Alcoholism is a medical disease caused by drinking alcohol regularly over time. It develops when a person continues drinking despite facing alcohol-related health issues and social problems. Alcoholism affects many organs in the body like the brain, mouth, lungs, kidneys, immune system, heart, stomach, and pancreas. It can lead to serious diseases like different types of cancer, pneumonia, and liver diseases like cirrhosis. The most effective treatments involve a combination of individual and group therapy, medications like Disulfiram to discourage drinking, and social support from others in recovery.

1. ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ITS
DISORDERS
By DHEERAJ THAKRAN
B. PHARM 6TH SEM.

2. WHAT IS ALCOHOLISM ?
• The American medical association and world health organization
declared alcoholism a disease over 50 years ago.
• Alcoholism is not a psychiatric illness and it is not a psychological
problem.
• Alcoholism is also not a WILLPOWER problem.
• It is not a character issue.
• And it isn’t learned.

3. Alcoholism is a recognized medical illness
acquired by those susceptible to it, who begin
drinking for the same reason as most people do.

4. Why people drink ?
• Reduce tension.
• Increase feeling of power.
• Decrease the psychological pain.
• Decrease the feeling of nervousness.
• Helps to cope with stress.
• Enhanced feeling of well being.
• Improve ease of interaction.
• The rate of alcohol problem increases with the no. of alcoholic relatives.

5. Metabolism

6. ALCOHOLISM EFFECTS AND DISORDERS
• BRAIN – Poor muscle coordination, slurred speech, memory issue and brain
shrinkage.
• MOUTH / THROAT- Any level of alcohol use is linked with increased risk of mouth,
throat and esophagus cancers.
• LUNGS- Chronic alcohol use increases the risk of alcoholic lung disease, acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and pneumonia.
• KIDNEYS- Alcohol changes kidney function and make them less able to filter blood
and other fluids.
• IMMUNE SYSTEM- Alcohol increases the risk of developing infectious disease.
• HEART- Heavy drinking raises blood pressure.
• STOMACH- Alcohol makes the stomach produce more acid, which can cause gastritis.
• PANCREAS- Chronic alcohol use can induce pancreatitis.

7. ALCOHOLISM INCUCED LIVER DISEASES

8. TREATMENT
• The most effective treatment is a combination of individual and group
therapy.
• Hold each other accountable and became support to them.
• MEDICATIONS- Disulfiram, Naltrexone, Acamprosate.
• DISULFIRAM- inhibits the enzyme ACETALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE and
leads to build up of ACETALDEHYDE which causes the hangover
immediately after consumption of alcohol.

9. THANKS