Nowadays in modern conditions the human being operates the complicated machines and automats, uses the mobile connection, wields the computer, makes difficult decisions in difficult political and economical situations. Because of this the human should know how the products, which he or she takes effect on his or her behavior and health and how these products may effect on the reliability of professional activity, mental and physical development of human.
Health, activity, mental and physical efficiency, operational thinking, attention and memory can be easily lost. With a mug…
The usage of alcohol causes euphoria, soul satisfaction, stress relief. It can be explained by the effect of alcohol on human’s brain – the centers, which connected with emotions, are slowed down. The intoxication of organism is caused by ethanol (C2H2OH). The part of alcohol is put out from organism through the skin and another part stays in organism for a long time. In brain tissue alcohol stays for 15 days and negatively affects the functions of al the organs and systems.
Alcoholic beverages may contain such poisons as methanol, ethers, furfural and fusel oil. Methanol is very toxic. It has the flavor and taste identical to wine alcohol, dissolves in water and burn with the blue flame. Methanol causes intoxication with dizziness, loss of consciousness, may also cause the lost of eyesight. Ethers are the drugs with bitter and distasteful flavor. Furfural paralyzes the respiratory tract and fusel oils causes intoxication with headaches and depressions.
Alcohol intoxication is a rough defection of normal functions of cerebrum. First of all the alcohol breaks activities of the cerebral cortex of the brain, which provides all the mental functions and then another parts of the central nervous system.
The usage of small doses of alcohol, hinders the transmission of nerve impulses, causes the frustration of active thinking.
Alcoholism is identical to such diseases as diabetes, that is, the diesis may be hereditary or acquired. According to the latest researches the tendency of organism to alcohol is very high (among 100 boys, who started drinking alcohol, 20 of them became alcoholics and 5 % became total alcoholics and the others stayed in the families and ruthlessly terrorizing their loved ones).
The features of alcoholism
- The ability to drink a great amount of alcohol.
- The need of regular usage of alcohol.
- The loss of control over dose.
- The emergence of a secondary attraction to alcohol.
- Alcohol amnesia - memory lapses.
- Hangover - refusal for another drink from duty.
- The desire to drink.
- Failure to realize the extent of intoxication.
- Inability to control behavior and actions.
- Loss of protective reflex – vomiting.
- Increased resistance to alcohol.
- Intoxication is already considered as "normal" state and there is difficulty in suppressing the need of alcohol.
In any country of the world, if the doctor finds out two of these features he diagnoses "chronic alcoholism, the first stage”. If there are six and more – the second stage.
Alcohol is a serious threat to your health.
Alcohol is a poison, so it damages your health. Alcohol increases the risk of many diseases. Studies have shown that alcohol can cause irreparable damage to the body:
- Brain of chronic alcoholic is destroyed, its cells die. He suffers from memory and intelligence loss, alcoholic gradually degrades.
- The presence of alcohol in blood disrupts liver and causes dangerous disease - cirrhosis, which in turn can lead to liver cancer.
- Alcohol can cause severe bleeding and constant indigestion of stomach.
- Alcohol is one of the causes of depression. It is estimated that about 65% of suicides attempts under influence of alcohol.
It can be endlessly continued…