Pyloris and Alcohol
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There appears to be a relationship between the pyloris and alcohol and the compulsion to
drink.
Research About the Pyloris and The Compulsion to Drink Alcohol
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.
Excessive Drinking, Ulcers, and Pyloris and Alcohol
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.
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 earlier stages of alcohol addiction, the alcoholic had a choice whether he or
she would take the first drink. Once the alcoholic had the first drink, he or she usually
lost all control and would then continue to drink. In the last stage of alcoholism, however,
alcoholics no longer have a choice: they must drink. |
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.
| In the United States, a number of family-oriented interventions have been used to
help prevent alcohol abuse. These interventions include the following: family
preservation programs, family services, family therapy, family skills training programs, in-home
family crisis services, and family education programs. |
Pyloris and Alcohol: Conclusion
The above analysis reveals two separate discussions about the relationship between pyloris and
alcohol. Both of these discussions, may be related. That is, the person who feels the compulsion to
drink increasing amounts of alcohol is certainly at risk of developing ulcers (or stomach cancer).
| Research studies have demonstrated that the following family-related antecedents are
correlated to the start of substance abuse: relationships with peers who use drugs, neurotic
traits, conduct disorders, high levels of stress and conflict, psychological depression, economic
instability, high sensation-seeking, low academic performance, sexual or physical abuse in
childhood, juvenile delinquency, low self-esteem, antisocial behavior, parental use of drugs and
alcohol, dysfunctional family behaviors and interactions, coercive behavior with family members,
poor family management, inadequate mother-infant bonding and nurturing, and genetic propensity
toward substance abuse. |
| Up to 40 percent of U.S. industrial fatalities and 47 percent of industrial injuries
can be linked to alcohol consumption and alcoholism. |
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