Dear readers,
That which we now regard as ''alternative medicine'' may have been the only form of medical treatment available to people in the past. some alternatives therapies have been practiced successfully for centuries and date back to the earliest civilizations. So, I would be giving daily tips on natural healing and some medical conditions with its diagnosis. I choose to start with Alcoholism.
Description: A physical and psychological need, and dependence on alcohol to such an extent that depreciation may result in withdrawal symptoms. The continuous and long term Over consumption of alcoholic drink leads to both physical and mental illness. The person's behaviors may become so disordered and disruptive that he/she looses employment, family, friends, and home unless counseling and medical help is sought and accepted.
persons most commonly accepted: Both sexes and all age group after adolescence. Although more common in males.
Organs and body involved: Heart, liver, and Brain.
symptoms and indications: Early indications include the need for an Alcoholic drink first thing in the morning before the person does anything else, and it being noticed by others that the person is drinking too much. Also disturbance of sleep, irritability, attempts to conceal amount being drank.
In addition, the person may need to take off work because of the effects of drinking and more become sexually impotent. Later on, an Alcoholic person may become unconscious because of drink, or die from respiratory failure. he/she may suffer from withdrawal symptoms (hallucinations, fear and imagined persecution). If drink is withdrawn. The person may develop Cirrhosis of the liver, Inflammation and alteration of the Castro-intestinal tract and pancreatitis. There may be inflammation of Peripheral nerves, causing numbness and tingling sensations in hands and feet and congestive heart failure. A form of Dementia may develop. The physical diseases that results from alcoholism are liable to cause premature death. The unborn child of an alcoholic mother is likely to suffer lasting damage.
Treatment: The treatment its really easy. The success or other wise of treatment depends on a recognition by the alcoholic person that a problem exists and a willingness to overcome it. Treatment includes detoxification (drying out) counseling and joining a support group. it could also require appropriate medical attention and therapy.
Causes and risk factors: The causes are not entirely clear but some researchers believe that a genetic-element exists and some people are more inclined to alcoholism than others. A personality and the environment in which a person lives.
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