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What are effects of alcohol on the blood?
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High blood pressure: Long term heavy drinking, causes high blood pressure. Also the liver damage known to be caused by heavy drinking changes some enzyme that shows in our blood test. Moderate to heavy drinkers also develop macrocytosis " enlaged red blood cell".
Answered 11/1/2012
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