To understand allowed to drink alcohol after a heart attack, carried out numerous studies. The results of these tests show that after myocardial drastic changes occur in the coronary circulation, so men daily dose of alcohol should be reduced to 10 grams of pure ethanol (or 50 ml of vodka) allowable for women - even 2 times smaller.
Benefits and harms
Doctors is no consensus as to how often you can drink alcohol after a heart attack and to what extent. The reason for differences of opinion is ambiguous effect of ethanol.
The positive effect of alcohol:
- a moderate consumption of red wine is normalized fat composition of the blood (made possible by the presence of antioxidants and other substances);
- alcoholic beverages in small extent have the ability to thin the blood to prevent blood clots;
- ethanol, entering the organism, contributes to the number of "good" cholesterol fractions. This prevents atherosclerosis.
Under the influence of alcohol the body is harmed:
- Liquor if taken regularly, there is a risk of diabetes mellitus (under the influence of alcohol is disturbed pancreatic insulin synthesis);
- even a small amount of alcohol is an acute shortage of liquid (so drinking in the morning, a strong thirst). The negative effect of ethanol on the blood vessels leads to problems with blood circulation;
- Ethanol adversely affects the heart muscle. In long-term drinking person may have alcoholic cardiomyopathy;
- in the use of alcohol-containing beverages on a large scale there is the body poisoning.
For a while, the body tries to cope with the disease state, but as a result of the depletion of existing stocks may develop heart failure.
Increased heart muscle needs more blood, which causes an increase in the load on the arteries. They are unable to cope, increases the risk of recurrent attack.
What and how much you can drink
Often, patients are interested in: whether it is possible to drink alcohol after a heart attack. Should not be treated with an alcohol, trying in this way to bring to normal blood pressure. In this case, you need to take medications, a doctor's appointment.
Alcohol increases the workload on the heart. It is recommended to reduce the use of alcohol to 2 times a month. Patients who drank a lot, and alcohol triggered a heart attack, you must renounce the use of alcohol-containing beverages entirely.
Wine
Alcohol in a small volume, which will not cause harm to the heart muscle, the doctor may allow patients who are not suffering from alcoholism. Respond whether you can drink alcohol after a heart attack, can only physician.
Allowed the use of natural red wine (if there is no concomitant chronic diseases) on 1 glass of 3 to 4 times a week. Contained in the wine flavonoids contribute to the development of "good" cholesterol and help to cope with "bad."
These elements have not in each wine (in grape varieties Isabella and Lydia are absent), not to be consumed for medical treatment.
Beer
Choosing alcoholic beverages, not all pay attention to the presence of gases that accelerate the assimilation of alcohol. Drunk beer causes the heart muscle to work harder, blood vessels dilate, the blood becomes more viscous, capillaries burst.
Vodka
Do not stop the debate around alcohol. In particular, whether to drink alcohol after a myocardial infarction. Calculate how much vodka do not cause harm to the body, it is difficult. It is not recommended to drink during the day: men over 50 ml of vodka, women - more than 25 ml.
Patients who drink alcohol in excess of the allowable dose, more likely to suffer heart attacks and re-development of other problems with the cardiovascular system.
