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  • Toxicology
  • Public Health
  • Neurology

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  • Alcohol is a detrimental psychoactive substance with addictive potential.
  • Alcohol intake causes widespread tissue damage, impacting nervous, digestive, and cardiovascular systems.
  • It is linked to various cancers, diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathy, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the severe health impacts of alcohol consumption and acute ethanol intoxication.
  • To emphasize the diagnostic challenges and critical importance of assessing last intake.
  • To underscore the need for a multidisciplinary approach in managing alcohol-related issues.

Main Methods:

  • Review of the detrimental effects of alcohol on human health.
  • Analysis of the pathophysiology of acute ethanol intoxication.
  • Discussion of diagnostic difficulties and therapeutic approaches.

Main Results:

  • Alcohol intake leads to diverse tissue damages and cancers.
  • Acute ethanol intoxication results from exceeding liver's metabolic capacity, causing neurological and physiological impairments.
  • Diagnosis is challenging due to patient denial, complicating withdrawal syndrome prevention.

Conclusions:

  • Acute alcohol intoxication is a serious health concern requiring prompt medical attention.
  • Effective management relies on supportive and symptomatic treatments.
  • A multidisciplinary approach is essential to address the broad repercussions of alcohol misuse.