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Alcohol can damage the brain directly as a neurotoxin, [5] or it can damage it indirectly by causing malnutrition, primarily a loss of thiamine (vitamin B1). [2] Alcohol use disorder is common in older persons, and alcohol-related dementia is under-diagnosed. [3]
Polydipsia is excessive thirst or excess drinking. [1] The word derives from Greek πολυδίψιος (poludípsios) 'very thirsty', [2] which is derived from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús) 'much, many' and δίψα (dípsa) 'thirst'. Polydipsia is a nonspecific symptom in various medical disorders.
The memory inhibiting effects of alcohol are often a prominent topic in popular culture. It appears in movies, books, and television shows. Several movies show characters drinking alcohol to the point of memory loss and awakening the next morning with a host of problems due to actions they performed while intoxicated.
New research has found that middle-aged men who drink two pints of beer a day are more likely to experience memory loss, a sign of aging, up to six years earlier than normal.
Occasional memory loss can happen to anyone, no matter how old you are. Sometimes there is an external cause, related to how you are living your life — and making changes to your life can help ...
Here, doctors explain surprising causes of thirst and what to do about it. If you're excessively thirsty even when drinking lots of water, your body may be pointing to one of these underlying ...
Animal studies find that heavy and regular binge drinking causes neurodegeneration in corticolimbic brain regions areas which are involved in learning and spatial memory. The corticolimbic brain regions affected include the olfactory bulb, piriform cortex, perirhinal cortex, entorhinal cortex, and the hippocampal dentate gyrus. It was found ...
Because some of the causes of memory loss include medications, stress, depression, heart disease, excessive alcohol use, thyroid problems, vitamin B12 deficiency, not drinking enough water, and not eating nutritiously, fixing those problems could be a simple, effective way to slow down dementia. Some say that exercise is the best way to prevent ...