This will have a serious adverse effect on multiple metabolic pathways and will also influence the nervous system. When you seek alcohol addiction treatment at one of our Boca Recovery Centers, you’ll benefit from a combination of talk therapy, counseling, and medication-assisted treatment (MAT). We offer comprehensive addiction treatment in residential, intensive outpatient, and general […]
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Finding a substance abuse treatment program that can offer rehabilitation for an alcohol use disorder is just as important as finding health care for alcoholic neuropathy. Overall, research seems to support that alcohol (ethanol) has both direct and indirect toxic effects on the body and nerve function. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), […]
Thiamine levels are not consistently reduced, but alcohol neuropathy stages the thiamine-mediated enzyme transketolase is measured in some laboratories. Electrodiagnostic testing shows typical evidence of an axonal sensorimotor neuropathy. Sensory distal amplitudes are reduced, or potentials are unrecordable. Distal latency, conduction velocity, and minimum F-wave latency (when present) are normal or consistent with the degree […]