Alcohol and Lungs

The article presents the available information about the effect of alcohol on the respiratory system. Particular attention is paid to the mechanisms of the damaging effect of alcohol, morphological changes in the lungs, and the features of the course of a number of respiratory diseases in people who drink alcohol excessively are described. In an animal experiment, it was found that excessive consumption of ethanol leads to dysfunction of the mucociliary apparatus and to dysfunction of alveolar macrophages, which will lead to impaired clearance of the lower respiratory tract, and is the cause of chronic respiratory failure.