Pericarditis can not drink alcohol, may aggravate the condition, affect the choice of therapeutic drugs, not conducive to the recovery of the disease.
Pericarditis is viral, bacterial, autoimmune, physical and chemical factors that lead to pericardial acute inflammatory reaction, exudate, pericardial adhesion and thickening of a disease, manifested as pericardial exudate effusion, fever, chest pain, respiratory distress, severe pericardial tamponade can be a life-threatening disease, need to be actively on the cause of the symptoms of the treatment.
And drink alcohol when pericarditis, alcohol intake will make the cardiovascular contraction, vascular resistance increases, myocardial oxygen consumption increases, so it may aggravate the progress of pericarditis.
In addition, pericarditis caused by bacterial infection requires active anti-infective treatment, in order to prevent alcohol and antibiotics such as cephalosporin antibiotics to produce disulfiram-like reaction, so it will limit the choice of antibiotic drugs, which is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.
When pericarditis occurs, it is important to seek medical attention in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor’s active treatment.