Alcoholic cardiomyopathy patients can not drink beer.
The cause of alcoholic cardiomyopathy is long-term heavy drinking, ethanol and its metabolites can damage the myocardium, resulting in myocardial contractile dysfunction, cardiac hypoplasia, and in severe cases, can lead to cardiac enlargement, heart failure, arrhythmia and even sudden death. The key to the treatment of this disease is to abstain from alcohol, including white wine, beer, red wine and other kinds of alcohol, not to exist in a fluke.
Long-term heavy drinking can also lead to alcoholic liver disease, alcoholic encephalopathy, peptic ulcer, hypertension, pancreatitis, stroke, etc., which is very harmful to life and health. Alcoholic cardiomyopathy patients should quit drinking as soon as possible with their own efforts and outside help, and follow the physician’s instructions for appropriate medication and other treatments.