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Can alcohol withdrawal symptoms last more than a month? also can chronic alcoholism cause damage to your central nervous system?

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Yes: The physiologic symptoms attributed to alcohol withdrawal can last for weeks particularly in the most severe cases. And it is known that alcoholism is a damaging to the central and peripheral nervous system. It can cause an alcohol related dementia and neuropathy. Some of the nervous symptoms are attributed directly to the neurotoxicity of alcohol others to often found nutritional deficiencies

Answered 11/26/2016

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Dr. Johanna Fricke answered

Specializes in Pediatrics - Developmental and Behavioral

Yes & yes. Alcohol: withdrawal should be done under medical supervision in a rehabilitation unit until the patient is stable. Duration of symptoms depends on duration & severity of drinking, health & size of patient. Alcohol-related brain damage can be loss of coordination, loss of thinking/planning skills, loss of short-term memory & inability to acquire new information. Seek medical care & be safe.

Answered 2/1/2015

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