HBS110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alcoholic Hepatitis, Blood Test, Central Nervous System Depression
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Found 80. 6% > 18 year olds considered alcohol in the past year. 66% of 15-17 year olfd never consumed alcohol. Dri(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:374)o (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) 2 std dri(cid:374)ks per day reduces lifeti(cid:373)e risk of har(cid:373) fro(cid:373) alcohol- related diseases(cid:863) Dri(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:374)o (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) four std dri(cid:374)ks o(cid:374) a si(cid:374)lge occasio(cid:374) reduces the risk of alcohol- related i(cid:374)jury arisi(cid:374)g fro(cid:373) that occasio(cid:374) (cid:862) Guidline one : persons aged 18 and over proportion who exceeded the life time risk alcohol guide by age, middle adults, males more likely, men are exceeding this much more. Guideline two: persons over the 18- proportion who exceeded the single occasion risk alcohol guidline, binge drinking, mainly young people, again men are still more than women. Definition: pattern of drinking that brings blood alcohol concentration to 0. 08 gram percent or above (about 5 standard drinking in 2 hours) Linked with: alcohol poisoning, stis, pregnancy, drink driving, crime n.
