The doctor warned about the danger of cold alcohol in the heat

Drinking cold alcohol in the heat can lead to a bad outcome. Alexander Umnov, a lecturer at the Department of Surgery at the Medical Faculty of the State University of Education, warned about this on Wednesday, May 21.

"The fact is that this will not help with thirst in any way, because the human body needs a lot of water to break down alcohol molecules, while in the heat the human body is already working at its limit," the surgeon said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

Umnov explained that alcohol at a picnic greatly increases the load on the body, which is why a person can easily become dehydrated, faint and die before an ambulance arrives. Any alcohol increases the load on the heart and blood vessels, it provokes serious diseases of the cardiovascular system, and this very often leads to strokes and heart attacks, the specialist concluded.

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On May 20, Olga Chirkova, head of the Center for Public Health and Medical Prevention at the Khimki Hospital, said that it is necessary to start measuring blood pressure from the age of 40. 360.ru . She noted that arterial hypertension is a systemic disease that leads to the majority of serious complications from the cardiovascular system, kidneys and retina.

Earlier, on May 14, the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Murashko, said that in regions where restrictions on the sale of alcoholic beverages had been introduced, the number of deaths from alcohol-related causes had decreased.

The minister clarified that in the Vologda Region, the number of deaths from alcohol-related causes decreased by 41% in March 2025 compared to the figures for the same period in 2024, RT reports.