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Gender Specific Alcohol Rehabilitation

Researchers aren’t sure why, but women seem to be more at risk to adverse effects of alcohol addiction than are men. This may have to do with differences in their metabolic and physiological differences, but even after adjusting for body weight factors, women develop much higher levels of alcohol in their blood and maintain these levels for longer than men do. One reason for this is that women tend to have a higher amount of fatty tissues in their body than men, as well as less water in their bodies. Because there is less water, the alcohol is not as diluted as it is in the bodies of men. Also, women possess lower amounts of the enzyme that breaks down alcohol than do men. As a result, the alcohol they consume stays in women’s bodies longer.

Orchid Recovery Center is a gender specific rehab center that focuses on the unique needs of women who are addicted to alcohol and drugs. Our treatment programs are specially designed to address the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of addiction that women must face during recovery.

Gender Specific Alcohol Rehabilitation: Alcohol Effects

According to research studies, women experience greater effects on their daily lives due to alcohol addiction than do men. Women addicted to alcohol have more problems with social functioning than men, as well as more physical pain and mental health problems. This disparity between how men and women function due to alcohol addiction may be biological, social or a combination of both. The root cause is not yet known.

Gender Specific Alcohol Rehabilitation: Pregnant Women Drink Alcohol

Even though there are serious risks to unborn babies when women who are pregnant drink alcohol, around 15 percent of the women surveyed in a new study said that they had consumed alcohol at least one time during the course of their pregnancy. Unfortunately, drinking alcohol during pregnancy can lead to birth defects, brain defects and even death for the unborn child.

Gender Specific Alcohol Rehabilitation: Young Women

Young women who are students have reported a sharp increase in binge drinking among themselves and their peers, and the numbers have been increasing for many years. This is despite school, community and governmental efforts to curb student drinking.

Gender Specific Alcohol Rehabilitation: Health Effects

Women are much more prone to suffer from physical maladies related to drinking than are men. These maladies can include effects like liver damage, brain damage, cardiomyopathy and muscle disorders. Additionally, in a 20 year study, it was discovered that the risk of death is five times greater in women suffering from alcoholism. In men, this risk is only three times greater if they are suffering from alcoholism.

Gender Specific Alcohol Rehabilitation: Orchid Recovery Center

Orchid Recovery Center is a drug and alcohol treatment center that is located in south Florida and specializes in treating women who suffer from substance and alcohol abuse related problems and illnesses. Orchid understands that, often, women who are addicted to drugs or alcohol have unresolved traumatic incidents in their lives and that this often leads to unhealthy choices such as taking drugs or over-consuming alcohol. With the help of Orchid, women can go on to lead healthy lives, free from the oppression of drug or alcohol addiction.

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