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My mother has been an alcoholic for the majority if not all of my life. I am 30 ... Alcohol affects all the organs of the body including the brain. She may be experiencing what is known as "wet brain" syndrome. This can be seen on MRI and actually shows the brain to be smaller than a normal brain and surrounded by fluid.
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en.allexperts.com/q/Addiction-Alcohol-2053/Behavior-cha...
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Long-term or excessive drinking can and does cause damange to the brain -- Neurological damage and memory loss. ... 'Exercising' the Alcoholic Brain; Discovering exactly how alcohol damages the brain may give scientists the keys for providing alcoholics with a better chance of recovery through improved therapies.
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alcoholism.about.com/health/alcoholism/msubdementia.htm
alcoholism.about.com/health/alcoholism/msubdementia.htm
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Contents of this page: ... Wet beriberi affects the cardiovascular system. ... Symptoms of wet beriberi include:
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www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000339.htm
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An ultimate and tragic consequence of years of alcoholic drinking, wet brain (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome) occurs from a thiamine deficiency due to malnutrition. In early stages, the syndrome can be partially reversed through treatment with large doses of thiamine;
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www.choosehelp.com/alcoholism/wet-brain-2013-alcoholism...
www.choosehelp.com/alcoholism/wet-brain-2013-alcoholism-and-wernicke-korsakoff-syndrome
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ARBD, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome,wet brain and DIP - common brain diseases of alcoholics and addicts ... The lucky ones die, the rest get diseases like "wet brain". When I spoke to a nurse about the condition, she told me that in some of the patients their memories were so bad that they could not remember one minute to...
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www.worldwideaddiction.com/articles/ward13.htm
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I just learned from my s/o that the doctors said I had wet brain after running a cat scan (after the drunk that had me on a ventilator). THey said I wouldn't be 'me' if I woke up. The only residual effects I seem to have is I have a little difficulty following instructions.
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www.soberrecovery.com/forums/alcoholism/13578-what-wet-...
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Besides the open and undisguised alcoholic preparations cited above, there is a host of patent medicines, proprietary foods, tonics, and other nostrums advertised as entirely harmless and ... giving the familiar picture of "wet brain" so common in the autopsy room of hospitals caring for large numbers of habitual drunkards.
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/01274a.htm
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what people call "wet brain". This is when the alcoholic's brain no longer ... Alcohol Dementia; Long-term or excessive drinking can and does cause damange to the brain -- Neurological damage and memory loss. ... loss of brain tissue is associated with alcoholic dementia (wet brain), a decline in the capacity ...
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www.alcoholism-statistics.com/alcoholism-statistics/alc...
www.alcoholism-statistics.com/alcoholism-statistics/alcoholism-brain-wet.htm
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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (also called wet brain, Korsakoff psychosis, alcoholic encephalopathy, Wernicke's disease, and encephalopathy - alcoholic) is a manifestation of thiamine ((vitamin B 1 )...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernicke-Korsakoff_syndrome
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