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Alcohol Addiction and Its Risks

Learn about alcohol addiction, its impact on health and relationships, associated risks, treatment options, and effects on the body including neurological conditions and fetal alcohol syndrome. Discover the importance of recognizing addictive behaviors to seek help.

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Alcohol Addiction and Its Risks

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  1. Alcohol addiction

  2. Addiction • Addictive behavior is behavior based on the pathological need for a substance or activity, may involve the abuse of substances, such as nicotine, alcohol or cocaine or the excessive ingestion of high caloric food resulting in extreme obesity

  3. Alcoholism • Alcoholism refers to a dependence on alcohol that seriously interferes with life adjustment • Alcoholic is often used to refer to a person with a serious drinking problem, whose drinking impairs his or her life adjustment in terms of health ,personal relationships, and occupational functioning

  4. Risk factors associated with Alcoholics • Accidents and to death • Risk for accidents 29-71% • Destroys Family relationships(Divorce rates are high among Alcoholics) Economic security Peaceful atmosphere

  5. Risk factors associated with Alcoholics • Digestion is not needed for alcohol • Increase blood alcohol concentration level • In an hour 7-10 mg

  6. Risk Factors associated with Alcoholics • Chance of death is more than 81% • Chance of cancer is 69% • Wine users have less chance of heart attack(24%) but chance of having cancer is 38% Reference-Article published in Lancet Journal

  7. Comorbidity • Drug users have a higher risk of developing Psychiatric Disorders • Psychosis • Depression • Anxiety • Panic Attacks

  8. Psychoses associated with Alcoholism • Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Delirium tremens) • Symptoms • 1)Disorientation -time & place Eg: a person may mistake the hospital for a church or jail.

  9. Psychoses associated with Alcoholism 2.Vivid hallucinations Eg: Particularly of small ,fast moving animals like snakes, rats. 3.Acute fear in which these animals may change in form,size,or color in terrifying ways 4.Extreme Suggestability- a person can be made to see almost any animal if its presence is merely suggested

  10. Psychoses associated with Alcoholism 5. Marked tremors of hands ,tongue, and lips 6 Perspiration,fever,a rapid and weak heartbeat and foul breath Lasts from three to six days and is followed by a deep sleep.

  11. Long term abuse of alcohol • Drinking alcohol can also alter levels of nutrients in the body • Thiamine or Vitamin B-1 • Folate or vitamin B-9 • Vitamins B-6 and B-12 (These vitamins are needed for proper nerve function)

  12. Alcohol related neurological conditions • Memory loss • Seizures • Headaches • Blackouts • Difficulty in motor coordination

  13. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome spectrum disorders • Heavy drinking by expectant mothers can affect the health of unborn babies • Newborn babies infants whose mothers drank heavily during pregnancy have been found to have frequent physical and behavioral abnormalities.

  14. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome spectrum disorders • Growth deficiency • Facial and limb irregularity • Central nervous system dysfunction

  15. Effects on Alcohol on the Body • Short term Health Effects • Nervous system • Senses • Skin • Stomach • Sexual Response

  16. Alcohol Consumption • Effect on CNS • Affects the power of discrimination • Affects Self control • Loses the ability to identify people and Objects • Difficulty in speech • Difficulty in walking or to sit • Difficulty in dealing situations logically

  17. Alcohol Related Health problems 1.Heart disease • Weakens the functioning of heart • Breathlessness even at rest • Chest discomfort or pressure • Fatigue • Cough while lying down • Cardiac arrest and death.

  18. Heart disease

  19. Heart disease • Blood pressure Increases • Dilates the blood vessels resulting in increased blood circulation to the skin • Alcohol decelerates the functioning of heart(especially the left ventricle) • Cardiomyopathy: Cardiac muscles weaken

  20. Heart disease • Blood pressure Increases • Dilates the blood vessels resulting in increased blood circulation to the skin • Alcohol decelerates the functioning of heart(especially the left ventricle) • Cardiomyopathy: Cardiac muscles weaken

  21. Disease related to Stomach

  22. Disease related to Stomach • Alcohol ruptures the mucus lining of the stomach Leads to the formation of Ulcers • Gastritis • Abdominal pain • Vomiting • Stomach cancer • Pancreas Inflammation-abdominal pain, vomiting

  23. Lungs • The function of lungs decelerates • Nausea and Vomiting can force food particles into the respiratory tract. This results in pneumonia

  24. Muscles • Alcoholic myopathy • Damages and weakens muscles

  25. Blood • Anaemia • Decrease in RBC and platelet count(Increases the possibility of infection and bleeding)

  26. Liver • Liver expansion • Cirrhosis • Jaundice

  27. Treatment & Management • Detoxification • Physical rehabilitation • Group Therapy • Behaviour therapy • Alcoholic Anonymous We help you for treatment -14405

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