i have hepatitis B and i drink alcohol what is going to happen?

Question

i am a college student and it is basically impossible to go to college and not drink alcohol. i used to take the injections but now i am on some type of pill. i want to know what happens when someone with chronic hepatitis B drinks? please serious answers only. a in depth answer would be really appreciated

Answer 1

dude bro, don't drink...please, just don't do it everyone here is trying to give you the right advice...listen to them & think of your loved ones

Answer 2

Hepatitis B And Alcohol

Answer 3

You are expediting the damage to your liver and seriously shaving years, if not decades off your life span. I know this first hand, I have had hepatitis C. I now volunteer at a Hepatitis clinic and have seen many people come to us for help when their liver starts to fail. Many continued to drink and only quit when they began having serious symptoms of liver failure. I saw five people die in the last 18 months due to drinking and hepatitis B or C. Because you are young you may not think this will happen to you, but I caution you to think again. For every drink you have, it is like someone without hepatitis having five drinks; you are expediting the damage five times faster. Alcohol helps the virus to replicate, thus increasing the fibrosis (scarring ) of the liver. When it is scarred, the blood cannot pass through it and it cannot do the metabolic functions effectively. Death from end stage liver disease is not pretty or quick. You can bleed to death from varices (portal veins burst causing vomiting of blood), stomach swells from fluid accumulation in the peritoneal cavity which has to be drained with a tube. The fluid causes difficulty breathing, too). It also causes encephalopathy (mental confusion, forgetting your name, where you live, etc). With encephalopathy, you can't drive, you're too tired to go out to do anything, and your quality of life sucks. If this appeals to you, keep drinking. If not, please quit drinking and consider doing the treatment again. Pegasys, a drug recently approved for hepatitis B, is having some good results. Get to a gastroenterologist (one who has a large percentage of hepatitis B or C patients) and give yourself a chance of having a decent life. Best wishes to you.

Answer 4

Hepatitis virus causes inflammation of the liver. There are lots of types of it. But the worse one is Hepatitis B. it is not advisable for patients with hepa b to drink alcohol. alcohol is harmful to your liver.

Answer 5

Chronic Hepatitis is really very hazardous thing. It damages ones liver in due course and ultimately leads to liver failure if appropriate precautions are not taken. Alcohol itself is very bad for liver,Nervous system and GIT system. In this condition Alcohol acts like a POISON and it speeds up the damage caused to liver many times resulting in bloody vomiting, fatty liver and ultimately liver failure. Injections and recreational drugs are also very dangerous in hepatitis as all these are metabolized and detoxified in the liver and if liver is not functioning properly they will affect your Central nervous system and of course your kidneys and liver too leading to short life span. So i advise you to keep yourself away from these poisons, avoid fatty and spicy meals and follow your doctor's advice.

Answer 6

alcohol gives HBV a free ride to do damage at a much faster rate!
please stop drinking ASAP.

the pill cannot do it's job as long as your drinking either.

you can go from stage and grade 0.0 to 4.4 (end stage liver disease) three times as faster as someone who does not drink at all.

hbv is a dna virus that needs the liver to reproduce-this causes bridging and fibrosis, before the liver is through with the fibrosis stage, cirrhosis is already seting in (hardening of the liver). hbv is also found in other organs and tissues and is a cause of other bi-directional diseases that can cause other damage.
hbv is like having a chain link that multiplies and multiplies-a chain reaction happens. when one organ is damaged the others have to work harder. eventually the virus as well as the toxins will cause all sorts of health issues-and both pass the blood brain barrier. it can leave you with short term memory problems as well as other mental issues. some of these diseases are irreversable. i would discontinue all bad habits and cut down on foods/vitamins that contain iron. sugar and salt reduction is also a plus. proteins in meat, especially red meats can cause toxicity as well. try to gain most of your protein from veggies like black beans. they are easier to break down and filter.

good luck!

Answer 7

This IS serious , you will eventually DIE . Both cause HEPATITIS and eventually CIRRHOSIS (liver gradually replaced by scar tissue ) Please abstain from alcohol , try to use a LOT of TURMERIC spice with your food (it has been proven to protect against Cirrhosis )
My genuine wishes to you for a healthy ,long life .

Answer 8

What if you have Hepatitis B and you want to die? How much alcohol would you have to consume to die, and how long would it take?

Answer 9

I have HBV ,, i have read to much about it to have protective knowlege to avoid any further complications .
After all these answers you should think seriously about your health..
good luck.

Answer 10

you need not to drink you are putting yourself in an early grave.