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What Can Cause Wernicke Encephalopathy Or Korsakoff's Syndrome?

First of all let me thank you for your service. I really appreciate that you help people for free. Now here come my questions: I had a rough 8 weeks some time ago during which I drank. I drank 200ml bottles of a 40% alcoholic beverage which I counted to be 63.2 miligrams of alcohol (0.4 x 200 x 0.79). First two weeks I drank theese bottles thrice, the next two weeks I drank them twice and the remaining four weeks I drank only one bottle per week. Now I don't drink anymore. My questions are:1, Is there a chance that this drinking of me that lasted 8 weeks could have caused me temporary or permanent Wernicke encephalopathy or Korsakoff's syndrome?2, What is worse for Wernicke encephalopathy or Korsakoff's syndrome drinking more less often or drinking less more often?
Wed, 27 Aug 2014
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What Can Cause Wernicke Encephalopathy Or Korsakoff's Syndrome?