2006-08-29 12:16:51 · 10 answers · asked by Karasu 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Hi, Karasu,
When alcohol reaches the brain, it immediately has a depressant effect.... People who drink alcohol may describe the change as relaxing.... What they actually experience are physical changes such as loss of sensation and a decrease in sharpness of vision, hearing, and other senses... Alcohol also affects the parts of the brain that control muscle coordination, which is why drinkers may loose their balance or stumble...
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If drinking continues, alcohol depresses the part of the brain that controls breathing and heart beat... Breathing rates, pulse rates, and blood pressure, which initially increased, now decrease. A drinker may loose consciousness, slip into a coma, or die from alcohol poisoning...
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Heavy drinkers and many first-time drinkers may suffer blackouts... Other people recall seeing the drinker walking, talking, and in control. ... The following day however, the drinker has no memory of some events the day before....
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When alcohol enters the liver, the liver breaks down alcohol into energy and the waste products carbon dioxide and water... The carbon dioxide is released from the body in the lungs.... The water passes out of the body as breath vapor, perspiration, or urine.... When people drink alcohol faster than the liver can break it down, they become intoxicated....
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Alcohol, prevents the release of body chemicals that regulates how much urine the kidneys make... The kidneys produce more urine than usual, and the drinker looses more water than usual... The drinker becomes very thirsty. In extreme cases, a drinker may loose water needed for the body to function properly...
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In short words : seriously damages the heart...
kidney and liver damage...
mental disorders, irreversible damage to the brain and peripheral nervous system...
..lowers resistance to pneumonia.... and other infectious diseases...
irritates the gastrointestinal tract... ;(
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Sorry, I had to tell this, but this are the"facts" .. ;(
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So, I can only suggest, to "think twice", "before" it is too late!!
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I am working in the medical field..
My regards! .. and do the right thing, for you and your relatives!!
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Good luck!
2006-08-29 12:42:42 · answer #1 · answered by Kimberly 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alcoholism, addiction to alcohol, is a major public health problem. Alcoholics develop a number of health problems, with cirrhosis of the liver among the most significant. Unlike withdrawal from some other drugs/intoxicants such as the opioids, withdrawal from heavy alcohol consumption can produce delirium tremens that can be fatal.
Ethanol increases the effectiveness of GABA acting through GABAA receptors. When used over a long time, ethanol changes the number and type of GABA receptors, and this is thought to be the cause of the violent withdrawal effects of alcoholics.
Alcohol does not kill brain cells when drunk because at the concentrations which are typically reached when alcoholic drinks are consumed (~0.1%) it is incapable of permanently harming neurons. At higher concentrations (~50%), ethanol is highly toxic to most living organisms (which is why it can be used as a disinfectant). However, loss of consciousness and death would result long before these concentrations are reached in the brain.
2006-08-29 14:07:23 · answer #2 · answered by justme 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Addiction,dead brain cells,loss of concentration,sleep problems in long term,shakes,shuffled walking and if really overused an illness like dementia,mood swings,aggression, liver problems,kidney problems,pancreatitis and many more it's basically a downward spiral!
2006-08-29 12:30:08 · answer #3 · answered by angelle_76 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Brain disorders
2016-06-19 15:25:22 · answer #4 · answered by erica 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Deterioration of brain cells and liver damage + many other problems.
2006-08-29 12:26:01 · answer #5 · answered by tiger 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wet brain.
Mind turns to mush.
lots of headaches,
but your liver will probably give out before the brain does, if making some stupid decision doesn't get you killed first!
2006-08-29 12:25:24 · answer #6 · answered by 2K 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it impairs your judgement. and makes your body thing you need alcohol all the time. plus is messes up your kidneys very badly. it can make you very ill and the term alcoholic comes into play and it acts and a anti depressant. but in fact it does kill you.
2006-08-29 12:24:43 · answer #7 · answered by Da Q 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Pregnancy, STDs, and naked pictures of yourself on the internet.
2006-08-29 12:21:02 · answer #8 · answered by DiRTy D 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
uh dude I don't know. let me think about it and I will tell you later... I can't think of the answer right now.
2006-08-29 12:24:22 · answer #9 · answered by shellybellycocoapuff 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It makes you mean and family diss-orientated
2006-08-29 12:21:48 · answer #10 · answered by Frank M 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