NEET2012ZoologyHuman Health and DiseasesActual
Addiction to alcohol causes
Options
- Acirrhosis
- Bepilepsy
- Cneurosis
- Dpsychosis
Correct answer
A. cirrhosis
Step-by-step solution
In alcoholic person, some part of alcohol is changed into acetaldehyde, which stimulates the formation of fat. This fat is deposited over the wall of arteries and also accumulates in liver cells. Due to which liver gets failed and there is very little regulation of carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism. This disorder is known as fatty liver syndrome . Later on, the liver gets turned into solid, hard, fibrous organ causing liver cirrhosis .