When analysing all the psychotic effects of alcohol we must understand at all times that the person is gravely ill, in the sense addiction of any kind is an illness in itself. The beginning of the mental illness will start with increased aggressiveness and agitation at any and all small things, which at one time did not bother the person that much. Then comes the abusive and violent part where in addition to the aggression there is violence, this is the reason many crimes are conducted under the influence of alcohol. There are other effects of alcoholism on the nervous system, depleting it of thiamine or b complex giving tingling and numbness of the extremities. Stroke is one of the extreme effects of alcoholism brought on by a combination of many different effects on the body like delayed clotting time and hypertension.

The effects of alcohol on the gastrointestinal track are manifold, beginning with gastric acidity and ending with bleeding piles. The gastric mucosa or covering gets eroded causing gastritis and ulcerations. The liver gets damaged and it cannot metabolism all the digestive material brought to it, bile production and excretion is affected. All this causes alcoholic hepatitis followed by fatty liver and finally cirrhosis or permanent scarring of liver.

When alcoholic pancreatitis begins, it manifests as severe pain in abdomen and affects the protein digestion of food. The pancrease makes enzymes essential for protein digestion, since no proteins can be digested this eventually leads to loss of muscle mass and protein energy malnutrition. This malnutrition is enhanced by the nausea and loss of appetite caused by the alcoholic hepatitis.

When all these effects are gripping the body simultaneously there are mental changes in the person, so the combined effect gives you a person with an altered appearance and sensitivity. Effects may occur singularly of as a combination, some people may have only liver involvement while others may have multi-systemic involvement. Again which organ is first to get affected will depend on the individual, each body is different and responds differently.

The heart is not spared and alcoholics have enlarged hearts with weak cardiac muscles and raised blood pressure. The lipid levels are also raised in these individuals, thus acting like a trigger for the heart disease. All this pressure on the heart can cause anything thing from angina to cardiac failure. As we can see the effects of alcoholism are many but the best part is, if detected on time the cure is simple and that is abstinence.

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The family has to be first diagnosed, prescribed a treatment involving the whole family, addressing and treating related abuse, divorce and sexual dysfunction, etc.

Children and adult children of alcoholics have to be specially treated. Taking the help of the spouse of the alcoholic is very important in order to evaluate the treatment. Psychological influence of alcohol in a family Alcoholics can be of any age, gender, cultural group, ethnic group, level of income, etc. Even people who are highly educated and aware are not spared by this habit.

A person who is an alcoholic can even be a child; can be a teenager, or an adult. These people may have parents, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, etc as their family members. Family life of an alcoholic is severely disrupted due to the person s habit causing unpleasantness and severe stress and tension. Family members are not able to handle the strife and behavioral problems arising out of this compulsive habit.

Studies have shown that if the parents have a drinking problem, it can even have an impact on the development of the fetus. This is because of the fact that alcohol which is consumed reaches all the organs and tissues of the mother s body which includes the placenta. Alcohol from the placenta enters the fetus through the membrane. Such babies are born with a condition called FAS or the fetal alcohol syndrome.

This can result in the babies being defective or deformed by birth. Statistics show an alarming number of babies being born with FAS in the United States each year.

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Effects of Alcoholism Effects of Alcoholism are broad and deep for those with the problem, for those in their families and for all of us as a whole.

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