce? Why are they selling on the Internet?

    Yulek26 (Tver) 10 days ago

    Sonya, what country do you live in? They sell it on the Internet, because shops and pharmacies set their marginal markup. In addition, payment only after receipt, that is, first looked, checked and only then paid. And now everything is sold on the Internet - from clothes to TVs and furniture.

    Editorial response 10 days ago

    Sonia, hello. This drug for the treatment of alcohol dependence is really not sold through the pharmacy chain and retail stores in order to avoid overpricing. To date, you can order only on official website... Be healthy!

    Sonya 10 days ago

    I apologize, I did not notice the information about cash on delivery at first. Then everything is in order for sure if the payment is on receipt.

    Margo (Ulyanovsk) 8 days ago

    Has anyone tried folk methods to get rid of alcoholism? My father drinks, I just can't influence him ((

    Andrey () A week ago

    What folk remedies have not tried, the father-in-law both drank and drinks

What do a student with a glass of beer, a business woman who prefers a martini, and a housewife who drinks cheap wine have in common? All of them poison the body with the decay products of ethanol, causing irreparable harm to it. Consider how alcohol affects a woman's body, and why the weaker sex is more susceptible to dependence on the green snake than men.

Alcohol and female physiology

The average fair sex has a slender build and weighs less than men. A woman's body has more fat and less fluid, including blood. And this means that the concentration of ethanol in it rises an order of magnitude faster, that is, the intoxication sets in faster. Alcohol disturbs the water balance, but it is eliminated from the body faster with fluid. The slowed down metabolism in adipose tissue leads to the fact that the decay products of ethyl alcohol are in the woman's body longer.

Woman and alcohol are incompatible concepts, and this is inherent in nature itself. A woman's liver is simply not capable of producing large amounts of dehydrogenase, an enzyme responsible for the breakdown of ethanol molecules. Her stomach also cannot cope with the synthesis of substances intended for the digestion of alcoholic beverages. Therefore, the process of alcohol breakdown in the female body is slower than that of the representatives of the strong half of humanity, and the consequences of drunkenness are felt longer and much more painful.

Alcohol and beauty

For most ladies, it is very important to have a beautiful body and face, but. The systematic use of any alcoholic beverages (strong and low alcohol) will not hide any creams, masks, or decorative cosmetics. At first, the effects of fun drinks can still be covered with foundation, but the effects of a night in an embrace with a glass, displayed in the eyes, cannot be hidden in any way. The whites of the eyes lose whiteness and are full of burst capillaries. As alcohol dehydrates the skin, it becomes dry. Chronic alcoholism, which leads to kidney disease, adds to the overall picture of swelling of the body, including the face.

Alcohol negatively affects the reserves of collagen, which is responsible for the elasticity of the skin. This, in turn, leads to its premature aging, flabbiness and the appearance of wrinkles. The short-term vasodilating effect of alcoholic beverages is replaced by vasoconstriction, and the ability to stick blood cells together leads to the formation of blood clots. Small blood clots that clog the capillaries contribute to their rupture, which is displayed on the face of a drinking woman by the appearance of red spider veins, or even the acquisition of a red-violet hue by the skin.

The effect of alcohol on women is expressed in a decrease in the resistance of the skin to the negative effects of solar radiation, increasing the risk of skin diseases.

The harm of alcohol to the reproductive system

The birth of healthy children is a goal that sooner or later almost every woman sets for herself. Often, alcohol becomes the factor that hinders the knowledge of the joy of motherhood. The effect of alcohol on the reproductive system of women has long been studied. First, ethanol can cause menstrual irregularities, making it difficult to conceive. Secondly, alcohol often becomes the cause of hormonal disruptions that provoke the onset of early menopause, that is, the complete extinction of fertility.

The body of a woman suffering from alcoholism is not ready for pregnancy. To get rid of addiction without visiting a doctor, proven remedies for alcoholism, which can be bought on the Internet, will help.

Liberated behavior after drinking alcohol often leads to casual sex, which can lead to sexually transmitted diseases or unwanted pregnancies. Diseases of the genital area, like abortion, also affect the reproductive health of women.

Alcohol as a cause of disease

Few poison is capable of acting the way alcohol affects the body and mind of women. The habit of coping with stress or joining a group of friends with the help of intoxicating drinks leads to numerous disruptions in the functioning of all organs and systems.

