Question

What is alcoholism? Describe the ill effects of alcohol on different parts of the body of an individual.

Answer 1

Alcoholism is a severe form of alcohol abuse and involves the inability to manage drinking habits. Few of the ill effects of alcohol are as follows:

• Alcohol can change the behaviour of a person and generate hallucinations, it may also lead to blackouts.
• Drinking too much alcohol for a long term may shrink the frontal lobes of the body and may lead to alcohol dependence.
• May affect the heart and lead to cardiovascular diseases.
• Drinking too much alcohol can cause abnormal activation of digestive enzymes produced by the pancreas and cause pancreatitis.
• Drinking too much alcohol effects the liver and increases risk for chronic liver inflammation and liver diseases.