A woman is a chronic alcohol abuser.
She has experienced a decrease
in intellectual functioning, alterations in memory, impaired judgment,
shallowness of affect, loss of recent memory, disorientation for time
and place, and confusion. Given these behavioral effects, what
condition is this woman likely to have?
A. Alcoholic pellagra
B. Peripheral neuropathy
C. Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome
D. Chronic brain syndrome
Question 2
A 25 year old alcoholic male with cirrhosis is two weeks into a program of abstinence from alcohol and a nutritionally sound diet. Is this man likely to be sexually impotent?
A. Yes; alcoholics with cirrhosis are more likely than not to be
sexually impotent
B. No; at his age, the man's reproductive system will not be
affected by his alcoholism or cirrhosis
C. Yes; his hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis has become
unaffected due to his new program
D. No; his hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis remains unaffected
due to his new program
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Per capita annual alcohol consumption (2005)
Light beer has about the same amount of alcohol as regular beer
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