Organ damage with alcohol

Inhaled substances may be associated with practices and equipment that may lead to suffocation. Commonly abused inhalants include model glue, spray paints, cleaning fluids, gasoline, liquid typewriter correction fluid, and aerosol propellants for deodorants or hair sprays. Most inhalants produce a rapid high that resembles alcohol intoxication. If sufficient amounts are inhaled, nearly all solvents and gases produce a loss of sensation, and even unconsciousness. Adverse effects may include severe organ damage. 

There are very few adverse health effects as far as organ or tissue damage from long-term (years) use of codeine. This is in contrast to most other abused drugs, with alcohol and tobacco being the obvious examples. 

Patients suffering from alcoholic liver cirrhosis in the Child-Pugh C stage may well have a chance of liver transplantation. However, prerequisites are (I.) a minimum period of 6 months and (predictable) continued abstention, (2.) emotional stability, (2.) stable socio-economic situation, (4.) no other alcohol-induced organ damage, and (5.) subsequent psychotherapeutic support. Treatment results are no worse than in non-alcoholic patients the five-year survival rate is about 70% in both groups, the alcohol relapse rate is about 10%. Without liver transplantation, the survival rate with continued alcohol consumption was 40% after 5 years, and when abstention was maintained, it was 63%. (42, 79, 103, 111, 113, 141)... 

Sometimes it may become necessary to shut-in a gas well when the demand for gas is low. In such instances, the well is shut-in for an indefinite period, after which it is reopened and production is resumed. It often has been found that the production rate of gas from the reopened well is substantially less than it was before the well was shut-in. During production, the inner wall of the production tubing will be coated with a film of condensed freshwater because of the geothermal gradient. This water flows down when production is interrupted and can cause formation damage. This may occur because clays are normally saturated with brine water and not with freshwater. This swelling can be prevented with the injection of some additive, for example, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, or an alcohol or a similar organic material [1853]. 

Heavy alcohol use can lead to dependency as well as damage to the liver and other organs. With heavy users, alcohol withdrawal is quite dangerous, sometimes involving convulsions and hallucinations (delirium tremens). 

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