Original Alcohol: Hepatitis B Patients, It's Not Me Intending to Harm You, But You Make Me Have to Harm You
Hello everyone, I am Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol in written language. Throughout history, countless literati and scholars have loved me, and they have given me many different names, such as Jing Qiang Yu Yue, Hu Shang, Ban Ru Tang, Qing Sheng, etc. When they are sad, they will find me because I can make them forget their sadness and worries; there is a saying called 'One drink dissolves a thousand sorrows.' When they are happy, they will also find me because I am their booster for happiness, doubling their joy, just like Li Bai's 'Cook sheep and cattle and enjoy it, you must drink three hundred cups.'
But do you really think I'm that good? For individuals with hepatitis B, even a small amount of alcohol can be deadly! Even if it's just a little drinking, the long-term accumulation is still significant!
Generally, I enter the human body first, and then I go through the liver. In the liver, I become acetaldehyde. As everyone knows, acetaldehyde is much more toxic than I am. Fortunately, your liver has an enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase, which is my nemesis. After transforming, I cannot defeat him, so he can only be killed by him. Otherwise, you might be killed by me after transforming!
But some of you think that because your body has my nemesis, you can ignore me, thinking that as long as he's there, I can't harm you. You're wrong!
Individually, I can't defeat him, but I can slowly grind him and find my brothers and sisters to launch an attack, making him less productive or even losing his ability to work. Then I can safely stay in your liver. You might be curious about what I do when I stay in the liver? Let me tell you, don't pity me! When I'm in the liver, I will damage the structure and production process of liver cells. If your liver becomes hypoxic, ha ha, then it will become alcoholic fatty liver!
You might be curious about the relationship between alcoholic fatty liver and hepatitis B!
So now let me explain it to you. I and hepatitis B virus seem to have no relationship, but you need to consider where we intersect, which is in the liver. Let me give you a metaphor, the liver is like a warehouse. The progression of hepatitis B virus is like a fire, and I am like oil. When a warehouse contains oil and then undergoes the consequences of a fire, it's easy to imagine that the warehouse will ignite a raging fire, and it's difficult to extinguish it. The final result is that the speed of the disease progression will accelerate, possibly reaching liver cirrhosis and liver cancer stages!
Do you think I'm a good boy and just sit here? I won't be happy if I don't make a mess! Your body has a system called oxidative, which is originally a reliable provider of energy. But I can transform some non-toxic or slightly toxic substances into toxic and highly toxic substances, turning originally non-carcinogenic substances into carcinogenic substances. Hepatitis B patients often experience DNA damage in cells, which can be repaired. But I came, I don't let cells repair DNA!
