With Wernicke’s encephalopathy, a person will develop neurological symptoms because the brain is suffering from lesions that form from a lack of adequate thiamine. Once the signs of the first part of the wet brain syndrome diminish, a person can develop the symptoms of Korsakoff’s psychosis. Cirrhosis, pancreatitis, and cardiovascular disease are some of the […]
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Certain cholesterol-lowering medications (e.g., lovastatin) block HMG-CoA reductase, but further research is needed to determine whether alcohol has a similar effect. Cells in the endothelium send out chemical signals that trigger an inflammatory process in response to the formation of fatty streaks in the arteries. This inflammatory process begins when LDL and immune cells (i.e., […]