Alcohol abuse nerve damage
Common Questions and Answers about Alcohol abuse nerve damage
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Alcohol can damage nerve tissue, and alcohol abuse is often associated with nutritional deficiencies that contribute to neuropathy.
Autoimmune conditions: The immune system attacks the body, causing damage to nerves and other areas. Conditions include Sjogren's syndrome, celiac disease,
Guillain-Barré syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.
Bacterial or viral infections: Certain infections can lead to neuropathy, including
Lyme disease, shingles, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV.
Causes of Burning Feet
Most often, neuropathy, or nerve damage, is the cause of burning feet. Damaged nerve fibers are more likely to become overactive and misfire. The damaged nerves send inappropriate pain signals to the brain, although there is no wound or injury.
In most people with neuropathy, the leg nerves tend to become damaged first, at their furthest ends in the feet. These people often have tingling and numbness in the feet as well.
How likely are you to die from long term abuse of painkillers and alcohol- say four years worth of this. I started taking Mersyndol and Dolaced tablets with alcohol because I could not sleep and I had headaches. Sometimes I would take up to 30 tables at a time a couple of times a week. I realise codeine in high doses is bad and mixed with alcohol. I have never been to hospital, I dont appear to have yellowing of the skin or eyes.
For others who have more extensive liver damage, they avoid drinking alcohol. Of course, individuals who have a problem managing alcohol in their lives avoid it.
If I am lucky enough to achieve SVR (I completed treatment and am awaiting the final results) I have low liver damage (Stage 1) so I will drink alcohol moderately, most probably.
Does anyone know or have a link to a website that describes the effects on the brain of long term alcohol abuse? I've been feeling great these last few days of being clean and sober, but I still feel foggy and confused easily and wanted to learn more about it and if I've caused permanent damage since I started drinking so young.
Recently I have begun to feel what I believe are symptoms of alcohol abuse such as hazy memory bloated stomach and tingling in my extremities. I am very fearful that I have done irreversible damage to my organs such as my liver and kidneys heart and stomach. If I quit alcohol now for the rest of my life is the damage done reversible? How can I find some answers to this question? What kind of damage can three years of heavy drinking do?
Our daughter was forced to have unsupervised custody last week where she informed us that he was vomiting all evening. I have researched symptoms of alcohol and Tylenol abuse and found possible signs of liver damage. For the concern of my daughter, we are extremely scared on what he is capable of when she see's him. We are hoping anyone who has experience on this could offer us advise.
I hit my head pretty hard and had fractures on my skull, contusions on the brain, facial nerve damage and finally damage to my optic nerve. Everything seems to be healing fine except for the fact that I lost about 10 points on my IQ. The facial nerve damage has almost or has fully healed. My left eye is now squint to the centre of my face. Both the neurosurgeon and ophthalmologist have said there is nothing I can do but wait for it to heal.
Long-term use also interferes with the uptake of vitamin B-12 and can result in nerve and bone damage. If you notice tingling in your hands and feet, you already have nerve damage. Taking supplements won't do anything because the nitrous blocks your body from using it. It won't give you physical withdrawal like opiates; it's the mental craving you have to deal with.
My dentist lost her practice partner to this very problem.
If you have a risk consumtion of alcohol that have caused for exampel some nerve damages- how much do you have to dring and for how long before you develop nerve damages? And if you have got that- is it possible for the body to recover if you stop drinking alcohol? If so- can you drink again after a sober period or does that mean new damages on the body?
t know what you mean you don’t “abuse alcohol like that” you don’t have to be an alcoholic living on the street to have liver damage from alcohol. Some people have trouble with alcohol liver damage with less alcohol then others especially when combined with other health problems.
American Dietary Guidelines recommend limiting your alcohol intake to one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men.
Excessive use of alcohol with any medication can not only change the effect of the medication, but can also be dangerous. And yes, alcohol abuse will certainly cause damage to your brain cells slowly dissolving your ability to concentrate and your memory.
If you currently drink to a point where you have blackouts, you're on very dangerous ground. And even without blackouts, if you feel you are abusing alcohol, you probably are.
Take heed and realize that at such a young age your liver is responding to the alcohol abuse. It's awesome that you are addressing the fact before the damage has occurred. Not only will drinking affect your liver, but drugs will also cause distress. The combo will likely exasperate the outcome.
At this time your liver will heal if you quit partying. Prolonged abuse on the other hand can/will create problems down the road.
While some doctors use it in all people they suspect of having liver disease, others use it only to help explain the cause of other changes or if they suspect alcohol abuse.(!) For example, both ALP and GGT are elevated in disease of the bile ducts and in some liver diseases, but only ALP will be elevated in bone disease. If the GGT level is normal in a person with a high ALP, the cause is most likely bone disease.
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