How does alcohol affect blood pressure?

Tet is the opportunity to gather friends and family to eat and drink. On this occasion, many people also drink alcohol to share fun and congratulate each other. MSc Duong Cong Linh, Cardiology Department, Tam Anh General Hospital in Hanoi, pay attention to limit alcohol maximum because they affect blood pressure in many ways. The alcohol in the blood relaxes temporary blood vessels, increasing blood flow to the skin surface. The drinker has a temporary warmth feeling but then lost heat, lowering blood pressure in the early stages.

Dr. Linh explained that drinking alcohol for a long time can stimulate the Renin – Angiotensin – Aldosteron system to increase strong vasoconstriction, promote salt and water, leading to increased arterial blood pressure. The amount of alcohol intensitors into the body average to high, reducing blood pressure in the period of 12 hours after drinking, starting to cause hypertension from 13 hours onwards. Blood alcohol goes throughout the body, causing the heart to increase activity. Alcohol increases heart rate up to 24 hours, then the heartbeat is about 15 beats faster than usual. The heart increases long -term contractions, reducing the function of the contractions of the heart, resulting in alcohol and heart failure.

The harmful effects of alcohol depend on the amount of alcohol loaded into the body and the rate of drinking. Alcohol abuse is also at risk of causing blood lipid disorders, atherosclerosis …

Doctor Linh advises people with high blood pressure, have cardiovascular disease, kidney, respiratory, thin people, malnutrition … Do not drink alcohol, instead drink green tea instead, beneficial for health . Do not use alcoholic beverages of unknown origin, abnormally cheap price or arbitrarily soak wine without knowing the ingredients. Do not mix alcohol with beer, stimulants that can cause acute poisoning, dizziness, nausea, flatulence, constipation, severe cases can lead to loss of perception and death.

Do not drink alcohol when hungry. Because empty stomach causes blood alcohol content to increase rapidly, stun and seriously add the effects of alcohol on health. Everyone should eat stomach before drinking alcohol or eating and drinking. Some drinks such as ginger juice, ginger tea, lemon juice, orange juice … or foods containing sugar, starch such as white porridge, bread, corn, potatoes, cassava … help to solve wine effectively. .

After drinking alcohol, absolutely do not control the car or participate in traffic; Do not participate in outdoor activities, avoid falling, collision, injury. In cold weather, drinkers should also keep the body warm. When the amount of alcohol in the blood is high, suddenly exposed to the cold environment can lead to hypertension, stroke. People with weak resistance are susceptible to diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis. After drinking alcohol, the body appears symptoms such as headache, abdominal pain, dizziness, heat lower body, unstable blood pressure, cloudy cloudy …, patients need to be taken to the medical facility The nearest sacrifice.