I Get Drunk Every Friday Night Will I Get Liver Diease?

Question

I Buy 14 Beers Every Friday Night And Get Drunk I use to Drink Every Day when I Was 16yrs to 17yrs Old. I Started When I Was 15 yrs Old I Am 18 yrs Old Now And Next Month I Am Turning 19 yrs Old And Still Drinking Anyway Will I Get Liver Diease Or Liver Cancer?

Answer 1

Alcoholic liver disease usually occurs after years of excessive drinking. The longer the duration of alcohol use and the greater the consumption of alcohol, the greater the probability of developing liver disease. Acute alcoholic hepatitis can result from binge drinking, and may be life-threatening if severe.

Alcoholic liver disease does not affect all heavy drinkers, and women may be more susceptible than men. Drunkenness is not essential for the development of the disease.

Changes start within the liver as inflammation (hepatitis) and progress to fatty liver and cirrhosis. Cirrhosis is the final phase of alcoholic liver disease. Symptoms may not be present until the disease is relatively advanced.

Serious complications are associated with advanced disease such as alcoholic encephalopathy (damage to brain tissue) and portal hypertension (high blood pressure within the liver).

Symptoms

* Loss of appetite
* Nausea
* Jaundice
* Abdominal pain and tenderness
* Fever
* Ascites (fluid collection in the abdomen)
* Unintentional weight gain (because of fluid collection)
* Mental confusion
* Excessive thirst
* Dry mouth
* Fatigue

Additional symptoms that may be associated with this disease:

* Vomiting blood or material that looks like coffee grounds
* Bloody or dark black or tarry bowel movements (melena)
* Abnormally dark or light skin
* Redness on feet or hands
* Paleness
* Light-headedness or fainting, especially with upright posture
* Rapid heart rate (tachycardia) when rising to standing position
* Slow, sluggish, lethargic movement
* Breast development in males
* Impaired ability to concentrate
* Agitation
* Fluctuating mood
* Difficulty paying attention (attention deficit)
* Impaired judgment
* Confusion (encephalopathy)
o Altered level of consciousness
o Impaired short- or long-term memory
o Hallucinations

Symptoms vary with the severity of the disease and are usually worse after a recent period of heavy drinking.

Treatment

The objective of treatment is to discontinue alcohol, and to provide a high-carbohydrates, high-calorie diet to reduce protein breakdown in the body. Vitamins, especially B1 and folic acid, are associated with improvement. An alcohol rehabilitation program or counseling may be necessary to break the alcohol addiction. Management of the complications of chronic liver disease may be needed. If cirrhosis develops, liver transplant may be necessary.

Continued excessive drinking is associated with a shorter life expectancy.

Answer 2

Sounds like not only are you killing your liver, but some brain cells too. You might not get liver disease but you most likely get some kind of liver problem or it might just shut down. You shouldn't have been drinking at 15 in the first place and it doesn't take a genius to know that getting drunk and drinking 14 beers at once every week is doing significant harm to your body. Quit while youre young. stay in school.

Answer 3

Man If your gonna get it im screwed. Ive been drinkin since 16 used to go get trashed every friday and saturday night. When I turned 18 i moved out and started drinkin every night and really drinkin every weekend (Me and the roomates threw a kegger every weekend) Now im 19 and for the past 8 months ive drank everynight just about usually on weekdays i drink mixed drinks and on weekends i drink shots. So i wouldnt worry to much by the time itll happen u can get a liver for cheaper than that fifth i got last weekend lol. PARTY ON

Answer 4

Yes it is bad. I am a teacher and a boy in my class asked the same question. I told him to get two glasses one filled with drinking water and the other with beer and in both glasses I asked him to pur a earth warm. The earth worm in the water swam happily and the one the beer swam for sometime and died. You get the lesson son. Stop drinking. Drinking has not helped anyone. It is a vice stop it right now and see the smile repparing on the faces of your loved ones. This is a beautiful world created by God and there are several other beautiful things for you to do instead of getting drunk. God bless you.

Answer 5

Certainly there are chances of your liver getting affected if you continue drinking like this.

Answer 6

YES Sir you are pretty much on your way.If you stop now your liver will still have a chance to rejuvenate

Answer 7

Please pay attention to the answer from un-named NIH Reference. I put myself thru college and grad school (hospitality) moving up the restaurant chain of command. with each promotion, from server to asst mgr w/ good bartending skills to mgr w/ excellent bartending skills, personalized drinks on menus of our 14 restaurants, to gen mgr in 3 different hot cities... each brought better pay, better cars, and much better booze. vodka/oj became absolut/margarita, became absolut/squeeze limes-2, became absolut silver/rox/lime-1 twist, became unable to maintain lifestyle...

i didn't get drunk ~that's sloppy and not very attractive~i just maintained a pleasant buzz, until one late night when my neighbor's boyfriend lit her car on fire and i called 911...cops, trucks, ems, sirens blazing into our quiet upscale cul-de-sac... me in boxers and a teeny tanktop, trying to get the cops to break in because i was afraid for her dog...they talked around me like i wasn't there...i woke up in Hospital - 9 DAYS LATER, thanks to same neighbor, who held my hand and told me not to worry, her dog was okay. she DIDN'T have a dog and her car was in the shop and her boyfriend was in another city on business. hallucinating is not what it's cracked up to be.

Drs. gave me 3 mos..not a candidate for donor liver...didn't think i'd make it thru surgery. Needless to say, I'm still here, after a lotta long sleepless, craving nights. I've been to AA meetings and many people depend on the support offered.. I volunteer in shelters, in hospitals at night so family members can get some rest...etc.
it's been 1848 days and nights since that night. My liver works at 1/3 capacity, i have to take 5 different pills everyday, see my gastroentologists once every month, am on sodium and sugars restricted diet and about every 6 months or so go to hospital to have a needle inserted into my torso, attached to a drain, and after a few hours go home 2, 3, or even 5 liters lighter.

I miss margaritas, and irish mist and grand marnier, and a cool glass of wine on the deck and a cold beer at baseball games ... but not as much as i'd miss my kids...youngest born on Cinco de Mayo...mother nature does have a wicked sense of humor. :)

Did ya notice how closely hospital is spelled to my degree? do yourself a favor....moderate.

Answer 8

Probably. That is entirely too much alcohol. One drink a day is fine, but binge drinking, which is what you are doing, is a road to perdition.

Answer 9

Your liver is probably pickled right now. That's very sad.

Answer 10

Maybe, but I would say that you are more likely to end up with some fatty come Saturday morning.