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Alcohol can damage your heart

The cardiovascular system is affected by alcohol.


At the time of drinking, alcohol can cause a
temporary increase in heart rate and blood
pressure. In the long-term, drinking above the
guidelines can lead
to on-going
increased heart rate,
high blood pressure,
weakened heart muscle and
irregular heartbeat.

Heavy drinking weakens the heart muscle, which means


the heart can't pump blood as efficiently. It's known as
cardiomyopathy and can cause death, usually through
heart failure.

Your heart is a pump that keeps blood moving around your


body. It delivers oxygen and nutrients to all parts of you, and
carries away unwanted carbon dioxide and waste products.

When your heart, the arteries around your heart or your other
blood vessels are damaged, this pumping system doesn’t work
properly. Such problems are
collectively known as cardiovascular disease and lead to the death of
about 150,000 people a year.

HEART-RELATED DISEASES

What is heart disease?

There are lots of different types of heart


disease. Coronary heart disease is the most
common type of heart disease and can lead to
sudden death from a heart attack. It’s caused by
the gradual build-up of fatty deposits on the
walls of the arteries in your heart (the coronary
arteries) on which blood clots may form. These
deposits cause the artery to narrow, and make it harder for it to supply your heart muscle with the
oxygen and nutrients which it needs to function normally.

What is a heart attack?

Heart attacks and angina [chest pain] are


the most common results of coronary
heart disease. Someone has a heart
attack when their coronary arteries
become blocked. This stops blood supply
to the heart’s muscles meaning it can’t
get the oxygen it needs. Starved of
oxygen, the heart can’t pump properly, and in severe cases it
may effectively stop beating altogether which can kill you. Damage to the heart muscle can lead to heart
failure – when your heart can no longer pump blood around your body normally. This leads to symptoms
such as swelling of the ankles and shortness of breath which can affect you for the rest of your life and
often become progressively worse. Although there are prescription drugs that can help limit the impact
of heart failure, there isn't a cure at the moment.

Alcohol consumption, particularly heavier drinking, is an important risk factor for many health problems
and, thus, is a major contributor to the global
burden of disease. The most common disease
categories that are entirely or partly caused by
alcohol consumption include infectious
diseases, cancer, diabetes, neuropsychiatric
diseases (including alcohol use disorders),
cardiovascular disease, liver and pancreas
disease, and unintentional and intentional
injury.

In addition to these disease risks that affect the


drinker, alcohol consumption also can affect
the health of others and cause social harm both to the drinker and to others, adding to the overall cost
associated with alcohol consumption.

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