Can hypertensive patients drink alcohol?

Alcohol consumption is not recommended for any hypertensive patient for health reasons. The most important risk factors for hypertension are excessive salt intake, obesity and heavy alcohol consumption. After heavy drinking, the metabolism of alcohol in the body will cause the hardening of blood vessel walls or increase in blood volume, which will lead to an increase in low pressure or low pressure and high pressure at the same time, exacerbating the progress of the condition of hypertensive patients. In addition, long-term alcohol consumption will also lead to atherosclerosis, increasing the probability of coronary heart disease, cerebral hemorrhage and other cardio-cerebral vascular diseases, so patients need to strictly abstain from alcohol. For hypertensive patients, it is also very important to improve the lifestyle, patients need to pay attention to low-fat, low-salt diet, weight control, appropriate exercise and so on.