A 21-year-old man walks into the clinic. He has the following clinical signs: loud, slurred speech,...

A 21-year-old man walks into the clinic. He has the following clinical signs: loud, slurred speech, ataxic gait, uncoordinated extremity movement, the odor of alcohol is detected on his breath. Using the lipid bi layer structure of the cell membrane explain his clinical signs.

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alcohol consumption affects almost all system in our body . alcohol once ingested it is rapidly absorbed through lining of stomach to blood stream , which then diffuse to tissues . these are due to the property of lipid bilayer of cell membrane. alcohol reaches brain in only 5 minutes, with immediate effect appear in 10 minutes.

lipid bilayer is a thin polar membrane made of two layer of lipid molecules, they are made up of amphiphilic phospholipid that have hydrophilic phosphate head and a hydrophobic tail consisting of two fatty acid chains . this bilayer can adopt a solid gel phase state at lower temperature but undergo phase transition to a fluid state at lower temperature . . they are impermiable to most water soluble molecules, small uncharged polar molecules passively diffuse through lipid bilayer very fastly , than ions or water .this is applicable to chloroform , ether , alcohol.. that is why alchohol effect will come earlier after intake and smell of alchohol in breath also .

alcohol affect brain , deponds on some factors like

how much and how often drinks

age at which he started drinking

his general health status

gender , genetic background ,family history of alchoholism

alchohol blocks chemical signal between brain cells , neurons and leads to symptoms such as intoxication , impulsive behavior , slurred speech , poor memory , slowed reflexes.

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