Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Policy and Practice

Contemporary Issues in Healthcare
Policy and Practice

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Impact of alcohol abuse on health and personal life........................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
This presentation is providing the information about the situation of alcohol Abuse in
United Kingdom. The number of alcohol abuse are continuously increasing in country. The
increasing frequency of these cases is major concern for health care organization. This
presentation is providing information and its current situation in United Kingdom. Impact of
alcohol abuse will be analyzed for health condition of organization by studying particular cases..
There will be several solutions are provided in the presentation that can be used by health care
organization to prevent the people from consuming high amount of alcohol.
Impact of alcohol abuse on health and personal life
Excessive quantity of alcohol always gives harmful impact on body and personal life. Small
amount of alcohol works as medicine and excessive amount of alcohol works as poison for body.
Alcohol gives negative impact on human health and lifestyle of human being. Alcohol abuse
affects the body (Hughes and et.al., 2017). Through long term drinking gives negative impact on
body part and sometime leads death of human being. Alcohol consumption is very common for
all generation like male, female and children's. It damages body part. Alcohol abuses gives two
types of side effects i.e. short term and long term impact.
Short term impact: Alcohol abuses gives short team side effect on body like slurred speech,
vision impairment, lack of coordination, mood swings, memory lapse and slows breathing. Due
to excessive drinking creates such kind symptoms in body. That why human loses their control
on body. Alcohol abusing leads blurred vision for sometimes. Acute alcoholism leads loss in
judgement. Excessive drinking raises blood pressure and reduces body temperature. Alcohol
abuses creates problem in concentration.
Long term impact: Due to excessive drinking leads disease in body like cardiovascular disease,
liver disease, respiratory infections, cancer, nerve damage and ulcers etc. this disease impairs
body function. Long term consumption of alcohol damages organs. These are-
Brain: Alcohol gives negative impact on brain. Regular drinking leads incapability in brain. In
that state brain losses memory and coordination power. Alcohol abuse leads long term side
effects which can't treat and some time it becomes irreversible. Excessive alcohol drinking
interfere brain functions where it gives negative impact on cerebellum which is most sensitive
part of brain. This part is responsible for memory. Beside of cerebellum, alcohol interfere
another parts of brain like limbic system and cerebellum cortex which is responsible for body