Personal Health Ch 12,13,and 14

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PHYSICAL DEPENDENCE

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a biochemical need to repeat administration of a substance.

; addiction.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE

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a state in which individuals crave drugs to satisfy some personality or emotional need.

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DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES

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this is a family in which conflict, misbehavior, and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continually and regularly, leading other members to accommodate such actions.

Children sometimes grow up in such families with the understanding that such arrangements are "normal."

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ALCOHOL

- DRUG CLASSIFICATION -

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Alcohol is classified as a depressant. The amount consumed determines type of effect. But if MORE alcohol is CONSUMED than one can handle, THEY EXPERIENCE THE DEPRESSANT EFFECT.

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ALCOHOL EFFECTS WHICH SYSTEM?

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Alcohol is a NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANT.

it reduces functional or nervous activity.

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Alcohol and Digestion

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Alcohol is NOT a nutrient and CANNOT be digested.

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If alcohol cannot be digested, can it be absorbed?

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YES! it is partially broken down in the stomach first - not digested; partially broken down - and then alcohol CAN BE ABSORBED into the bloodstream quickly through the stomach wall and small intestine.

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Alcohol absorption is INFLUENCED by:

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- concentration of alcohol in beverage.

-quantity consumed / rate of consumption.

- amount of food in stomach

- age

- sex

- weight

- carbonation in beverage / mixer

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ALCOHOLISM AND SEGMENTS OF POPULATION

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- 121 MILLION of Americans 12 and over use alcohol.

- 55 MILLION are bing drinkers (consume 5 or more drinks consecutively.)

- 16.7 MILLION are heavy drinkers.

- 70% of ADULTS are REGULAR DRINKERS.

- Over 13.8 MILLION (7.5% of Americans) have problems with drinking including over 9 MILLION being alcoholics.

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CIRRHOSIS of LIVER

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also called "Alcoholic cirrhosis". Occurs in 10%-20% of HEAVY drinkers and is characterized by scarring, shriveling, and hardening of the liver tissue. The scar tissue reduces functioning liver cells and blocks the flow of blood to cells that are still alive. THIS IMPAIRS liver functioning and the metabolism of alcohol.

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ALCOHOL AND IMPOTENCE

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Chronic alcohol use ALTERS hormones that regulate pituitary, hypothalamus, and the gonads (testes/ovaries).

This causes men to have lower levels of testosterone, shrinking testes, loss of facial hair, low sex drive, erectile dysfunction, and infertility.

and this causes women to encounter menstrual disturbances, atrophying ovaries and infertility.

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IMPOTENCE

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means "erectile dysfunction"

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What makes tobacco most addictive?

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Nicotine

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Nicotine acts as a what?

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stimulant, initially.

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Nicotine increases heart rate by..?

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it increases heart rate up to 25 beats per minute.

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What does nicotine decrease?

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HDL - the good cholesterol

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Other effects of nicotine

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- it steps up the release of glycogen by the liver, slightly deadens the taste buds and sense of smell, causes HALITOSIS - bad breath -, weaken tooth enamel, lowers immunity, dry throat, and etc.

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Nicotine and heart attacks

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causes irritation and inflammation of the walls of cardiac arteries. Less blood travels to heart leading to heart attacks.

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Definition of nicotine:

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addictive chemical component found in tobacco.

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Carbon Monoxide

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an extremely poisonous gas in tobacco smoke.

colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is slightly less dense than air.

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Smoker Cough

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also called "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease." persistent cough that is present due to long-term poor airflow.

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Smoking and cancer

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Smoking is the major causes of lung cancer in women and men.

Smokeless tobacco - chewing - is linked to oral cancer.

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Pregnant women and cancer

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Women smokers have high risk of CERVICAL

CANCER.

Smoking during during pregnancy can jeopardize the embryo/fetus's long term physical growth and intellectual development.

- can cause miscarriages, still birth, premature delivery, etc.

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Two terms for PASSIVE SMOKING are

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Second-Hand smoke (SHS)

and

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)

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Passive smoking

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inhalation of smoke called second-hand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by other than the intended "active" smoker. Exposure causes diseases, disability and death.

Harmful and hazardous to the general public.

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OPIATES

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drugs obtained from the juice of the opium

poppy.

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COCAINE

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powerful stimulant derived from the Coca plant.

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Amphetamines

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a group of synthetic amines affecting portions of the brain that control breathing, heart rhythm, blood pressure and metabolic rate.

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HEROIN

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narcotic drug derived from morphine that is 35 times stronger than morphine.

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MARIJUANA

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the drug derived from the cannabis plant - Cannabis sativa - that contains THC, an

ingredient that causes mild euphoria when

inhaled or eaten.

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PEYOTE

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a type of cactus that yields mescaline

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"LSD" is called

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Lysergic acid diethyl-amide - 24

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LSD

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"lysergic acid diethyl amide- 24" is a psychedelic drug that produces distorted reality.

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PCP

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an anesthetic drug blocks nerve receptors from pain and temperature without producing numbness; "ANGEL DUST".

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Anabolic Steroids

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"anabolic - androgenic steriod" - a synthesized version of the male hormone testosterone.

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China White

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a designer drug more potent than heroine.

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Life Expectancy

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average length of time members of a population can EXPECT to live.

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Life Span

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POTENTIAL maximum number of years

members of a population COULD live.

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Hangovers

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effects associated with consuming excessive amounts of alcohol.

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DEPRESSION

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feelings of severe despondency and dejection

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Alzheimer Disease

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progressive, incurable disease in which nerve cells in the brain die, associated with elderly

people.

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Menopause

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stage in the life cycle when the ovaries stop functioning and hormone levels decreases.

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Estrogen

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or "oestrogen" is the primary female sex hormone. It is responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics

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Cholesterol

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yellow fat-like waxy substance thats found in all cell in the body.