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Alcohol is the most widely used and abused agent throughout the world.
It has been discovered that there are 15 to 20 million alcoholics in the United States and approximately 100,000 deaths attributed to alcohol abuse per year which contribute an economic cost of $100 to $130 billion.
Ethanol (the main component of alcohol) is ingested in alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, and distilled spirits.
A blood alcohol concentration of 80 to 100 mg/dL is the legal level for drunk driving in many states and Consumption in moderate amounts generally not injurious
Ethanol absorbed is unaltered in the stomach and small intestines. So, after ingesion it is then distributed to all tissues and fluids of the body in direct proportion to the blood level.
Less than 10% is excreted unchanged in urine, sweat, and breath amount exhaled is proportional to blood level
Most of the alcohol in the blood is bio-transformed to acetaldehyde in the liver by some enzyme systems.
Alcohol is very injurious when taken at high concerntrations. It known to cause hepatitis, liver cirrhosis , and alot of diseases associated with the liver
Some of the syndromes associated with chronic alcohol consumption are:
- Wernicke syndrome.
Characterised by confusion, ataxia, and diplopia from ophthalmoplegia
damage to mammillary bodies, cerebellum and periaqueductal gray matter of the midbrain
-Korsakov syndrome
Characterised by memory loss and confabulation Which is as a result of thiamine deficiency and direct toxicity.
It has been discovered that there are 15 to 20 million alcoholics in the United States and approximately 100,000 deaths attributed to alcohol abuse per year which contribute an economic cost of $100 to $130 billion.
Ethanol (the main component of alcohol) is ingested in alcoholic beverages such as beer, wine, and distilled spirits.
A blood alcohol concentration of 80 to 100 mg/dL is the legal level for drunk driving in many states and Consumption in moderate amounts generally not injurious
Ethanol absorbed is unaltered in the stomach and small intestines. So, after ingesion it is then distributed to all tissues and fluids of the body in direct proportion to the blood level.
Less than 10% is excreted unchanged in urine, sweat, and breath amount exhaled is proportional to blood level
Most of the alcohol in the blood is bio-transformed to acetaldehyde in the liver by some enzyme systems.
Alcohol is very injurious when taken at high concerntrations. It known to cause hepatitis, liver cirrhosis , and alot of diseases associated with the liver
Some of the syndromes associated with chronic alcohol consumption are:
- Wernicke syndrome.
Characterised by confusion, ataxia, and diplopia from ophthalmoplegia
damage to mammillary bodies, cerebellum and periaqueductal gray matter of the midbrain
-Korsakov syndrome
Characterised by memory loss and confabulation Which is as a result of thiamine deficiency and direct toxicity.