Lesson 3: Addiction And Physical Health - Slide 7
Alcohol Abuse And General Physical Health
- Alcohol plays a role in:
- Diabetes
- Inflammation of the pancreas
- Internal bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract
- Weakening of the heart
- High blood pressure and stroke
- Alcohol is harmful to the fetus in developing pregnancies
Notes:
NIDA InfoFacts: Science-Based Facts on Drug Abuse and Addiction Preface, “Alcoholism, the facts,” Donald W. Goodwin, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000