Dangerous Effects of Alchol Abuse

Hello, welcome to my blog. In today's post, I will be talking about the effects of alchol abuse. Alchol has many different effects, most substantial of them to your brain and liver. The effects of alchol on the brain are extremely obvious, especially when one is under the influence. Common short-term side effects of drinking alchohol are slurred speech, difficulty in using motor skills, impaired eyesight, and bad short-term memory. Extensive, heavy drinking can have long term effects as well. These can range from liver failure to brain loss, and even death. One of the dangerous immediate effects of drinking alchol is blacking out.

Blacking out, or, "passing out," as it is more commonly referred too, is actually much more dangerous then most people think. It's usually something to laugh about. How many times have you heard someone talking about not remembering last night because they passed out? It's extremely common, and it comes from drinking too much alchohol. People go to a party, consume alchol, and next thing they know, are waking up somewhere with no recollection of the nights events. Usually, what they do remember isn't good. Drunk driving, unprotected sex, or crimes of vandalism are often committed while under the influence. This is major evidence that alchohol messes with your brain. Also, recent studies show that women are at a larger risk of blacking out. Also, hangovers are another unpleasant side-effect of drinking. These are usually caused by dehydration, and you can be left with a headache or a bad stomach ache in the morning.

Consequence of Alchol: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

A common consequence of longterm alchol-consumption is Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Wernicke-korsakoff syndrome occurs when the body does not have enough Vitamin B1. This is an essential vitamin that is found in most first-world diets. Because of this, most first-world citizens never get diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Alchoholics are the exception. 80% of alcholics are diagnosed with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Symptoms of this disease are paralysis of nerves in the eye, mental confusion, and loss of muscle coordination. Many patients diagnosed with this have trouble finding their way out of a room, or have difficulty even moving. Possibly the largest symptom of this disease is short-term memory loss. Patients will often have a conversation, and then an hour later, have no recollection of having the conversation.

Consequence of Alchohol: Liver Disease

When most people think of alchol related disease's, they think of liver disease. This is the most obvious of the consequence of long-term alchohol consumption. Your liver is responsible for making alchol non-toxic as it goes through your blood. With small amounts of alchohol, the liver is able to recover. However, after long-term abuse, the liver often swells, and becomes severely damaged. Because of this, extensive surgery is needed to correct the problem. In some cases, the patient will die, or be on dialysis for an extended period of time, until a liver can be transplanted.

In summary, alchol abuse can have very devastating side-effects -- especially to long-term abusers. Memory loss, coordination loss, liver damage, and brain problems are all a result of alchohol abuse. I hope you learned something about alchol from this article. Please keep checking back, as I'll have a new post on how to stop drinking next time. Thanks!