Wll i damage my liver?

Question

if I drink 6 to 10 beers a day?

Answer 1

Yes, there is no doubt about it. Alcohol is a poison and toxin. It is the job our your liver to remove those toxins from your body, but if you call upon it to remove so much then you get a serious disease called Alcoholic Liver Disease which is a form of liver cirrhosis.

Even have the drinks you are suggesting can cause substantial harm that could require a liver transplant in only 10 years. Alcohol in such quantities causes cirrhosis and your liver can't recover from that attack. This only happens to 15% of the population in a decade, but if you take some prescription drugs or illegal drugs then you will accelerate the process, and of course the chances of liver damage rise the longer you subject your body to such long-term poisoning.

You didn’t ask about other damage that long term alcohol abuse can cause to your body, but if one system (organ) starts to have problems then it usually manifests itself in other areas causing additional damage.

According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_cirrhosis#Causes
"Alcoholic liver disease (ALD). Alcoholic cirrhosis develops in 15% of individuals who drink heavily for more than a decade. There is great variability in the amount of alcohol needed to cause cirrhosis (as little as 3-4 drinks a day in some men and 2-3 in some women). Alcohol seems to injure the liver by blocking the normal metabolism of protein, fats, and carbohydrates. Patients may also have concurrent alcoholic hepatitis with fever, hepatomegaly, jaundice, and anorexia. AST and ALT are both elevated but less than 300 IU/L with a AST:ALT ratio > 2.0, a value rarely seen in other liver diseases. Liver biopsy may show hepatocyte necrosis, Mallory bodies, neutrophilic infiltration with perivenular inflammation."

Answer 2

Um, that was pints, I presume? No, it won't happen all at once. First, you kill millions of brain cells, which gets you stupid enough to ask silly questions. By the onset of liver damage the amount of beer each day will cease to be an issue except, academically, during the autopsy.

Answer 3

Haha. Yes, you will if you do that over an extended period of time.

The liver can regenerate itself, but only up to a certain point, lol.



Though I'm in college, and I understand the temptation, lol

Answer 4

Hell I drink at least 12 a day and mine hurts when I'm sober so I will say yes most defiently.

Answer 5

....no no no !!!! keep it up and increase your consumption!!!!!i usually i start drinking whiskey around 7am ...later i switch to beer - go to work in the afternoon - and eat a sandwich...my liver is " fatty " according to docs but after a month on the wagon it returns to normal...mind you sobriety sucks so i say stay sauced

Answer 6

There's a strong possibility. Yes.

Answer 7

Yes. One is whats recommended.

Answer 8

Of course.

Answer 9

depends on how many days you do this for, but yeah if you keep it up.

Answer 10

Yes you will..