The damage is not limited to alcohol cirrhosis

American scientists have found that the destruction of a liver the harmful effects of alcohol to our body is not exhausted. From alcohol health suffers much stronger.

We all know that alcoholics often develop severe liver disease - cirrhosis. In the final stage can only help change, but in most clinics in the world this type of transplant for people suffering from alcoholism, is not performed. Alcoholics And in this case waits for death.

But US scientists have found that one cirrhosis the harm of alcohol   for the body is not exhausted. It also weakens the immune system, slows the healing process, affects the growth of bones and increases the risk of HIV transmission. Researchers at Chicago assert that alcohol affects the rate of recovery from burns, trauma, bleeding and surgery.

"Of course, the best way to prevent the harm of alcohol   is the elimination of the use of alcohol beverages, - said the director of the program on the study at the Institute of Alcohol burns and blast injuries in Chicago Dr. Elizabeth Kovacs. - Alas, incredibly hard to persuade people to follow this recommendation. "

Researchers in Chicago is now just working on what types of therapy can help people who are actively consumed alcohol, improve the immune system and somehow minimize the harm of alcohol . For our country, the problem of alcoholism for some time has become a major threat to the development of the state.

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