Long-term alcoholism can lead to avascular necrosis of femoral head. A patient with avascular necrosis of femoral head was admitted to the Chinese Medicine Hospital affiliated to Southwest Medical University in Luzhou, Sichuan. This patient is a 33-year-old young man. Although only 33 years old, he has been drinking for nearly 20 years. He carries a wine bottle every day, which weighs at least half a catty. After seeing a doctor, the doctor learned through examination that his femoral head had reached the third stage.

What is femoral head necrosis?

In medicine, the full name of western medicine is avascular necrosis of femoral head, and there are many reasons for femoral head necrosis, such as; Hormone, trauma, congenital acetabular dysplasia, alcohol, etc.

There are three reasons for femoral head necrosis.

1, long-term alcoholism leads to femoral head necrosis: human qi and blood transport nutrients through meridians, and qi and blood in bones transport nutrients smoothly, so that human bones can grow, develop and repair normally. Long-term drinking will lead to the increase of blood pressure, the increase of blood viscosity, the slow blood flow and the change of blood coagulation, that is, the blood supply in the femoral head is not available or timely, which will lead to the injury of the femoral head and the death of bone marrow cells, and the subsequent failure of bone cell repair will cause the change of the joint function of the femoral head and the femoral head, which will bring great inconvenience to people's lives. The necrosis of femoral head, generally from avascular to bone tissue death, takes only 24 hours, which is very rapid.

2. Excessive exercise can also lead to necrosis of the femoral head: excessive exercise can cause damage to joints and bones, which will damage human vascular tissue, affect blood circulation of bones, make nutrition supply not timely, and then lead to ischemic necrosis of the femoral head.

3, excessive use of hormones can also lead to femoral head necrosis: long-term excessive use of hormones will affect people's fat, particles in fat will cause capillary blockage of femoral head, insufficient blood supply, thrombosis on the inner wall of blood vessels, making people's blood vessels abnormal, thus forming femoral head necrosis.

Harm of femoral head

After the necrosis of femoral head, the injured parts such as thigh, waist and knee joint will be particularly uncomfortable, unable to walk and take care of themselves, which will lead to lifelong disability in severe cases. Don't say you work to earn money to support your family. Under normal circumstances, after a period of time, you will find bone cell necrosis, bone disorder, deformation, atrophy, and corrosive changes, that is, punctate sclerosis. Under normal circumstances, patients have no symptoms. However, with the passage of time, patients will feel the pain of the femoral head. As long as they are active, they will feel psychological suffering and bring heavy pressure to themselves and their families.

Femoral head is of great significance for walking, sitting and lying. Necrosis of femoral head cannot be found and treated in time. Over time, the hip joint will not recover and become disabled, which will also affect other joints and have a great impact on people. If it continues to deteriorate, there will be symptoms such as muscle atrophy and swelling. Therefore, as soon as the femoral head feels unwell, it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination and treatment, early treatment and early recovery, so as not to delay the illness. If the treatment is delayed, the cost of treatment will increase.

So I would like to remind everyone here that we must pay attention to controlling our drinking. Moderate drinking is beneficial to human body, while excessive drinking is harmful to human body, which will lead to necrosis of femoral head. Cherish life, cherish yourself and drink moderately.