Sunday 8 July 2012

List of Diseases Associated With Alcoholism

List of Diseases Associated With Alcoholism :




Alcohol – should you drink it for your heart health?

Maybe, there is valid evidence that alcohol offers some cardiovascular protective effects when consumed in moderation - Moderate drinkers may well live a little longer and a little better from a glass of wine or two most nights.

But leaving moderation behind, few drugs devastate as systematically as alcohol when abused in large doses and over a long period of time. Here is a partial list of diseases and other medical conditions that are associated with the abuse of alcohol. These list items are taken from a document produced by SAMHSA for medical professionals.

Alcohol…Does a Body Good?
Alcohol's effects on different systems or areas of the body
 
Cancer
Increased rates of tongue, lip, larynx, stomach, colon, breast, liver, bile duct and esophagus cancers.
 
The Reproductive System
Impotence, sexual dysfunction, infertility, gynecomastia, testicular atrophy, osteophenia
 
The Endocrine System
Diabetes, ketoacidosis, gout
 
The Cardiovascular System
High blood pressure, heart disease, artery disease, sudden heart failure, heart attack
 
The LiverFatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis
 
The Blood
Anemia(s), marrow toxicity, an iron or folate deficiency, leucopenia
 
Increased Risks of Infection
Hep C, HIV, tuberculosis, meningitis, STD's, pneumonia
 
Gastrointestinal
Pancreatitis, gastritis, diarrhea (chronic) esophagatitis, colitis, acid reflux, parotid enlargement
 
The Brain
Seizure, Korsakof's syndrome, Wernicke's Syndrome, dementia, brain shrinkage, stroke, subdural hematoma, hemorrhage, neuropathy
 
Nutrition
Malnutrition from vitamin and mineral deficiencies
 
Only a Partial List
This is a very partial list (I left out any conditions or disorders that I had never heard of, which was more than half of all listed) but I think that even this partial list illustrates the damage that chronic alcohol abuse does.

So, a drink or two a day may do your heart good, but more than a few drinks a day greatly increases your risks of disease and death. You delude yourself if you accredit your heavy drinking to health preservation.



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