Dguzeh, U.; Haddad, N.C.; Smith, K.T.S.; Johnson, J.O.; Doye, A.A.; Gwathmey, J.K.; Haddad, G.E. Alcoholism: A Multi-Systemic Cellular Insult to Organs. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2018, 15, 1083.
Dguzeh, U.; Haddad, N.C.; Smith, K.T.S.; Johnson, J.O.; Doye, A.A.; Gwathmey, J.K.; Haddad, G.E. Alcoholism: A Multi-Systemic Cellular Insult to Organs. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 1083.
Dguzeh, U.; Haddad, N.C.; Smith, K.T.S.; Johnson, J.O.; Doye, A.A.; Gwathmey, J.K.; Haddad, G.E. Alcoholism: A Multi-Systemic Cellular Insult to Organs. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2018, 15, 1083.
Dguzeh, U.; Haddad, N.C.; Smith, K.T.S.; Johnson, J.O.; Doye, A.A.; Gwathmey, J.K.; Haddad, G.E. Alcoholism: A Multi-Systemic Cellular Insult to Organs. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 1083.
Abstract
Alcohol abuse can result in detrimental multisystem effects. Chronic alcohol abuse is known to be associated with pathophysiological changes in multiple organs often resulting in life threatening clinical outcomes e.g. breast and colon cancer, pancreatic disease, cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis, kidney disease, immune system dysfunction, hypertension, coronary artery disease, alcohol-induced cardiomyopathy and heart failure as well as central nervous system disorders. In this review article, we will discuss the multisystemic effects of alcohol abuse and explore in greater detail alcohol’s impact on two main systems that result in pathophysiological changes i.e. the cardiovascular and central nervous systems.
Keywords
Alcohol abuse, Alcohol beneficial effects, multi-organ effects of alcohol
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Endocrinology and Metabolism
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