Short-Term Effects of Drinking



Short-Term Effects of Drinking

Brain

1. When does alcohol reach the brain?

As soon as it is consumed

2. Name two thought processes that are dulled?

Memory & Concentration

Liver

3. What is oxidation?

The process by which the liver metabolizes alcohol

4. The liver can oxidize how much alcohol in one hour?

1/3-1/2 ounce per hour

5. Until alcohol is oxidized, where does the alcohol circulate?

In the bloodstream

Blood Vessels

6. What carries alcohol to all body parts?

Blood

7. Alcohol causes the blood vessels to do what?

Dilate, or widen

8. What escapes the body due to the blood vessels dilating?

Heat

9. People who drink and then go out into the cold weather are at an increased risk for what?

Hypothermia

Heart

10. Alcohol increases what two aspects of the heart?

Heart Rate and Blood Pressure

11. What builds up in the muscle fibers of the heart?

Scar Tissue

Kidneys

12. Alcohol produces increase production of?

Urine

13. Common problem associated with the day after drinking is?

Dehydration

Stomach

14. Alcohol produces the increase production of this in the stomach?

Gastric Juices

15. How does alcohol get into the blood stream from the stomach?

Stomach absorbs some alcohol into the bloodstream through small blood vessels in the stomach lining.

16. What does food do in the stomach if one drinks alcohol? Can this stop drunkenness?

Food slows down the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream but it does not stop drunkenness, it only slows it.

17. Repeated irritation can lead to what?

Ulcers and bleeding in the stomach

Driving under the influence

18. The amount of alcohol in a person’s blood expressed in a percentage?

BAC, or Blood Alcohol Content

19. Signs of intoxication begin as low as what percentage?

.02-.03%

20. What effects does alcohol have on an individual’s ability to operate a car or other heavy machinery?

Limits ability to judge distances, speed, turns and one’s own abilities and limitations.

21. Three tests used to measure alcohol in the blood stream?

Blood Test, Breath Test, Urinalysis

Long-Term Effects of Drinking

Brain Damage

22. Brain damage can result from what?

Excessive, long term alcohol use

23. Heavy or moderate use of alcohol can destroy what? Which leads to what?

Kills brain cells; leads to decrease in intellectual abilities – memory loss and problem solving

Chronic Liver Problems

24. Alcohol interferes with the liver’s ability to break down what?

Fats

25. A condition which fats build up in the liver and cannot be broken down.

Fatty Liver

26. Alcohol slows down the growth of what?

New liver cells

27. What levels are reduced in the liver?

oxygen

28. Prolonged heavy use of alcohol results in this disease, a condition in which liver tissue is destroyed and then replaced with useless scar tissue or “scarring of tissue”?

Cirrhosis

29. How does alcohol use result in hepatitis?

Due to alcohol’s Toxic effects

Tolerance and Dependence

30. Necessary to drink more in order to produce the same effects?

Tolerance

31. Symptoms such as jumpiness, sleeplessness, sweating, and poor appetite to severe tremors, convulsions, and hallucinogens all types of what?

Withdrawal symptoms

32. Difference between physiological and psychological dependence?

Psychological dependence means the brain needs alcohol and leads to mental withdrawal symptoms. Physiological dependence means the body needs alcohol and leads to physical withdrawal symptoms.

Multiplier Effect

33. Combining alcohol with one or more drugs or medicines to increase the effects?

Multiplier Effect

Alcohol and Pregnancy

34. A condition in which a fetus has been adversely affected mentally and physically by its mother’s heavy alcohol use during pregnancy?

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, or FAS

35. Name some problems that occur to infants with FAS?

Low birth weight, Impaired speech, Cleft palate, General weakness, Slow body growth, Facial abnormalities, Poor coordination, Heart defects, Poor attention span, Hyperactivity

36. How does alcohol go from mother to child?

Through the Umbilical Cord

37. How many times per week can lead to the fetus never ridding alcohol from its body?

3 times per week

38. FAS is 100% preventable, however there are how many cases of FAS every year?

5,000

Intoxication Levels

39. Name the problems at each of the alcohol percentages?

.04% - .05% : You’re warm and relaxed; you’re behavior may become exaggerated.

.08%-.10% : You are legally drunk; you may start to slur your speech, your sense of balance is probably off, and your motor skills are becoming impaired.

.2% : You feel confused, dazed, or otherwise disoriented ; at this point you may experience nausea and/or start vomiting; blackouts are likely.

.3% : You have little comprehension of where you are; you may suddenly pass out --with an alarming BAC like .30%, your body will decide to pass out for you.

.4% - .5% : You are probably in a coma. The nerve centers controlling your heartbeat and respiration are slowing down.

40. What is acute alcohol intoxication?

Acute alcohol intoxication, or alcohol poisoning, can occur after the ingestion of a large amount of alcohol.

41. The pyloric valve at the end of the stomach closes with heavy alcohol use. Because this happens, the stomach becomes irritated causing the drinker to vomit also known as?

Involuntary regurgitation

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