Question 1

can alcohol abuse cause retina detach?

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Alcohol abuse: can create lots of problems.  Alcohol can act as a blood thinner which can damage weak small vessels behind the eye near the retina.  Please see an opthamologist and also look into a 12 step program or addictions specialist.  Peace and good health.

Question 2

can alcohol affect the healing of surgery for detached retina?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Retinal detachment is a very serious condition and surgery to repair it requires that you take very good care of yourself while it heals.  Both smoking and alcohol have been demonstrated to increase the risk for retinal damage in patients with other risk factors.  I suggest you avoid both while recovering and until your retinal surgeon gives the OK.

Question 3

can alcohol abuse cause drop foot?

Accepted Answer

Yes: And stopping now can help. Foot drop + 33 year-old female could also be from ms or a cord lesion.

Question 4

can alcohol abuse cause iron deficiency ? thank you

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Possibly: alcohol itself can be toxic to bone marrow (where blood is made), but also can lead to blood loss from ulcers and varices (dilated veins) in the gut, leading to further or acute anemia, and poor diet often associated with alcohol abuse can worsen anemia. If with liver damage, can make factors in blood responsible for stopping bleeding become ineffective. Happy to consult but key is abstinence.

Question 5

can alcohol abuse cause someone to start coughing up blood?

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Yes: Can cause esophagitis and esophageal varices.

Question 6

can alcohol abuse cause diabetes?

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It can: Make you more at risk for diabetes.  Heavy drinking can make you less sensitive to insulin.   Also heavy drinking can cause chronic pancreatitis which can cause insulin production problems.   So this can add to the risk of developing diabetes.   Your genetic make up plays the largest role.   But drinking can help speed things up

Question 7

can alcohol abuse or alcohol withdraws cause hyperactive refelxes hyperactive refelxes. not sure  if that is the medical term

Accepted Answer

Yes: Hyperactive reflexes are a common sign of alcohol withdrawal, and are related to the overall hyperactivity of the central nervous system - anxiety, insomnia, tremor, restlessness, irritability, which can progress to grand mal seizures/and or delirium tremens (the shaking delirium).

Question 8

what are the causes of cirrhosis of the liver besides alcohol abuse?

Accepted Answer

See below: Infection with hepatitis b and/or c and non-alcoholic fatty liver associated with obesity
are other common causes. See this site for more info.
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/cirrhosis-liver.

Question 9

my dad has liver disease caused by alcohol abuse, he gets better than worse, is this normal?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Unfortunately, unless he is followed by a gastroenterologist, he will have problems.  This is usually associated with delirium, often caused by elevated ammonia levels.  Make sure, also, that he is not drinking at all.

Question 10

what are the most common symptoms of brain damage caused by alcohol abuse?

Accepted Answer

There are many: Chronic alcohol use can lead to impaired cognition and memory, brain atrophy, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome from thiamine deficiency, encephalopathy from complications of alcohol-induced hepatotoxicity, peripheral neuropathy, etc. See your physician for a full evaluation and discussion. http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa63/aa63.htm

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