Can Chronic Nephritis Patients Drink Alcohol

Recently a lot of patients especially Chronic Nephritis patients are asking whether it is good for them to drink alcohol. I like to answer this question.

In our body, alcohol is metabolized in liver, however, this metabolic course harms your liver function. During the metabolic process, large amounts of coenzeme Ⅰand Ⅱas well as cytochrome P450 could be consumed, which will leads to the necrosis of liver cells, and gradually the liver turns to cirrhosis, so the Chronic Nephritis may be affected.
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Besides liver, alcohol has other dangers. Long-term history of drinking alcohol leads to anemia, platelet dysfunctions, and all kinds of bleeding, malabsorptions of intestine and stomach as well as the increase of discharge of vitamins, which will aggravate the disease of Chronic Nephritis.

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Alcohol is also harmful to other organs, including kidneys. Alcohol influences the body’s nitrogen balance, increases the breakdown of protein as well as elevate the content of urea nitrogen , all of which definitely aggravate the burdens to the kidneys. So for the Chronic Nephritis Patients, drinking alcohol is unbeneficial to their recovery considering their kidneys already have some degree of damages.

So, Chronic Nephritis Patients are not advised to drink alcohol. So usquebarugh and vodka as well as other tasty alcohols are not suggested for these patients to drink.