Can you tell me why dementia is associated with drinking alcohol? I have drinking problem and I am afraid that I will have some complications. I am 60 years old and I am drinking for about 30 years. I was not drunk every day but still it is a long time. Please, help me!
Dementia commonly accompanies chronic alcoholism. This situation may be a result of associated malnutrition, especially of vitamin B and particularly thiamine. However, other as yet poorly defined aspects of chronic alcohol ingestion may also produce cerebral damage and atrophy. A rare idiopathic syndrome of dementia and seizures with degeneration of the corpus callosum has been reported primarily in male Italian drinkers of red wine.