Gen Path Final - Alcohol

Question 1

Out of the 178,000 alcohol-related deaths annually, what % are due to drunk driving?

Answer 1

50%

Question 2

What % of violent crimes involves the perpetrator consuming alcohol?

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

T/F: Divorce rate is higher with alcohol abuse disorder vs those w/o

Answer 3

True

Question 4

T/F: Children of alcohol abusers have increased mortality, self-destructive behaviors, hospitalization due to violence, risk of teenage pregnancy and unemployment

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What are the effects/disabilities of fetal alcohol syndome?

Answer 5

Physical
Intellectual
Social

Question 6

T/F: Alcohol use disorder frequently occurs w/ other mental health disorders and vice versa

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Alcohol is absorbed __________ in the stomach and small intestine and distributed to all tissues of body in direct proportion to blood level

Answer 7

unaltered

Question 8

The amount of alcohol exhaled is ___________ to blood level

Answer 8

proportional

Question 9

Impaired BAC

Answer 9

0.04%

Question 10

Legally drunk BAC

Answer 10

0.08% (occurs w/ 3 standard drinks)

Question 11

Binge drinking levels (in one sitting)

Answer 11

Women: 4+
Men: 5+

Question 12

Heavy drinking levels (in a week)

Answer 12

Women: 8+
Men: 15+

Question 13

What metabolizes alcohol to acetaldehyde?

Answer 13

Alcohol dehydrogenase

Question 14

What decreases NAD+ that is required for normal fatty acid oxidation, so it leads to fatty liver?

Answer 14

Production of acetaldehyde

Question 15

Alcohol competes w/ other drugs for __________ enzymes, which leads to toxicities in the liver

Answer 15

p450

Question 16

What are the acute effects of alcohol?

Answer 16

CNS depression
Gastritis/ulceration

Question 17

T/F: Alcohol is a toxic, psychoactive, and dependence-producing substance and has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer decades ago – this is the highest risk group, which also includes asbestos, radiation and tobacco

Answer 17

True

Question 18

T/F: Alcohol is a carcinogen

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Chronic effects in liver

Answer 19

Fatty change
Alcohol hepatitis
Cirrhosis

Question 20

Chronic effects in GI

Answer 20

Bleeding
Ulceration
Esophageal varices
Dysbiosis

Question 21

Chronic effects in heart

Answer 21

Cardiomyopathy
Arrhythmia
IHD
Hypertension

Question 22

Chronic effects in brain

Answer 22

Stroke

Question 23

Alcohol causes thiamine deficiency. What does this cause?

Answer 23

Peripheral neuropathy
Cerebral atrophy

Question 24

Chronic effects in pancreas

Answer 24

Pancreatitis

Question 25

T/F: Alcohol causes immune dysregulation

Answer 25

True