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The article was professionally consulted by Doctor Department of Gastroenterology - Endoscopy, Department of Medical Examination & Internal Medicine - Vinmec Central Park International General Hospital.
Alcohol is often listed as an irritant for stomach problems. However, the presence of alcohol in life is unavoidable. Therefore, many stomach pain patients have to wonder if they can drink beer with stomach pain as well as how to make alcohol less affected to stomach disease.
1. What is stomach pain?
Stomach pain is the most common manifestation of gastritis. It is a progressive disease that is associated with some type of infection, direct irritation or local tissue damage. Stomach pain can be acute or chronic, respectively, with new-onset or long-lasting gastritis.
Factors that are commonly thought to affect gastric disease are non-steroidal drug use, bacterial infections, reflux of bile from the small intestine, autoimmune disorders or excessive alcohol consumption. In addition, there are other factors that can contribute to stomach irritation, including stress, smoking, and eating certain acidic, spicy, or hot foods.
In which, the alcohol factor is an important cause and has its own alcoholic gastritis. At this point, the treatment is similar to gastritis due to other causes but the focus is always on alcohol withdrawal.
2. How does alcohol affect the stomach?
Alcohol when drinking can increase the amount of acid in the stomach quickly. This can irritate the stomach lining and trigger stomach upsets, causing symptoms such as dull or severe abdominal cramps, heartburn, nausea or vomiting, loss of appetite, and loss of appetite. . Prolonged condition will cause the patient to reduce absorption, malnourishment and emaciation.
This condition makes the stomach even more damaged, especially when the alcohol consumption is not stopped in alcoholics, leading to gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding or gastric perforation.
However, if the person can stop drinking for a while, stomach complications can improve and normal function can return. Thus, eliminating alcohol is the way to prevent the symptoms and complications of alcoholic gastritis.
On the contrary, if you continue to drink alcohol, not only the stomach will be affected, the patient will also have excess acid reflux into the esophagus, causing esophageal ulcers, bleeding due to esophageal varices, and fibrosis. liver or affect other organ systems, health deterioration.
3. How to avoid stomach pain before drinking beer?
In general, excessive alcohol consumption will be a cause of stomach pain, and in people who already have stomach disease, alcohol is also a trigger for pain. However, it is very difficult for a person with stomach disease to completely avoid the attraction of alcohol. So how to avoid stomach pain before drinking beer is also a matter of concern for many people.
Some of the following suggestions may be helpful in preventing alcohol from causing stomach pain :
Drink green tea , mint tea during the day : This is a great substance for the stomach and also for the liver . Therefore, it is necessary to sip tea during the day to prepare the body for the onslaught of alcohol. Drink a lot of water: Alcohol is a diuretic, the more you drink, the more dehydrated the body will be. This will be especially effective when drinking while thirsty. So, drinking a lot of water earlier will slow down the rate of alcohol absorption as well as prevent dehydration later. Eat before you drink: Eating something, especially a carbohydrate-rich food, before you start drinking can help slow down how quickly your body absorbs alcohol. This also helps limit alcohol intake, reducing bad effects on the stomach.
Eat fat: Fat helps slow the rate at which food leaves the stomach, and the longer food stays there, the slower the rate at which alcohol will be absorbed into the bloodstream. Don't use mixed drinks: Mixing drinks makes it difficult to keep track of how much alcohol you're consuming, so it's more likely to lead to drinking too much alcohol than drinking just one drink. The more alcohol you drink, the more your stomach is affected. Take an antacid: If drinking alcohol causes an upset stomach, take an antacid before taking it. This also works better than taking regular pain relievers. Do not drink alcohol too early: Enzymes that metabolize alcohol are usually excreted in the gastrointestinal tract more in the evening, but are at their lowest at lunchtime. That's why a glass of wine at lunch can feel so much stronger than an equivalent glass at dinner.
In summary, alcohol is a trigger factor for stomach pain. However, to answer the question of whether stomach pain can drink beer, stomach patients themselves need to know how to control and limit alcohol consumption as well as apply the above tips to be able to reduce unwanted effects.
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