Diagnosis of Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD)

Liver is one of the most vital organs of our body. It breaks down toxins like alcohol from our body and as a result is quite vulnerable to disorders caused by alcohol.  Even drinking a lower amount of alcohol regularly can damage the liver. There are mainly three diseases caused by alcoholic damage. Commonly they [...]

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Liver Diseases associated with Alcohol

Liver is the main organ responsible for alcohol metabolism. Naturally, it is extremely vulnerable to various disorders caused by alcohol. Even 3 drinks at one go, coupled with certain over the counter drug, can cause great damage to liver. Regular alcohol consumption leads to fatal alcoholic liver disease (ALD). Hepatitis C is also commonly found [...]

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Metabolism and Blood Alcohol Levels

Many factors are responsible for affecting intoxication rate and alcohol metabolism of alcohol. Let us talk about some of these factors.
Empty stomach increases the absorption process and a stomach full with food slows down the process. If you mix alcohol with water, it will be absorbed slowly. On the other hand, alcohol and soda are [...]

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How Long Term Alcohol Use Can Affect Your Body?

Long term alcohol use can cause a great amount of physical damage. The degree of damage depends totally on the amount of alcohol consumption. The main risk lies with the organs used for alcohol digestion and absorption. Apart from those, the brain is also exposed to danger if alcohol is abused on a regular basis.
Liver [...]

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Role of Alcohol Rehab Centers

Alcohol rehab centers provide complete drug treatment and alcohol rehabilitation services to individuals suffering from alcohol addiction. By introducing an alcoholic to an alcohol free lifestyle, these rehab centers solve one’s drinking problem.
One must cooperate with the alcohol rehab centers, by doing his best to avoid alcohol, for effective rehabilitation. Some people can stop drinking [...]

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What Happens When you Quit Drinking? (Part-2)

There is a common feeling within alcoholics who decide to give up drinking is that they can manage on their own and there is no need for external guidance from rehab centres. A fact they are unaware of is that the possibility of quitting drinking reduces if one doesn’t join any rehab centres. There are [...]

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What Happens When you Quit Drinking? (Part-1)

If someone thinks that consuming alcohol and creating havoc is the worst they are going through, the worst is still to come. Sometime it takes ages for an alcoholic whereupon they arrive at the decision to quit alcohol. The test for them surely begins after that for them. He requires the moral support and patience [...]

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28 Days Alcohol Rehab Program

It is often said that prevention is better than cure. Still all hope isn’t lost if one can’t prevent in time. The same applies for hardcore alcoholics. To serve this purpose, there are the rehab centers. The standard procedure is to be admitted in the rehab center for a for a duration of 90 days [...]

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Support for Family and Friends of Alcoholics (part 2)

There are several forums for providing help to the friends and family members of the individual. Similarly there is forum called Alateen which is specifically meant for the teenagers who are having problems with having an alcoholic in their home. The age 13-19 is treated to be the most critical in the life of any [...]

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Support for Family and Friends of Alcoholics (part 1)

It is often said that the friends and families of a criminal are the people who suffer the most at the end of the day. The same is in the case of an alcoholic and the people associated with him. They have to suffer seeing the alcoholic suffering each and every day either creating a [...]

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