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Is Drinking Safe After A Big Heart Attack And Clot In Leg?
After a big heart attack i am waiting for a another op to put 2 more stents in. Whist in hospital i got a clot in my right leg, extremely painful. I used to go out once a week to chat to mates and have a jar. I have had Fibromyalgia for many years. I am now getting stir crazy staring at 4 walls. A mate is prepared to give me a door to door lift. So far i have been seen by hospital and 3 different doctors, of of my questions was how much Guinness i can have on this one night I don t drink on any other days. So far i have had 3 different answers and i am getting fed up seeing a different doctor each time. I am housebound.
Mon, 19 Aug 2019
Hello,
Alcohol is a myocardial toxin and generally, patients are advised to stop drinking alcohol post-myocardial infarction.
However several prospectively performed cohort studies have demonstrated that drinkers of moderate amounts of ethanol are 40% to 70% less likely to manifest coronary artery disease or ischemic stroke when compared with nondrinkers or heavy consumers.
Moderate alcohol intake is associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction (MI).
Moderate consumption exerts several beneficial effects, including the following:
(1) an increase in the serum concentrations of HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I;
(2) inhibition of platelet aggregation;
(3) a decreased serum fibrinogen concentration;
(4) increased antioxidant activity (from the phenolic compounds and flavonoids contained in red wine);
(5) anti-inflammatory effects (with lower concentrations of white blood cells and C-reactive protein); and
(6) improved fibrinolysis resulting from increased concentrations of endogenous tissue plasminogen activator and a concomitant decrease in endogenous plasminogen activator inhibitor activity.
One pint of Guinness a day is considered moderate. These are the pros and cons. Rest is up to you.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Tushar Kanti Biswas, Internal Medicine Specialist
Alcohol is a myocardial toxin and generally, patients are advised to stop drinking alcohol post-myocardial infarction.
However several prospectively performed cohort studies have demonstrated that drinkers of moderate amounts of ethanol are 40% to 70% less likely to manifest coronary artery disease or ischemic stroke when compared with nondrinkers or heavy consumers.
Moderate alcohol intake is associated with a reduced risk of myocardial infarction (MI).
Moderate consumption exerts several beneficial effects, including the following:
(1) an increase in the serum concentrations of HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein A-I;
(2) inhibition of platelet aggregation;
(3) a decreased serum fibrinogen concentration;
(4) increased antioxidant activity (from the phenolic compounds and flavonoids contained in red wine);
(5) anti-inflammatory effects (with lower concentrations of white blood cells and C-reactive protein); and
(6) improved fibrinolysis resulting from increased concentrations of endogenous tissue plasminogen activator and a concomitant decrease in endogenous plasminogen activator inhibitor activity.
One pint of Guinness a day is considered moderate. These are the pros and cons. Rest is up to you.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Tushar Kanti Biswas, Internal Medicine Specialist
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