  • Hormonal imbalance. Alcohol inhibits the production of female hormones, therefore male hormones begin to prevail in a woman's body. The result is obvious - the angularity of the figure, increased hair growth on the arms, legs, face. Hormonal disruptions lead to thyroid problems, breast diseases, skin and hair diseases.
  • Obesity. Since alcohol contains a lot of calories and it is customary to eat it, an addiction to a glass leads to excess weight.
  • Mental disorders. The use of alcoholic beverages affects the psyche of the weaker sex faster and stronger than the male. If at an early stage of alcoholism this translates into noticeable mood swings, and not only in a state of intoxication, then persecution mania, auditory hallucinations, and suicidal tendencies may develop further.
  • Diseases of vital organs. Even moderate drinking can lead to gastritis or stomach ulcers. Companions of women drunkards - and cirrhosis of the liver. The risk of heart attacks, strokes and malignant tumors in women who like to drink increases several times.

Knowing how alcohol affects the female body, ladies should think about it and try not to exceed the daily norm of 20 ml of pure alcohol, and it is better not to drink at all.

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In some Muslim countries, alcohol is prohibited. It also has the healthiest population and the lowest crime rate. In Russia, drunkenness has been the main social problem since the time of Peter I. Today, 70 percent of Russian children are born initially incapable of normal learning and social adaptation, 80 percent of deaths in the country are caused by diseases provoked by alcohol addiction, and most of the crimes are committed in a state of intoxication.

Not to say that our government is very worried about this. Healthy and independent-minded people have always been a problem for the authorities. Read this article and help yourself.

How alcohol harms women's brains

In Russia, every Friday is a holiday. You wait for her all week, you save some money, you anticipate the excitement. A couple of good friends, tequila with lemon, kebab with vodka, well, or beer with fish, if your pocket is bad. Life is good! For the first half hour, endorphins are whipping, fun, courage, the lip whistles, the muzzle is red, whatever you say, everything is funny! You love the whole world like a hippie. Meanwhile ...

Alcohol is a universal solvent. When ethanol enters the bloodstream, it dissolves the erythrocyte membranes and causes massive death of red blood cells, which in turn clump together to form an unpleasant plastic-like bloody mess. Which, by the way, does not prevent them from traveling through the circulatory system through thick veins and arteries. But when it comes to capillaries through which red blood cells must penetrate to the neurons of the brain one by one, as nature intended, a "plug" arises. Neurons deprived of nutrition begin to die in the tens of thousands. And at this moment you are sitting in a state of pleasant stupor in the company of friends, telling jokes, gesticulating violently, laughing and generally feeling like a cool madam, who has everything on ointment. And in half an hour you will go to flush a cocktail of your brain cells into the toilet, along with good thoughts, memory, speed and originality of thinking, the general level of culture and everything that defines you as a person.

But that's nothing. During the hangover that awaits you in the morning, the products of yesterday's fun will leave your body along with millions of gray matter cells. You will become a little dumber than you were yesterday. Although, apparently, you did not shine with your mind yesterday: you said so many nonsense, considered yourself a hero ... Now you are ashamed in front of people.

The general harm of alcohol on the body of a woman

In the Soviet Union, the story was widespread that in reasonable quantities alcohol is good for the heart and blood vessels. Look how cheerfully Semyon Semyonich from the "Diamond Hand" shook a glass of vodka with nightmares, making excuses to his wife: they say, the doctor prescribed "for the house, for the family." The doctors were funny, they prescribed poison instead of medicine. Yes, ethanol is a cell poison of the most direct action, damaging the cells of the heart muscle and greatly increasing the pressure. One upturned glass of strong drink will increase the pressure for several days. And while alcohol is circulating through your circulatory system, the poor heart is working hard. Pulse up to one hundred beats per minute, metabolic and nutritional disorders of the heart muscle lead to the accumulation of excess fat in the latter (bovine heart syndrome), the heart becomes decrepit, and can hardly cope with work. And the result is hypertension and. Forget the drinking tales. In any amount, alcohol destroys your body. Heart rhythm disturbances, tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter - this is familiar to anyone who has ever been a participant in a noisy feast. Alcohol not only has a detrimental effect on the myocardium, but also changes the vascular tone, disrupting potassium-magnesium metabolism. On the other hand, when the blood vessels are blocked, the tissues lack oxygen and an ischemic effect occurs. As you can see, there are plenty of reasons for the cells of the heart muscle to die and begin to contract irregularly. Although this ischemia is just the beginning, and a heart attack is ahead.

