[Dysphagia] alcoholism - part 2

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Forgot to add that the risk of pneumonia is directly related to the poor  
nutrition typical of severe alcoholism, reducing immune defense and increasing  
the risk of infections of all types including pneumonia caused by aspirated  
bacteria in saliva - often particularly contaminated because of poor oral  
hygiene. There is also the "Cafe coronary" that occurs when someone is eating  too 
much too fast when intoxicated and affected by the loss of fine motor  control 
from the cerebellum.