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Comment by mjan22640

4 years ago

Alcohol damage of liver is indirect. The blood from intestine containig absorbed nutrients and whatever else got into it goes to liver first for the first line processing and neutralization. Alcohol loosens the intestine epithelium and lets the gut microbiome to get into the blood. This causes an inflamation, which if is chronic leads to the liver disease.

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