Symptoms and Effects of Alcoholism
Alcoholism is an illness characterized by the habitual, compulsive and lasting high consumption of alcohol as well as the development of radical negative behavior when drinking is suddenly stopped.
Symptoms: A prolonged dependency on alcohol results in severe problems:
- In the pancreas (acute pancreatitis)
- In the liver (cirrhosis)
- In the heart
- In the urinary system
- In the skin
- In the sexual organs (causing impotence)
- In the gastrointestinal and digestive tracts
- In the nervous system which can become completely unsettled by death of the nerve cells. This is due to the fact that alcohol removes water from these cells producing a series of nervous disorders which are frequently reflected in signs of depression and anxiety which in extreme cases can lead to delirium tremens, causing hallucinations.
