Question

Marsha and Meghan drive to St. Louis to attend a Cardinals baseball game. Once inside the stadium, they decide to start drinking beer. After a few innings the young women find themselves frequently having to use the restroom, much to the annoyance of the other fans sitting around them that have to let them pass each time.
Required:
a. What hormone does the alcohol Marsha and Meghan are drinking appear to be inhibiting?
b. What is the normal action of this hormone?

Answer 1

Answer:

a.The alcohol is inhibiting the vasopressin hormone, also known as antidiuretic hormone (ADH).

b.The vasopressin hormone makes us retain water in our kidneys to maintain adequate water levels in our body and expel the right amount of water and other products in the urine.

Explanation:

When we drink alcohol, we inhibit the antidiuretic hormone(ADH), also called vasopressin hormone. It is responsible for the retention of water in our kidneys to absorb the products that are there.  Also, it keeps the body with the right levels of liquid. If we drink alcohol, we inhibit the ADH, so we would not retain water, and as a result, we will produce more urine, which leads us to urinate more often. The consequence of this excessive loss of water is dehydration.