Effects of alcohol on organs and unborn babies

• Health is the state of physical and mental well-being, which is influenced by factors such as genetics, lifestyle, and environment.
• A disease is a disorder that affects an organism's body, organs, tissues or cells.
• Cancer and carcinogens are topics in health.
• Risk factors and causal mechanisms are aspects of health.
• Smoking and cardiovascular disease are topics in health.
• Effects of alcohol on organs and unborn babies are aspects of health.
• Cardiovasucular disease and type 2 diabetes are topics in health.
• The principles of sampling are aspects of health.
• Line graphs and frequency of disease are types of data used in health.
• Scatter diagrams are types of data used in health.
• Effects of alcohol on liver and brain function and unborn babies are aspects of health.
• Changes in the liver can develop, leading to a reduced ability to process alcohol and potentially causing brain damage.
• Alcohol can lead to a variety of physical, developmental and behavioural effects on the fetus, the most serious being foetal alcohol syndrome, which can cause the fetus to be smaller in size, have a smaller brain with fewer neurones, have long-term learning and behavioural difficulties, and distinct facial features.
• Alcoholism has impacts on social and economic aspects, increasing violence, antisocial behaviour, and other crime, and increasing the risk of accidents and absence from work.
• Drinking during pregnancy is decreasing as awareness of the harm to the fetus that alcohol causes is increasing.
• Longer term drinking of excess alcohol can lead to brain shrinkage, memory problems, psychiatric problems, and may result in the patient requiring long-term care.
• Cirrhosis is the scarring of the liver, which can be caused by alcoholism or hepatitis.
• Alcohol affects the brain in several ways, slowing reaction time, causing difficulty walking, impairing memory, causing slurred speech, and changes in sleep patterns and mood, including increased anxiety and depression.
• Alcohol and liver function are aspects of health.
• Drinking excess alcohol can damage the liver, the organ responsible for processing and breaking down alcohol.
• The liver can regenerate itself by producing new cells.
• Long-term alcohol abuse causes serious damage to the liver, leading to symptoms such as feeling sick, weight loss, loss of appetite, yellowing of the eyes, confusion, drowsiness and vomiting blood.
• The liver is the large organ, beside the stomach, which has many functions, including processing substances absorbed by the digestive system and a role in the storage of the body's carbohydrates.
• Fatty liver disease is a condition where alcohol damage leads to the accumulation of lipids in the liver.
• Alcoholic hepatitis is an inflammation or swelling of the liver, often caused by drinking too much alcohol.