HAVOC OF ALCOHOLISM

HAVOC OF ALCOHOLISM




“LIQUOR RUINS THE COUNTRY, FAMILY & LIFE”


“Alcohol is a kicker,
But it is a killer”

The term alcoholism is a confusing one and this is replaced by the current nomenclature “alcohol dependence”.

Drinking habit is gradually increasing in our society.

An alcohol addiction can be defined as one who has lost control over his drinking and has a compulsion to keep on drinking with deterioration of emotional, social and work activities.

Alcohol dependence is usually believed that drinking up to 20 units of alcohol for men and 13 units for women per week is not associated with health hazard. Definite health hazard occurs when consumption of alcohol is more than 50 units for men and 35 units for women in a week.

CAUSES FOR ADDICTION

 Alcohol environment – members of a society where most of the people are alcoholics are prone to alcohol addiction.
 Anxiety and depression.
 Psychopathic persons.

SYMPTOMS OF ALCOHOLISM

Early symptoms – euphoria, Talkativeness

Later on – concentration is impaired and the subject becomes forgetful,
gradually power of thinking, Judgement and memory fail.

BAD EFFECTS OF CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM:

Psychological Problem :

Loss of concentration
Recent loss of memory
Delirium tremens
Dipsomania
Wernicke korsakoffs psychosis

Cardiovascular system

Alcohol is generally a peripheral vasodilatator

Daily taking one oz of French wine prevents ischemic heart disease.

Bad effects – alcoholic cardiomyopathy.

Respiratory system :

Due to chronic alcohol- in sufficient in take of food ,it produces decreased immune power ,leads for recurrent respiratory infection.

After large quantity of alcohol and heavy meal with un consciousness cause aspiration pneumonia .

Central nervous system:

Alcoholic peripheral neuropathy
Alcoholic hallucinosis
Cerebellar degeneration
Alcoholic myopathy
Hyper tropic Poly neuritis

Hepatobiliary system :

Chronic alcohol produced low immunity – amebic liver abscess
Cirrhosis
Acute and chronic gastritis
Pancreatitis
Connective tissue disorder :

Gout

Sexual:
Impotence

Management:

Admission in hospital with full with drawl of alcohol.
Adequate diet supplemented with vitamin B complex.
If with drawl leads to marked tremulousness and restlessness, large
dose of Vit.B complex I /v
Drug for with drawl systems (chlorpromazine, prochlorperazine)

Psychotherapy.

Homoeopathic management:

Nux vomica:

For anti doting bad effects of liquor such as gastric trouble,restlessness,
Bad effects of alcohol

Dipsomania

Petroleum:

Drunkard with out energy ,with out strength of will, unable to refuse wine,vomiting after the least excess in drinks , dipsomania,

Sulphuric acid :

One part with 3 parts of alcohol , 10 to 15 drops ,3 times daily for 3 or 4
weeks,has been subdue the craving for liquor ( dr. hering)

Sterculia:

The remedy for the drinking habit. It promotes the appetite and digestion, and lessens the craving for liquor.

Capsicum:

Prostration and feeble digestion of alcoholics.

Syphilinum:

Craving alcohol, in any form. Hereditary tendency to alcoholism.

Loss of memory, cannot remember names of books, persons or places.

Sensation as if going insane, as if about to be paralyzed, of apathy and indifference.

Zincum. Met:

Persons suffering from cerebral and nervous exhaustion.
Defective vitality, brain or nerve power wanting too weak to develop
exanthemata.

Quercus:

Used first by Rademacher for chronic spleen affections, spleen dropsy.

Antidotes effects of alcohol.

Takes away craving for alcoholics, give dose as below for several months.

Dropsy and lever affections.

Alcoholism, General Dipsomania:

Agar, Crot.H, Lach, Chin, Nux.Vom, Ran.B, Sulph. Acid, Sulph., Verat, Syph., Zinc, Ledum.

Ailments from Beer:

Kali. Bich, Rhus. Tox, Thuja.

Ailments form Brandy:

Carbo. Veg, Nux. Vom, Opium, Sulph.

Ailments from Wine:

Carbo .Veg, Coff, Lyco, Nat. Mur., Zinc.