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Korsakov Disease

 

Cirrhosis of the Liver

 

 

 

The two brains below are from two 57 year old deceased men. The brain on the left was from a man who drank 625 gallons of alcohol in his lifetime.  The brain on the right was from a man who consumed 20 gallons in his lifetime.

 

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Damaged Brain

Normal Brain

 

 

 

Illustration: Alcohol & Health, Journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Volume 27, Number 2, 2003

 

The damaged brain on the left is shriveled with obvious loss of mass. The person must have had mental impairment as a result of the alcohol damaged brain.

 

The brain on the right was not exposed to excessive amounts of alcohol. It's not shriveled up. It has body and appears healthy.

 

For more information on Korsakov Disease see:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/wernicke_korsakoff/wernicke-korsakoff.htm

 

 

 

 

Alcoholism is a Brain Disorder

 

 

Alcohol alcoholism is a disease.  There now exists undisputable evidence provided by brain imagery scans that show differences in the brains of people addicted to alcohol vs. people who are not. 

 

 

 

 

Cirrhosis of the Liver

The pictures speak for themselves

 

The primary cause of cirrhosis is excessive use of alcohol

 

Normal Liver

 

Cirrhosis

 

 

Liver Pictures from:

www.gihealth.com/newsletter/previous/031.html