- Blackouts (memory impairment for the period of time when the person was drinking heavily but remained awake)
- Alcohol-induced persisting amnestic disorder (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, a gross disturbance in the recent memory)
- Sleep impairment
- Peripheral neuropathy (numbness of hands and feet, tingling, paresthesias)
- Cerebellar degeneration (unsteadiness of gait, problems with standing, nystagmus)
- Gastritis
- Hepatitis
- Liver cirrhosis
- Pancreatitis
- Diabetes
- Myocardial infarction
- Thrombosis
- Hypertension
- Hemorrhagic stroke
- Cardiomyopathy
- Increase in the average size of the red cell (the mean corpuscular volume, MCV)
- Impairment in the production and efficiency of blood platelets
- Cancers of the head, neck, esophagus, stomach, liver, colon, lungs
- Deleterious effects on the developing fetus
Leo Sher, M.D.