Pyloris and Alcohol
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Recent alcoholism research studies
demonstrate that there is a relationship between the pyloris
and alcohol and the compulsion to drink.
Pyloris and Alcohol and Compulsive
Drinking
Recent research into alcoholism has uncovered the chemical
salt that is perhaps the primary factor that triggers the
compulsion to drink alcohol. This chemical salt is known as
Tetrahydro-isoquiniline (THIQ).
The more quickly a person
drinks, the more time it takes for the body to dispel the
alcohol, and the greater the alcohol affects the
person.
It takes longer for the body to dispel the alcohol because
quickly ingesting concentrated amounts of alcohol results in
gastric movement which causes the pyloris (the muscular valve
between the stomach and the small intestine) to spasm,
frequently resulting in vomiting and preventing the break-down
of the alcohol by the liver.
Alcohol is usually broken down by the enzymes in the liver
into acetaldehyde, and then into acetate, which, in turn, is
broken down into carbon dioxide (eliminated when a person
exhales) and water (which is expelled as urine by the
bladder).
Heavy amounts of alcohol are transferred throughout the body
by the blood. If the alcohol elimination system is
greatly overloaded, it cannot break down the alcohol correctly
and THIQ forms in the liquid that surrounds the cells in the
blood.
Interestingly, THIQ is a salt that needs acetaldehyde much
like table salt needs water. What this means is that
the THIQ craves acetaldehyde, which does not get broken down
into acetate and then expelled as carbon dioxide (through the
breath) and water (via the urine). This process then
triggers the body's need for more alcohol to feed acetaldehyde
to the THIQ.
The more acetaldehyde that the THIQ receives, the more it
grows. The more the THIQ grows, the greater the demand
for acetaldehyde. The result is the compulsion to
drink that is characteristic of alcoholics.
Pyloris and Alcohol, Hydrochloric
Acid, and Stomach Ulcers
When food enters the stomach, the
stomach contracts and mixes the food to facilitate
digestion.
Under normal conditions, the food then passes from the
stomach into the small intestine. At the end of the stomach
leading into the small intestine is the pylorus.
The cells of the stomach lining produce a complex called
mucopolysaccharide (CMPS) that protects the surface of the
stomach from hydrochloric acid. Hydrochloric acid is
manufactured by the Chief cells in the stomach lining and helps
digest the food.
Ulcers result from the wearing away of the stomach lining
due to the breakdown of the CMPS and eventual growth and
spreading by Helicobacter pyloris, a spiral-shaped
bacterium. Helicobacter pyloris resists being
covered over by the CMPS, thus allowing the hydrochloric acid
to erode the stomach surface.
| Heavy drinking can increase the
risk for certain cancers, especially those of
the throat, voice box (larynx), liver, and
esophagus. Excessive drinking can also cause
immune system problems, brain damage, harm to
the fetus during pregnancy, and cirrhosis of
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The relationship between alcohol, ulcers, and the
Helicobacter pyloris bacteria is this: Excessive drinking
of concentrated alcohol helps wear away the complex CMPS that
covers the stomach lining. Once this lining is
unprotected, the Helicobacter pyloris bacteria can start
forming and spreading, leading to an ulcer.
| In the United States, roughly
50,000 cases of alcohol poisoning are reported
each year, and approximately once every week,
someone dies from this preventable
condition. |
It is worth mentioning that there are two forms of stomach
cancer that are also attributed to Helicobacter pyloris
infection. Thus, excessive drinking seems to play an
important part in the development of both stomach ulcers AND
stomach cancer.
Pyloris and Alcohol:
Conclusion
The above discussion analysis reveals two separate issues
regarding the relationship between pyloris and
alcohol. Both of these issues, unfortunately,
may be interrelated. More to the point, the more a person
feels the need to drink increasing amounts of alcohol, the more
likely he or she will develop ulcers or stomach cancer or
both.
| Women are more likely to die of
cirrhosis of the liver and violence caused by
alcohol abuse and die 11 years earlier than
their male counterparts. |
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