Drinking alcohol with stitches can cause irritation and interfere with wound healing. Secondly, it also tends to increase the chance of adverse drug reactions.
Alcohol has a relatively large irritant, in the stitches drinking will easily make the wound red, itchy symptoms, and in serious cases may lead to wound inflammation, thus affecting the healing of the wound.
Doctors usually let patients take antibiotic drugs, such as cefaclor, etc. If you drink alcohol after stitches, it may increase the incidence of nausea, vomiting and other adverse drug reactions, and even lead to a disulfiram-like reaction, making the patient dizziness and other discomforts, and may even endanger the patient’s life.
After the stitches must not drink alcohol, after the stitches should also pay attention to do a good job of sun protection, do not eat things containing pigment, to protect the wound, do not scratch the wound, regular medication, timely removal of the stitches, to avoid leaving obvious needle eye marks. Scars will appear after the stitches, and should be treated early.