subject: Patients With Hypertension Should Avoid Alcohol [print this page] patients with hypertension should avoid drinking to ensure your health. Small amount of alcohol is not absolutely contraindicated, but long-term heavy drinking, especially drinking liquor should be forbidden. All wines contain a certain degree of alcohol, especially the variety of liquor contained higher concentrations. Alcohol is a harmful component, it has varying degrees of damage to the gastrointestinal mucosa, liver and nervous system; It can diminish or disorder central nervous system function, and long-term heavy drinking can also increase blood cholesterol and promote atherosclerosis; Alcohol may also increase the body's sensitivity to chemical toxicants, when alcoholism, the body is extremely lack of vitamin C, which is unfavorable to hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Excessive drinking can increase blood pressure, Antihypertensive effects of poorand can lead to resistant hypertension. The incidence of cardiovascular disease, alcohol can be as high as 59%, Heavy-drinkers' mortality rate is higher than the average person, of which 30% -50% of people die of cardiovascular disease. Avoid alcohol is one of the important measures in prevention of hypertension and coronary heart disease. Please cherish your life.
