webfact Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Binge drinking and heavy alcohol consumption may damage the heart By Linda Carroll FILE PHOTO: Men toast with their glasses of wine at a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, October 18, 2018. REUTERS/Samrang Pring (Reuters Health) - Binge drinking and heavy alcohol consumption may directly damage the heart muscle, a new study suggests. In an analysis of data from nearly 3,000 adults from northwest Russia, researchers found that heavy drinking and bingeing were associated with increased levels of blood biomarkers that indicate damage to heart tissue, according to the report in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The new study shows that "heavy drinking leads to damage of the structure and function of the heart," said study leader Olena Iakunchykova, a PhD candidate at the University in Tromso - The Arctic University of Norway. "Even though you may not experience symptoms right away, it increases the risk of heart problems in the future." There are two main possible mechanisms that could explain how heavy drinking might be damaging the heart, Iakunchykova said in an email. "The first one is related to increases in blood pressure due to heavy alcohol use," Iakunchykova said. "In turn, (high) blood pressure damages the structure and function of the heart. Second, alcohol can directly affect heart muscle by causing changes in its cell metabolism." To take a closer look at the impact of heavy drinking, Iakunchykova and colleagues recruited 2,479 adults from northwest Russia as well as 278 patients being treated in a clinic for alcohol abuse. The researchers grouped the 2,479 community-dwelling volunteers aged 35 to 69 into four categories related to alcohol consumption levels: harmful drinkers, hazardous drinkers, non-problem drinkers and nondrinkers. They determined categories based on volunteers' self-reported drinking habits. Overall, volunteers fell into the category of harmful or heavy drinking if they reported behaviors such as: having six more drinks on one occasion, feeling hungover or drunk, needing a first drink in the morning, having experienced adverse consequences in their personal lives because of drinking, or having a family member or loved one who is concerned about their drinking. The difference between harmful and hazardous drinkers depended on the answers to three questionnaires. Volunteers found to have a dangerous drinking problem on two of three questionnaires were categorized as harmful drinkers, as compared to those identified on all three questionnaires, who were categorized as hazardous drinkers. At the beginning of the study, participants' blood was tested for levels of three biomarkers that have been associated with heart damage: high sensitivity cardiac troponin T, a sign of heart muscle injury; NT-proBNP, a marker of heart-wall stretch that is associated with heart failure; and high sensitivity C-reactive protein, a measure of inflammation that is linked with atherosclerosis. Volunteers being treated in the clinic for alcohol abuse had the highest levels of all three biomarkers. Compared to non-problem drinkers in the general population, their high sensitivity cardiac troponin T was elevated by 10.3%, NT-proBNP by 46.7% and hsCRP by 69.2%. In the community dwelling population, NT-proBNP was 31.5% higher among harmful drinkers compared with non-problem drinkers. And overall, NT-proBNP and hsCRP rose with increasing intensity of alcohol consumption. When the researchers looked at former drinkers and never-drinkers separately, the results didn't change. The same was true when they excluded people with a history of heart attack from the analysis. Still, the researchers note, one limitation of the study is their inability to account for the effects of smoking. The study also looked at a single point in time and was not designed to prove cause and effect. In addition, the new study has a major weakness, said Dr. David Brown, a professor of medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine, in Saint Louis, Missouri, who was not involved in the new research. Drawing conclusions from measurements of biomarkers, without knowing patients' actual outcomes, like whether they went on to have heart attacks or heart failure, is difficult, he explained in an email. SOURCE: https://bit.ly/2MIG18n Journal of the American Heart Association, online December 18, 2019. -- © Copyright Reuters 2020-01-02 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JimHuaHin Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 And this his news? This has been known for decades. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andrew65 Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 I was reading about how drinking can be bad for your heart. That's it, I'm giving up!! No more reading for me!???????? 1 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, webfact said: The new study shows that "heavy drinking leads to damage of the structure and function of the heart," said study leader Olena Iakunchykova, a PhD candidate at the University in Tromso - The Arctic University of Norway. "Even though you may not experience symptoms right away, it increases the risk of heart problems in the future." No apparently disallowed reference to fecal matter, Sherlock. Edited January 3, 2020 by Bluespunk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bendejo Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 6 hours ago, webfact said: Binge drinking and heavy alcohol consumption may damage the heart Fake news. Posting this while waiting for the bars to open. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 a statement of the blindingly obvious, to anyone with half a brain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post animalmagic Posted January 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2020 Well, from personal experience it's true. Whenever I've fallen in love after heavy drinking it's always ended in a broken heart. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Really???? I never knew..... ???????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Olena Lakunchykova? Russians do know a thing or two about imbibing, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 10 hours ago, webfact said: Binge drinking and heavy alcohol consumption may damage the heart By Linda Carroll Well now Hear this, I have been told to drink a lot off beer by an MD .The reason be that I flush my kidneys to prevent kidney stones. that was at least 20 yrs ago since then I drink a fair bit off the stuff and no more kidney stones or build up gravel in my kidneys. no more stents 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 31 minutes ago, digger70 said: Well now Hear this, I have been told to drink a lot off beer by an MD .The reason be that I flush my kidneys to prevent kidney stones. that was at least 20 yrs ago since then I drink a fair bit off the stuff and no more kidney stones or build up gravel in my kidneys. no more stents You found the best MD ever. All mine do is tell me I'm going to die and should not eat anything but some rabbit food. Stopped going 30 years ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRUFC Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrTyeVSAe6w At least they were indoors...hopefully a safe place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 10 hours ago, DrTuner said: Olena Lakunchykova? Russians do know a thing or two about imbibing, yes. Literally bending over backwards for drink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRich Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 I’ll drink to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropposurfer Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 MAY damage ????? More ‘it’s too late’ from the medical profession. Anybody working on the front line in intervention be it biological or psychological medicine knows heavy alcohol and regular bingeing on alcohol directly compromised the integrity of the human organism. idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 16 hours ago, DrTuner said: You found the best MD ever. All mine do is tell me I'm going to die and should not eat anything but some rabbit food. Stopped going 30 years ago. 55555 I am not that fond of Bugs bunny food myself . the MD also told me that only the good die young and that I still got plenty time to be bad . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 On 1/3/2020 at 8:04 AM, webfact said: Binge drinking and heavy alcohol consumption may damage the heart And I thought heavy drinking helps when the girls broke my heart. They all called me handsome man and I thought they are different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 MAY!! Onward lads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 You guys don't know what you talking about. I was diagnosed of irregular heart beat. because of excessive drinking, yes luckily I got it fixed I had a cardio version done which cost me nothing. Get this done in Thailand it will cost you millions have another drink( yes I still drink) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 No surprises there, the good news is its never too late to change ones life style. One beer will not kill you, 5 beers daily and you have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) On 1/2/2020 at 7:04 PM, webfact said: In an analysis of data from nearly 3,000 adults from northwest Russia... I'm wondering where they found the control group... Edited January 4, 2020 by impulse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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