Alcoholism

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• Synonyms

  • Excessive drinking
  • Excessive alcohol intake
  • Chronic alcohol consumption

• Causes

  • Alcohol
  • Depression

• Effects

  • Alcoholic liver disease
  • Thiamine deficiency
  • Chronic gastritis
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Cerebellar ataxia
  • Osteoporosis
  • Decreased folic acid intake
  • Folic acid malabsorption
  • Non-megaloblastic macrocytic anaemia
  • Secondary hyperlipidaemia
  • High plasma urate
  • Bilateral parotid swelling
  • Alcoholic foetor
  • Ketosis
  • Plethoric face
  • Pseudocushings
  • Porphyria cutanea tarda
  • Sideroblastic anaemia
  • Stomatocytosis
  • Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome
  • Hypophosphataemia
  • Vitamin C deficiency
  • Squamous cell carcinoma of larynx
  • Obesity
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome
  • Re-feeding syndrome
  • Acquired dilated cardiomyopathy

• Treatments

  • Disulfiram
  • Alcohol withdrawal