Misuse of Alcohol

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How many people in the world use alcohol?

2 billion ( a billion is thousand times amillion or 10 to the power 9)


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Is alcohol a problem in Sri an!a?


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How does a typical Sri an!an alcohol userpro"ress (or deteriorate) in his alcoholhabit?


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Starts as an occasional drin!er

#hen wee!$end drin!er$especially i% he is doin" are"ular &ob and "ets wee!$ends o'

Re"ular drin!er$ ?daily or more or less daily

(may be they still en&oy drin!in" start with one

dram* or two)

a%ter sometime they de+elop,,,,,,,,,,,


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-hat is tolerance?

.%ter a session o% hea+y drin!in" can "et

blac! outs* or memory blac!outs (whichmay also occur in occasional drin!ers a%tera bout o% +ery hea+y drin!in")

-hat are blac!outs?

.%ter some more time / may be years$ "etsdependent on alcohol


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nce he "ets dependent on alcohol hisbeha+iour is all around alcohol how to "etthe net drin! how to nd the money to "etit hides alcohol in the bathroom etc

3ets withdrawal e'ects / what are they?

tops up* to a+oid withdrawal e'ectsmornin" drin!in" etc,


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.lcohol withdrawal

occurs a%ter cessation or reduction o%

alcohol use that has been hea+y andprolon"ed

a%ter days or se+eral hours o% abo+ede+elops


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1) autonomic hyperacti+ity e,", sweatin"tachycardia

2) increased hand tremor

4) insomnia

5) nausea or +omitin"


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6) psychomotor a"itation

7) aniety

8) "rand mal seiures


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:) .lcohol withdrawal can be with

perceptual disturbances$ +isual tactile orauditory hallucinations and illusions

illiputian hallucinations*


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;elirium tremens

#his is a se+ere %orm o% withdrawal

syndrome that occurs when the patient isphysically dependent on alcohol, #he%eatures are

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