alimentary disease Flashcards
alcohol: summarise alcohol metabolism, its pathological effects on the human body and the characteristics of alcohol dependence, misuse and problem drinking
what affects metabolism of alcohol
diet, gender, body-habitus, racial and genetic influences
organ systems affected by alcohol
CNS, CVS, GIT, GUT, LMS, endocrine and reproduction
how is CNS affected by alcohol
Wernickes encephalopathy, cerebral atrophy, cerebellar syndrome, optic atrophy, peripheral neuropathy
how is CVS affected by alcohol
hypertension, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, stroke
how is GIT affected by alcohol
Oesophagitis, Gastritis, oesophageal and gastric cancer, pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer, alcoholic hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver cancer
how is GUT affected by alcohol
glomerulonephritis, renal failure
how is LMS affected by alcohol
gout, fractures, myopathies
how is endocrine and reproduction affected by alcohol
pseudocushings, impotence, subfertility, breast cancer, foetal alcohol syndrome
physiological effects of alcohol
addictive so used in conjunction with other recreational drugs of abuse