The liver bloomed like a rose from cirrhosis ...

Alcohol is poison, and the liver is responsible for neutralizing poisons in our body. During the cleavage process, alcohol is primarily converted to acetaldehyde, which, in turn, is oxidized to form acetate. The latter disrupts the fat-exchange functions of the liver and leads it to fatty degeneration. But the liver has a powerful ability to restore, otherwise the first binge would be for our brother and the last. The cells of this organ die off gradually. For those who like to "marathon" with alcohol on weekends, the liver can no longer cope with neutralizing the poison. Acetaldehyde accumulates in it and is carried throughout the body. The loss of self-control, the transformation of a person into an animal, inadequate, asocial behavior are all consequences of poisoning not with alcohol, but with acetaldehyde. Morning dullness, headaches, problems with coordination of movements and other signs of the most powerful intoxication are all tricks of acetaldehyde, this decay product of alcohol, which is worse than alcohol itself. Well, alcohol ... What is alcohol? It basically just dissolves the cells in your body. Just think! ..

In the body of an alcoholic, whose liver is already functioning by about twenty percent, when taking even small doses of alcohol, a lethal dose of acetaldehydes is formed. And their concentration remains in the body longer than that of a rarely drinking person. That is why the alcoholic becomes stupid and cannot control himself even with the first sip. The toxicity of the effect of alcohol on him and on a healthy person is different, like heaven and earth. Do you think you have a reason to be happy because you consider yourself to be healthy and only allow yourself a couple of beers on weekends? Craving for alcohol is the first stage, dear friends. And after a year and a half of weekly use of small "therapeutic", as we call it, doses, you will inevitably step over the barrier, where the second stage will wait for you, like death with a scythe.

A few more facts about the dangers of alcohol for women:

  1. Women have one supply of eggs for their entire life, they are not renewed. Alcohol is the only poison that can dissolve the membrane of the egg and poison the future fetus. If the damaged egg is fertilized, don't expect a healthy baby.
  2. Congenital deformity of the "cleft lip" type is due to the fact that conception occurred at the time of alcoholic intoxication.
  3. Acetaldehyde is a sinister acid produced by the breakdown of alcohol. It is his couples that betray a person in a hungover state. A disgusting, incomparable smell arises from the dissolution of body tissues with this acid, which literally burns out everything inside.
  4. Women get drunk faster than men. The brain of the fairer sex is less resistant to toxic poisoning, including alcohol. The destruction of neurons in women is accelerated: a decrease in serotonin levels by 50 percent occurs after four years of abuse. This is the third stage of alcoholism with psychosis, depression and complete personality degradation.
  5. 30 grams of alcohol a day (two glasses of vodka or one and a half bottles of beer) provide a person with cirrhosis of the liver in a year. A third of this portion is enough for women. The risk of a heart attack increases by 50 percent, and a fatal heart attack by 37 percent.

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    According to statistics, men who drink a lot live 5 years less than those who keep within the indicated limits. But, interestingly, those who do not drink alcohol at all also live on average less than moderate drinkers - by 3.8 years. For women, these figures are 8.6 and 2.5 years, respectively. That is, in general, among those who drink in small quantities, the mortality rate is significantly lower than among absolute teetotalers.

    The state of strong alcoholic intoxication can also bring pleasure, but this pleasure is already somewhat painful. Why do many ladies, especially young ones, choose this path? Is it because they are unable to enjoy themselves in any other way? Let's put the question differently - where could they learn this?

    In our city there are a large number of establishments that, for some reason not clear to me, are called "night clubs", although the only correct name for them is "round-the-clock tavern". After all, the English word "club" means a meeting place for people with common interests (business, cognitive, developmental, entertainment, etc.). The main goal of the club is to organize communication between its members.

    It is clear that this has nothing to do with our "clubs". Everything there is aimed only at making people drunk in them methodically. Take at least loud music, which suppresses all possible communication at the root, so sometimes even in the toilet you have to yell in the ear of the interlocutor in order to be somehow heard. Say, there is nothing to distract from the bar. The only thing that can be done to this music is to perform strange oscillatory movements with various parts of the body, which can be considered a "dance" only at a high degree. I went out to the site, shook myself and to the bar. Such is the conveyor system.

