SOC 3382 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Acetaldehyde, Fluid Balance, Erectile Dysfunction

• School: University of Houston
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3382
• Professor: Graves

Document Summary

Alcohol-related fatalities are a greater proportion of the fatalities occurring during dark hours and on the weekends. Risk of a fatal crash is dose-related: there is a sharp increase in fatalities as b a c increases over 0. 10. Men are more likely than women to be involved in an alcohol-related traffic fatality. 90 percent of the intoxicated drivers involved in fatal crashes have never been convicted of driving under the influence in the past. Sexual behavior: alcohol use may enhance interest in sex but impair physiological arousal. Crime and violence: alcohol use is correlated with, homicide, assault, spousal and child abuse, and date rape, suicide. Peripheral circulation: dilation of peripheral blood vessels. Increases heat loss from the body but makes the drinker feel warm: alcohol has a diuretic effects. Hormonal effects: chronic alcohol abusers can develop a variety of hormone-related disorders, examples: testicular atrophy and impotence in men and impaired reproductive functioning in women.