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I am in the same boat. The doctor says, no alcohol until the liver is healed. This is strictly because the liver is the organ that filters alcohol. The liver filters poisons from the body and the body considers alcohol to be a poison.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoAlcohol abuse over a period of many years can damage the liver. The liver can become irreparably damaged after a few years of serious alcohol abuse, or it may take many years. Each person, and their body's ability to heal itself, is different.
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∙ 14y agoThe liver can recover from alcohol damage to a degree, but it will never be repaired completely. The best one can hope for is resumption of normal function and some reduction of the fatty liver syndrome.
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How do you repair liver faster?
The best you can do is avoid insults such as alcohol and large amounts of Tylenol and Motrin.
How long does alcohol stay in your sweat?
No. Alcohol is metabolized by the liver.
How do you repair liver after too much Tylenol use?
Livers will heal if you let them, they are very resilient. Stop taking Tylenol, and also avoid drinking alcohol; alcohol is very damaging to the liver.
What is affected by long term alcohol use?
liver
How long does it take for alcohol to be metabolized by the liver?
The rate that the liver can burn up the alcohol is 1/2 ounce per hour.
Could an experiment be done with rubbing alcohol and a liver to show the effects of alcohol on the liver?
No. Isopropyl alcohol does not affect the liver in the same way as ethyl alcohol. Furthermore, the effects on the liver come from the functioning of a living liver (!) dealing with alcohol for long periods of time. The conditions possible in an experiment would have no valid relationship to the actual course of alcoholic liver disease.
What can long term alcohol damage cause?
corrosive of the liver
Does alcohol only affect the body short term?
Yes and no. Alcohol can destroy the liver if too much alcohol is consumed. However, an individual does not consume alcohol for a long period of time, the liver can heal itself.
What is the long term name for when alcohol damages the liver cells?
Cirrhosis
What is the process by which the liver burns up alcohol that has been consumed?
How long does it take for alchohol to be processed by the liver?
What are the effects of alcohol on livers?
In short, there are numerous liver diseases related to alcohol consumption: Accumulation of fluid in the abdomen; bleeding from veins in the esophagus; enlarged spleen; high blood pressure in the liver; changes in mental function, and/or coma; kidney failure; liver cancer; psoriasis alcohol hepatitis; and Alcoholic cirrhosis
How long does a half gallon of alcohol stay in your system?
Quite a long time. A half gallon of pure alcohol would be fatal, and your liver stops metabolizing it when you die. You figure it out. One and a half oz. of alcohol per hour. That is for a healthy liver.
