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  2. Alcoholic lung disease - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol use disorder can cause a susceptibility to infection after major trauma to the lungs / respiratory system. It creates an increased risk of aspiration of gastric acid , microbes from the upper part of the throat, decreased mucus-facilitated clearance of bacterial pathogens from the upper airway and impaired pulmonary host defenses.

  3. Pharmacology of ethanol - Wikipedia

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    In addition to respiratory failure and accidents caused by its effects on the central nervous system, alcohol causes significant metabolic derangements. Hypoglycaemia occurs due to ethanol's inhibition of gluconeogenesis, especially in children, and may cause lactic acidosis, ketoacidosis, and acute kidney injury. Metabolic acidosis is ...

  4. Alcohol inhalation - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol inhalation is a method of administering alcohol directly into the respiratory system, with aid of a vaporizing or nebulizing device or bag. It is chiefly applied for recreational use, when it is also referred to as alcohol smoking, but it has medical applications for testing on laboratory rats, and treatment of pulmonary edema and viral pneumonia.

  5. Is your drinking healthy? 3 charts break down the ... - AOL

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    Alcohol and the risk of dying from any cause. Heart disease and cancer are, respectively, the first- and second-leading causes of death in the U.S., but alcohol can increase the risks of dying ...

  6. How Alcohol Is Linked to Heart Disease

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    One in four deaths in the U.S. can be attributed to some form of cardiovascular disease and 655,381 Americans died from heart disease in 2018, making it the leading cause of death in the country.

  7. Alcohol-induced respiratory reactions - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol-induced asthma reactions among Asians has been most thoroughly studied in those of native Japanese descent. In such individuals, the ingestion of virtually any alcoholic beverage or pure ethanol and, in some cases, the smelling of ethanol fumes may be followed, typically within 1–30 minutes, by one or more of the following symptoms: an alcohol flush reaction (i.e. the "Asian flush ...

  8. A new study says drinking alcohol raises heart disease risk ...

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    “Overall, alcohol can raise blood pressure, which is a risk factor for coronary heart disease, and it may also trigger an inflammatory response,” Dr. Jennifer Wong, a cardiologist and medical ...

  9. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a disease in which the long-term consumption of alcohol leads to heart failure. [1] ACM is a type of dilated cardiomyopathy. The heart is unable to pump blood efficiently, leading to heart failure. It can affect other parts of the body if the heart failure is severe.