Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Can you have tuberculosis and alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency syndrome at the same time, if so can you please

Can you have tuberculosis and alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency syndrome at the same time, if so can you please?
I am writing an essay for school about my opinion on how edgar allan poe died and i just need this info, i can't find anything clear enough for me to really underastand so i was hoping someone could give me the same info in much less complicated terms
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Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease, and alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency syndrome is a chronic or acquired metabolic disorder, so I would say yes, you could have both at the same time. One should not affect the other to any great extent. I thought most folks thought Poe most likely died from wernicke/korsakoff syndrome; a thiamine deficiency alcoholics get when their livers are damaged. Thiamine is stored in the liver, and when the liver is damaged, it does not store enough thiamine to maintain health during a drinking binge. Starve the brain of thiamine and all hell breaks loose with remarkable swiftness. Good Luck on your paper

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