Term
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Definition
Low:
Disinhibition, irritable, depressed or sleepy, reflexes and motor skills impaired
Higher:
Exaggerated emotional response, severely impaired thinking, memory, judgement, perception and motor skills
Stupor, coma, death |
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Term
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Definition
| Alcoholic dementia, thiamine deficiency (Werniche's encephalopathy and Korsakoff's psychosis) |
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Term
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Definition
| Excitability of CNS, delirium tremens (tremulousness, auditory, visual and tactile hallucinations, confusion, psychomotor, agitation, disorientation, and sleep disorders) convulsions, coma and possibly death |
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Term
| Alcohol Effects on Embryo/Fetus |
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Definition
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: CNS dysfunction, pre-natal and post-natal growth deficiency, cluster of facial abnormalities |
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Term
| Disulfiram and Calcium Carbimide |
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Definition
| Inhibit hepatic aldehyde dehydrogenase, if drinks ethanol, cardiovascular and respiratory changes perceived as aversive |
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