Alcohol is a toxic compound (toxic) are found in several types of beverages such as beer or wine. This compound is also known as ethanol, derived from the fermentation of carbohydrates by certain microorganisms.
Shortly after the drinking, alcohol will be absorbed quickly by the walls of the digestive tract and into the bloodstream. By the liver (liver) in the metabolism of alcohol would be other compounds. The rate of alcohol metabolism by the liver is usually pretty fast, so that in a short time alcohol in the blood will be lost.
Liver can be damaged because they have to work continuously. Damage can be a fatty liver which leads to alcoholic cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is a term used to describe downsizing hearts. If this happens, the liver function to neutralize the other compounds will be disrupted.
Alcohol addiction
Ethanol is an alcohol that can be taken that causes a lot of people get addicted to alcohol or alcoholism. Although alcoholism is actually difficult to define precisely, but some experts agree that the definition of alcoholism should be focused on the frequency of symptoms due to drink-liquor itself Or in other words the features highlighted in alcoholism is a strong desire or a person's reliance on ethanol to the point that people are just busy thinking "when am I going to drink again!" And the unavailability of ethanol to drink for himself is a very 'painful'. Addiction to alcohol is usually accompanied by nervous system and muscular disorders. And in the early stages, the ethanol in the body causes the buildup of substances that contain fat (fatty) in the liver in advanced stages of cirrhosis can be a disease, a disorganization of liver disease difficult to cure.
Malnutrition, also exacerbate the causes of alcoholism are often not directly medical disorders in severe alcohol abusers.