What happens if you drink alcohol during your period?

Wine culture can be said to be a unique culture of our great China. As the saying goes, a thousand cups are not enough when drinking with bosom friends. Having a meal with friends will feel inadequate if you don’t drink. There are many types of wine, including white wine, red wine, beer, etc., as well as special medicinal wines. Drinking medicinal wine can not only satisfy your cravings, but also promote your health, which is equivalent to taking a tonic. The menstrual period is special and eating raw and cold food are taboo. So what will happen if you drink alcohol during menstruation?

In daily life, menstruation is a very common female physiological phenomenon, and almost all female friends will have menstruation. There are many taboos for women when they are menstruating, especially not drinking alcohol. So what happens if women drink alcohol during menstruation?

When women are menstruating, their bodies will be weaker and they need to rest well to prevent excessive fatigue. There are also many dietary taboos. You can't drink alcohol during menstruation.

1. Causes increased menstruation

Because women are weaker and have lower resistance during menstruation, and drinking can promote blood circulation in the body, it can easily lead to increased menstrual volume, especially drinking beer may cause dysmenorrhea.

2. Increase the burden on the liver

Women have fewer enzymes involved in alcohol metabolism and a weaker ability to break down ethanol. In addition, during menstruation, the secretion of alcohol-degrading enzymes is reduced due to the influence of hormone secretion, resulting in the inability to quickly excrete alcohol from the body. At this time, the liver has to continuously produce decomposition enzymes, which increases the burden on the liver.

3. It is easy to cause alcohol poisoning

When women drink alcohol during menstruation, the activity of the degrading enzymes is low and the ability to metabolize alcohol decreases, which makes it easier for women to become drunk and cause them to drink continuously, which may cause alcohol poisoning.

What kind of women can drink alcohol during menstruation?

Although drinking alcohol during menstruation is indeed harmful to women, women with light menstrual flow, black blood clots, or delayed menstruation can drink a small amount of wine as appropriate. This can effectively promote blood circulation and promote normal menstruation.

Four major precautions for women to drink

1. Avoid drinking on an empty stomach. Eat something before and while drinking. Take small sips of your drink instead of guzzling it; this will slow down the rate at which alcohol enters your bloodstream. The interval between drinking again should not be less than two hours.

2. Do not drink alcohol within a few hours after taking the medicine, otherwise it will increase the toxic side effects of the medicine. Be especially careful not to take alcohol and sedatives together.

3. Women are particularly sensitive to alcohol during menstruation, so it is not advisable to use alcohol to relieve premenstrual discomfort. You should not drink alcohol during pregnancy. When you are tired or sick, the effects of alcohol on your body will be more severe than usual.

4. Don’t drink to relieve your sorrow. It will only make your heart more closed and your life more boring. In fact, not only can alcohol not solve the problem, but it can make people addicted without realizing it, forming alcohol dependence, which will bring even greater trouble.