Alcohol Effects
Alcohol, also called ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is psychoactive drug being used commonly in modern culture. Alcohol comes in many of alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a solvent, as drug safety and as a fuel. The most commonly used alcohol is ethanol, C2H5OH, with the ethane backbone. Ethanol in this form is known generally as denatured alcohol, when methanol is used, it may be referred to as methylated spirits or “surgical spirits”.
Below are Potential Long Term alcohol Effects for Large and Small Moderate Consumption of Alcohol (Ethanol):-
- Effects on Brain
- Impaired Development
- Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
- Vision Changes
- Ataxia
- Impaired Memory
- Psychological
- Cravings
- Irritability
- Antisociality
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Panic
- Psychosis
- Hallucinations
- Delusions
- Sleep Disorders
- Mouth, Trachea and Esophagus
- Cancer
- Blood
- Anemia
- Heart
- Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
- Liver
- Cirrhosis
- Hepatitis
- Stomach
- Chronic Gastritis
- Pancreas
- Pancreatitis
- Peripharal Tissues
- Increased Risk of Diabetes type 2
Potential Small to Moderate alcohol consumption Benefits:-
- Systemic
- Increases Insulin Sensitivity
- Lower Risk of diabetes
- Brain
- Reduce the number of silent infarcts
- Blood
- Increases DHL
- Decreases thrombosis
- Reduces fibrinogen
- Increases fibrinolysis
- Reduces artery spasm from stress
- Increases coronary blood flow
- Skeletal
- Higher bone mineral density
