Alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD): what is it and who gets it ... | Alcohol dementia
SkiptomaincontentHomeAboutdementiaTypesofdementiaAlcohol-relatedbraindamage(ARBD):whatisitandwhogetsit?Alcohol-relatedbraindamage(ARBD):whatisitandwhogetsit?Alcohol-relatedbraindamage (ARBD)isabraindisorder.Itis causedbyapersonregularly drinkingtoomuchalcohol,or binge-drinking,overseveralyears.TherearedifferenttypesofARBD.PeoplewhogetARBDaregenerallyagedbetweenabout40and50. Youarehere:Alcohol-relatedbraindamage(ARBD):whatisitandwhogetsit?Alcohol-related‘dementia’Wernicke–KorsakoffsyndromeTipsforsupportingapersonwithARBDAlcohol-relatedbraindamage(ARBD)-usefulresourcesAlcohol-relatedbraindamageSavethisinformationGetacopyOrderbypostHowisARBDdifferenttodementia?ARBDdoesn’talwaysgetworseovertime,unlikecommoncausesofdementiasuchasAlzheimer’sdisease.IfapersonwithARBDstopsdrinkingalcoholandreceivesgoodsupport,theymaybeabletomakeapartialorevenfullrecovery.Theymayregainmuchoftheirmemoryandthinkingskills,andtheirabilitytodothingsindependently. Whatcanhappen ifapersondrinkstoomuchalcoholonaregularbasis?Ifapersonregularlydrinksmuchmorethanthe recommendedlimitofalcohol,itcandamagetheirbrain.Itcausestheirmemoryandabilitytothinkclearlytogetworseovertime,especially ifthepersondrinkstoomuchovermanyyears. Ourdementiaadvisersarehereforyou.03331503456Thisisknownasalcohol-relatedbraindamage (ARBD)oralcohol-relatedbraininjury(ARBI). SomepeoplewithARBDwillonlyhavesmallchangestotheirthinkingandmemory,known asmildcognitiveimpairment(MCI).Theyareat riskofmoreseriousbraindamageunlesstheystopdrinking. OtherpeoplewithARBDwillhavemoreseriousproblemswiththeirmemoryandthinking. Alcohol-related‘dementia’orWernicke-Korsakoffsyndromewillcausethemtostrugglewith day-to-daytasks.Thisissimilartosomeonelivingwithdementia,suchasAlzheimer’sdisease. Howmuchalcoholistoomuchalcohol?Aunitisameasureofalcohol.Youcanfindouthowmanyunitsareinanalcoholicdrinkbyreadingthelabel.TheNHSrecommendsnotdrinkingmorethan14unitsofalcoholeach week.Thisshouldideallybespreadoverthreeor moredaysbecause‘binge-drinking’isparticularl