we might have encountered alcohol in one way or the other in our various individual lives…
alcohol is almost ubiquitous 😉
its almost every where and in Africa most men see it as a sign of strength and dominance…in most beer parlours ,men challenge themselves on how many bottles they can consume… in igbo land our traditional palmwine is an alcohol…yea… fermented sugar.
Alcohol is a drink that contains ethanol,a type of alcohol produced by the fermentation of grains,fruits and other sources of sugar.
you might want to know that there are 3 classes of alcohol..
_Beers
_wines
_spirit{found in the form of our local kai-kai and dry gins}.
alcohol is a depressant
Immediately after consumption may act as a CNA stimulant but after the depressant effect begins to kick in.
alcohol reduces anxiety in low doses
Alcohol has no specific receptors but act on a large variety of receptors.
Excess Alcohol causes intoxication and results to coma in severe concentration.
Chronic alcoholic drinkers develop resistance to anasthesia that is why the require higher doses of the drug to put them under.it does this by stimulating increase in enzyme activity, ie enzymes of the Cytochrome p450, these are enzymes are responsible for detoxification and breakdown of foreign material, ie why it is not advisable to take medicine and drink alcohol, it will cause quick degradation of the drugs.
At some certain concentration alcohol becomes visible in your breath, owing to the reason why we do breath test in drivers to check for drunk drivers.
Alcohol has no specific receptors but act on a large variety of receptors..Chronic alcoholic drinkers develop resistance to anasthesia that is why the require higher doses of the drug to put them under.
alcohol in high doses can cause drunkenness,stupor, unconsciousness,partial paralysis,alcohol also affect the livers, chronic alcoholic toxity can cause liver cirrhosis or even death…
Excess Alcohol causes intoxication and results to coma in severe concentrations.
Long term use of alcohol causes this disorder known as alcohol dependance, alcoholism,alcohol addiction and the list goes on and on.
alcoholism is a chronic disease charcterised by uncontrolled drinking and preoccupation with alcohol
*chronic :can last for a pretty long period of time or as long as years…
symptoms of alcoholism
black out, dizziness,, shakiness, cravings, sweating,aggression, agitation, compulsive behavior, self-destructive behavior, anxiety, euphoria, general discontent, guilt or loneliness,nausea,or vomiting, delirium or fear, speech incoherence etc.
treatments
we have the
_counselling by a health care professional
_issuing of medications
_withdrawal methods
etc.
well alcoholism as well as other addictions are harmful to the health…you might want to moderate your intake of alcohol…
remember, the healthier you ,the better you!😊♥️
Fa-danstayhealthy 