Treated: A Three-year old alcoholic

Treated: A Three-year old alcoholic

In a case which experts have described as "horrifying", a three-year old child in the UK has been treated in hospital for alcoholism.

Drinking child... picture posed by model. Photo credit: Simon Webster / Rex Features

Doctors diagnosed the toddler from West Midlands as Britain's youngest booze sufferer.

According to The Sun, the un-named toddler is thought to have been given alcohol repeatedly for six months and had suffered withdrawal symptoms of shakes and wild mood swings.

The youngster was among 13 children under 12 diagnosed alcoholic by the Heart of England NHS Trust between 2008 and 2010.

Last month, a girl of eight from Dundee was identified as the youngest alcoholic then.

She had started raiding her parents' drinks and then developed "a serious problem", getting "steaming drunk" four or five times a week.

In the area where the three-year-old lives, a total of 106 children aged between 13 and16 were treated for alcohol addiction.
Source: The Sun

Published Mar 14 2011

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