Alcohol is a well-established addictive substance. Alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence are serious social and medical problems in the world today. According to the WHO report, drinking is related to 64 diseases, and the diseases caused by drinking mainly focus on tumor, cardiovascular system disease, digestive system disease, traffic injury, accidental injury, intentional injury and so on.

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS) is a group of symptoms that occur when a person suddenly stops or reduces the amount of alcohol he or she drinks, indicating that the individual has become physically dependent on alcohol. A typical cluster of symptoms that occurs between 6 and 36 hours after an alcohol dependent person's last drink. This syndrome usually occurs in people who are forced to abstain from alcohol due to other illnesses or who voluntarily give up drinking due to other alcohol-related illnesses. Symptoms vary in severity, such as anxiety, tremors, anorexia, nausea, insomnia, nightmares, seizures, sweating, high fever, delirium, tachycardia, hyperreflexia, disorientation, etc.

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