Fetal alcohol syndrome From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Fetal alcohol syndrome Classification and external resources Baby with fetal alcohol syndrome. ICD-10 Q86.0 ICD-9 760.71 DiseasesDB 32957 MedlinePlus 000911 eMedicine ped/767 MeSH D005310 Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a pattern of mental and physical defects that can develop in a fetus in association with high levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Alcohol crosses the placental
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1 EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON BRAIN FUNCTIONING & NEUROTRANSMITTERS When alcohol is consumed the brain is unable to send the correct messages through the body and disrupts communication between the nerve cells . It suppresses nerve activity‚ throughout the cerebral cortex and the central nervous system (CNS) by significantly slowing down the pace of actions taken and information received . Consumption also alters two of the major neurotransmitters within the brain being the Hippocampus and the Prefrontal
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Alcohol Anonymous Paper Alcoholism Alcoholism is a very dangerous disorder that many people are suffering from. A lot of Americans don’t realize that alcoholism is a big deal‚ and they may not even know someone very close to them is an alcoholic. For the paper I chose to sit in on an alcohol anonymous meeting and this is what I observed. I attended an open alcohol anonymous meeting. I walked in nervous and I wasn’t even there to share if I were an alcoholic. I introduced myself to the leader
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Alcohol advertisements should be banned. Alcohol is the ingredient found in beer‚ wine and spirits which causes drunkenness. Abuse of alcohol‚ or consumption of more alcohol than the body can handle‚ can lead to liver damage and other debilitating conditions. Alcohol abuse can also lead to alcoholism‚ or alcohol addiction‚ in which a person becomes physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol to the point that he or she cannot function without it. Alcohol advertisements can be seen virtually
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ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG TEENAGERS: General View: It ’s very interesting that I find myself writing about something that not only is commonsense‚ but what is more‚ something that every one knows about in general but may not in particular. Alcohol use among teenagers is a serious problem and is responsible for death and injury in automobile accidents‚ physical and emotional disability‚ deterioration of academic performances‚ aggressive behavior that causes a number of other sociological problems
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What is alcohol? To most people “alcohol refers to the intoxicating ingredient in most beer‚ wine‚ liquor”. When people think of dangerous drugs‚ they probably think of heroin‚ crack cocaine‚ crystal meth or prescription painkillers. Because it is legal‚ alcohol is not‚ in most cases thought of as a substance with the ability to kill you or lead to chronic‚ irreversible health problems. It can wreak havoc with your health; destroy your family‚ your career‚ your hopes and dreams. Worst of all‚ it
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Alcohol Abuse is dangerous for Everybody It is well known that alcohol abuse turns into a serious problem in our society because of several facts. More and more people‚ especially young people‚ drink a lot of alcohol; as a result‚ they don’t know when they have to stop and the alcohol use turns into an alcohol abuse. The question‚ which I ask myself‚ is: How is it possible that alcohol turns into a serious problem in our generation and which are the flash points? First of all‚ in every country
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Alcohol is mostly used among the youth‚ 24 % 18-year-old youth are reported being drunk in February 2016 (Squeglia & Gray‚ 2016). Excessive alcohol use will seriously affect gray and white matter regions in the brain. Gray matter includes neuronal cell bodies‚ dendrites‚ synapses‚ capillaries‚ and glial cells. When drinking alcohol‚ there has decrease in gray matter and white matter encroachment on gray matter (Squeglia‚ 2016). Theses neural changes lead to an imbalanced development of brain. According
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With regards to alcohol has many long term effects. The bloodstream transports blood all over the body. As soon as alcohol is consumed‚ it goes into the bloodstream and spreads throughout the body. It can affect the bones; it was said in‚ “Effects of Heavy Drinking‚” that alcohol can make arthritis more painful by inflaming the joints that are affected. Another example of liquor affecting the bones is gout which is another form of arthritis that harms the foot. The consumption of alcohol makes this disease
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Alcohol Abuse among Hispanics Hispanics are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic group in the United States‚ making up about 17 percent of the population‚ or more than 50 million people. Research shows that drinking patterns among Hispanics are different from those of non-Hispanic Whites and other ethnic or racial groups (National Institute of Alcohol and Alcoholism‚ 2015). Hispanics’ drinking problem is associated with low socioecomic status such as poverty and low education‚ acculturation
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