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Please tell me what are common physical diseases that alcoholism causes?
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Alcoholism: Alcohol is excess can effect just about any part of the body but the two most common organs injured are the liver and the brain. Alcoholism can lead to liver failure and severe loss and injury to the brain leading to encephalopathy, dementia and even death.
Answered 10/6/2014
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