Once heavy drinking has caused liver damage, the liver may struggle with its ability to handle blood flow and toxins. Alcoholic fatty liver disease can be reversible if caught early. This type of liver disease occurs when there becomes a build-up of fat in the liver known as steatosis. Alternatively, alcoholic cirrhosis may be diagnosed …
No one sets out to become an alcoholic, but regular, heavy drinking can result in alcohol dependence and alcoholism. Taken together, a substantial body of evidence suggests that changes in CRF function within the brain and neuroendocrine systems may influence motivation to resume alcohol self-administration either directly and/or by mediating withdrawal-related anxiety and stress/dysphoria responses. …
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While rhinophyma can affect anyone, it is more common in men over 30 with fair skin. Those with a family history of rosacea also increases the likelihood of developing rhinophyma (alcoholic nose). In the past, and even in modern times, rhinophyma was largely considered to be a side-effect of alcoholism or alcohol use disorder. Someone …
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