Match the physiological disorders in the left column to the definition in the right column.

Question

A. alcoholic hepatitis
B. alcoholic cirrhosis
C. delirium tremens
D. alcoholic dementia
E. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
F. Confabulation
G. Fetal alcohol effect (FAE)
H. Fetal alcohol syndrome
I. Symptomatic drinking
J. Alcoholism 

Answer 1

A. An inflammation of liver tissue causing fever, jaundice and abdominal pain, resulting at least in part from a lower functioning level of the immune system.
B. The development of scar tissue that chokes off blood vessels in the liver and destroys liver cells by interfering with the cell's utilization of oxygen. The liver is enlarged from the accumulation of fats. More severe, the cells begin to degenerate.
C. Symptoms include extreme disorientation and confusion, profuse sweating, fever, and disturbing nightmares.
D. A condition in which chronic alcohol abuse produces cognitive deficits such as difficulties in problem solving and memory.
E. A patient shows confusion and abnormal eye movement, disorientation, and difficulties in movement and body coordination arise from a deficiency in vitamin B1 (thiamine).
F. To compensate for their gaps in memory by telling elaborate stories of imagined past events, as if trying to fool others into thinking that they remember more than they actually do.
G. A cognitive deficiency in the offspring of an alcoholic mother.
H. A serious condition involving mental retardation and facial-cranial malformations in the offspring of an alcoholic mother.
I. The habit of taking a few drinks upon arriving home from work each day to relief stress
J. A condition in which the consumption of alcohol has produced major psychological, physical, social, or occupational problems.