Drinking alcohol at night is not recommended for hypertensive patients.
Hypertension after drinking alcohol will increase sympathetic nerve tone, patients are prone to increased myocardial contractility, increased cardiac conduction velocity, accelerated heart rate, there will be an increase in cardiac oxygen consumption, which will lead to an increase in blood pressure, which is not conducive to the control of the disease.
Secondly, if long-term alcohol consumption also occurs in the activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, after the aldosterone secretion increases, it will also lead to a rise in blood pressure.
In addition, hypertensive patients need long-term medication to control blood pressure stable, if drinking alcohol, easy to cause drug interactions, and even toxic side effects.
Therefore, hypertensive patients should avoid smoking, drinking in daily life, blood pressure abnormalities, the need for timely medical attention.