    For the sake of fairness, we note that such establishments dominate not only in our city, but throughout the country. The reason for this organization of the "club business" is simple and understandable. The fact is that the main income of the night club comes from the sale of alcohol. Naturally, the owners of drinking establishments go to all imaginable steps, just to increase these sales. In addition to the specific sound design, large amounts of pepper and salt are often used in dishes (which in itself is not very useful). The main task of these ingredients is to make a person thirsty. In general, when I say "Khabarovsk club" I recall the fetish of one of the clubs in the form of a man with wings. This fetish can symbolize not only this club, but all our nightclubs in general. From the ratio of body size to wingspan, it is clearly seen that this subject could not only take off, but even just gently glide. The traction is not enough.

    I, of course, am far from condemning the owners of nightclubs, operating under the harsh laws of the market. It's just a little offensive to realize that everything else turns out to be economically unprofitable. Indeed, in terms of combating excessive alcohol consumption, it would be much more useful to create some kind of alternative for young people. Open clubs focused specifically on communication. But this is much more difficult than sculpting warning labels about the dangers of alcohol in all places. Who and when did these inscriptions stop? Purely psychologically, a repetitive monotonous stimulus quickly ceases to be noticed.

    On the other hand, the commercial strategy of night clubs sometimes provokes a response in the form of anti-alcohol extremism. Some hyperactive teetotalers claim that even moderately drinking people are almost their personal enemies. In an effort to prove the harm of alcohol in any quantity, they go to outright deception and deliberately anti-scientific attacks. All this results in the creation of peculiar aggressive sects and does not lead to anything good.

    Therefore, personally, I choose not a society of aggressive teetotalers and not night taverns, but a pleasant feast with friends, where alcohol on the table is a seasoning, but in no case is not the main dish.

Alcoholic beverages have a greater effect on a woman's body than men. A small dose of alcohol can cause intoxication in the weaker sex, this is due to physiological characteristics. Alcohol damage occurs faster because there is less fluid in the female body than in the male, as a result of which alcohol is absorbed into the blood faster. In this article, we will analyze the harm from alcohol for women. Consider how the psychological and physiological behavior of a woman changes.

The effect of alcohol on the female body

The impact of alcohol has destructive processes on all internal organs and important functions in a woman's body. If we consider the physiological feature of the human body, we can conclude that alcohol is excreted 3 times longer from the female body than from the male. This is due to the fact that the size of the female liver and stomach is smaller than that of men, both organs do not have time to process the absorbed alcohol into adipose tissue.

For information! Female alcoholism leads to disruption and restructuring of hormonal levels, as a result of which male hormones begin to prevail over female ones.

Drinking alcohol causes such negative consequences for a person as:

  • the menstrual cycle gets lost;
  • hormonal balance is disturbed;
  • a deficiency of vitamins and minerals is formed;
  • dehydration of the body increases;
  • figure and body become masculine;
  • body weight increases;
  • the risk of developing cancer increases;
  • skin color turns purple-red;
  • the hairline increases due to the high production of the male hormone testosterone;
  • early menopause occurs;
  • the aging process begins much faster;
  • reproductive function is impaired.

Internal organs take a strong blow from alcohol consumption. In addition to the kidneys and stomach, the spleen, bladder, liver, and pancreas are also affected. Ethanol products wash out calcium from the body, as a result of which bone fragility increases. People prone to alcoholism need qualified help and support from loved ones.

The influence of alcohol on the psycho-emotional state and behavior of a woman

The complete withdrawal from social and family life testifies to the dangers of female alcoholism. At first, a woman has no special deviations in her behavior and psyche, but over time, everything changes dramatically. Drunken behavior is dangerous because one emotion changes to another, the state and mood becomes unbalanced.

For information! Long-term use of alcoholic beverages by a woman will lead to aggression, which will necessarily affect all family members, especially children.

Most people relax with the help of alcohol, just one glass of wine can relax and liberate a person, for a while, it allows you to forget about problems. Is it necessary, and most importantly, useful, such an approach to solving the emerging psychological state? Alcohol makes a woman's psyche unbalanced, unstable, as a rule, a person can laugh and cry, scream and be silent. In such an overexcited state, frequent mood swings occur. Quite often, there is a state of aggression or attacks of persecution. As a rule, a woman in this state plunges into a melancholic or depressive state, with the presence of unreasonable grievances against others. Experts say that this condition speaks of prolonged use of harmful alcohol and often such people are placed in specialized medical institutions, because without drug therapy, they are no longer able to cope.

Alcohol especially affects the female body. Ethanol products can not only have a destructive effect on the internal organs, psyche and behavior of a woman, but also significantly change her appearance. Alcohol can kill beauty, femininity and love of loved ones, which will be quite difficult to return.

