The cardiologist called the signs of malaise completely incompatible with alcohol

Alcohol can have a significant impact on health, and there are certain conditions in which its use is strictly contraindicated. Elizaveta Skorodumova, cardiologist of the neurological department of the I.I.Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine, told about this on Wednesday, April 30.

According to the cardiologist, if a person has signs such as jaundice of the skin and eyes, pain in the right hypochondrium, swelling, fatigue, nausea, then this may indicate liver problems. She warned that alcohol is strictly contraindicated in such cases.

Another alarming call, the doctor called symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations and swelling of the legs, which may indicate heart disease. In this case, alcohol can lead to serious complications.

"If you have gastritis or ulcers, alcohol can worsen your symptoms and slow down the healing process. Symptoms include abdominal pain, heartburn, nausea, and vomiting. In addition, alcohol can affect blood sugar levels, so it is important to avoid drinking it with diabetes, especially in large quantities," Skorodumova explained in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

The cardiologist recommended paying attention to frequent urination, increased thirst, and fatigue.

Earlier that day, Ekaterina Chelombitko, head of the Cardiology department of the Federal Center for Brain and Neurotechnology of the FMBA of Russia, cardiologist, said in an interview with the Moscow City News agency that bad habits and excessive use of vasoconstrictor drops are causing an increase in cases of hypertension in children and adolescents in Russia.

On April 28, Yuri Danilushkin, cardiologist at the Sevastopol Center for Molecular Diagnostics (CMD) at the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology of Rospotrebnadzor, said that coronary heart disease (CHD) can develop into a myocardial infarction due to late detection, sometimes this disease manifests itself accompanied by non-obvious symptoms from the gastrointestinal tract.