Men and Women Alcoholics have Differing Medical History
Posted by Lakeside on 1st May 2008
Difference in medical history classified by ICD-10 between male and female alcoholics.
The drinking history and current medical history of patients with alcohol dependence were surveyed in Japan and they were analyzed by demographics; gender, age and changes with time (2 stages).
The results showed that in the course of continued habitual drinking by patients with alcohol dependence, a wide range of physical complications occurred.
The main complications
- in men were gastrointestinal diseases and
- in women were mental and behavioral disorders, showing a gender difference in the medical history.
This result suggested that there is a high possibility that this will contribute to early discovery and early measures against alcohol related problems in women, which are difficult to bring out into the open.
Better alcohol education including mental health is important from an early age.
Nihon Arukoru Yakubutsu Igakkai Zasshi. 2008 Feb;43(1):25-34. Difference in medical history classified by ICD-10 between male and female alcoholics. Shinoda R, Mizukami Y, Nakagawa Y, Maruyama K.
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