An alcoholics life span, therefore, will be much shorter than that of a nondrinker. A person can spot an alcoholic by the way he or she acts. The alcoholic may use polydrugs and may have had several experiences with hospitals and emergency rooms for alcohol related illnesses. These illnesses can be anything from a comas to hallucinosis. Some other diseases are hepatic disease, peripheral neuropathy, nutritional deficiencies, internal bleeding, and alcohol psychoses.
Vital organs are the ones most affected by the use of alcohol.
They suffer vitamin deficiencies, bone fractures, bruising, dermatitis, weakening of muscles, loss of body heat, and adrenal failure. None of these bodily problems are uncommon to the body of an alcoholic. Another interesting fact is that alcohol is carried in the bloodstream. Blood reaches every tissue in the body therefore, respiratory diseases have been prevalent. No matter how healthy alcoholics may think their bodies are, alcohol can sneak into any system of the body without letting the person know what is happening to their body.