Many women, hearing about the dangers of alcohol, raise their eyebrows in surprise: “What have I got to do with it? Well, maybe I drink a little more often than a year ago, but I work so hard, I need to relax! And then I drink good, expensive drinks that will not harm me! " Most of the drinking ladies think about this.

Indeed, there is little in common between a well-dressed, elegant lady with perfect make-up, exquisitely holding a thin martini glass in her fingers and between disheveled clothes in an old dressing gown making her way to a toilet cistern with a stash. But between them there is an imperceptible subtle connection, which over time brings these women closer together.

Drinking alcohol has a tremendous impact on the female body. Internal organs and systems of the body suffer, the appearance changes not for the better. Moreover, if we compare the cases of the male and female body, it becomes clear how much female alcoholism differs from male. The influence of alcohol on a woman, her body, is clearly stronger.

And it's not that, according to popular belief, a drunk woman is much more disgusting and ugly than a drunk man. The point is in the real indicators of the effect of alcohol on the body. Let's look at the main changes in women's health and appearance under the influence of alcohol:

Effects of alcohol on general health

Physical impairment

With excessive, prolonged use of alcoholic beverages, problems arise with the cardiovascular system. There are chronic diseases of the liver and kidneys. The pancreas and the digestive system suffer, and the risk of developing malignant neoplasms increases several times. With alcohol dependence in women, hypertension develops, immunity is significantly reduced.

Alcohol lovers often experience hormonal disruptions. This often happens when drinking alcohol with the joint use of hormonal contraceptives. Sometimes this combination can have unexpected and unhealthy effects.

In addition, female hormone suppression is observed in frequently drinking women. As a result, the figure acquires angular outlines, the roundness of the body gradually disappears, and male-type hair growth appears.

Due to hormonal disorders, problems arise with the thyroid gland and mammary glands. Diseases of the skin and hair appear.

Mental disorders

Women who are sick with alcohol are more likely than men to develop mental and nervous system disorders. Of course, at the first stage, drinking alcohol has a stimulating effect.

After the missed glass, the mood improves, the vitality rises. But in the future, alcohol no longer causes positive emotions. On the contrary, it causes depression, aggression. After sobering up, there is a heavy feeling of guilt, as well as extreme instability of the psyche.

A woman suffering from alcoholism is most often emotionally unstable. Her mood is changeable. She then laughs, then cries, or shows aggression that was not characteristic of her earlier. Women alcoholics often have a persecution mania and a victim position that suffers from the whole world.

Reproductive ability

First, even with a one-time excess of the permissible level of alcohol in the blood, the negative effect of alcohol on the female body and specifically on the reproductive system begins. Alcohol almost immediately disrupts the menstrual cycle. Over time, alcoholism can lead to early menopause.

Secondly, in young women, under the influence of alcohol, the ability to become pregnant sharply decreases, by about 50%.

In addition, the likelihood of having an unhealthy child with mental or mental disabilities is very high. It must be said that alcoholism is in no way conducive to the happiness of motherhood and is in no way combined with it.

The appearance of a woman suffering from alcoholism

Due to hormonal disorders against the background of alcoholism, over time, excess weight can very quickly appear.

In addition, a few glasses of strong alcohol weakens control over eating behavior. There is indifference to how much you ate and how much you drank. The result is an avalanche-like weight gain.

In heavily drinking women, the figure deteriorates according to two scenarios: Either it becomes angular, resembles a man's, or it becomes shapeless and loose.

It is not necessary to be a drunken drunk for visible changes in appearance to others. It is enough just to regularly take small doses of alcohol, often attend parties.

The cheerful lifestyle will soon be reflected on the face. No makeup or hairstyle can correct a characteristic appearance.

Here is a rough portrait of a woman who enjoys drinking a lot and often:

The eyes are swollen and narrowed, swollen eyelids surround them. The nose is swollen, reddened, the pores of the skin are enlarged, a pronounced nasolabial fold, a damaged face contour. This is, in general terms, the look of a woman who chose booze over her beauty.

In addition, do not forget that with the abuse of alcoholic beverages, gradually the hair becomes thinner, brittle and dull, falling out in whole strands. Teeth also deteriorate, exfoliate, break and change the color of the nails.

In general, alcoholism kills women's health and beauty on all fronts. Remember this when you are asked to have a glass, another, and resist the temptation. Be healthy!

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