Question 1

is mild alcohol consumption ok for a person with type 1 diabetes mellitus?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Learn what alcohol can do to your blood sugar and be proactive when you do drink.  Maximum 2/day for male, 1/day for female. This is a lifelong disease so you should be able to drink if you think it will improve your quality of life.

Question 2

is there any link between acute-chronic prostititis pain and perineum/scrotal pain, constipation and mild alcohol consumption? will alcohol worsen it?

Accepted Answer

There is a link: Perineal pain in men is often caused by prostatitis, due to the closeness of the prostate to the pelvic floor. We call that feeling tenesmus, a feeling like you have to strain to move bowels, though no stool is present. Add a fiber supplement like psyllium and drink more water. While alcohol won't make it worse, it will conteract the fiber which needs water to work. Drink more water.

Question 3

after a night of heavy alcohol consumption, i have a mild sharp pain in my throat and upper chest when breathing in. what could this be?

Accepted Answer

: Its hard to tell without more information. Here is a thought. You passed out and vomited a little, then aspirated some of what you vomited

Question 4

does alcohol consumption affect semen?

Accepted Answer

No: No effect on semen however while alcohol can inhibit sexual performance.

Question 5

can alcohol consumption cause hemolysis?

Accepted Answer

Zieve's syndrome: Although quite a rare illness, there is something called Zieve's syndrome, wherein alcohol consumption can lead to hemolysis. The mechanism of hemolysis in Zieve's syndrome is not entirely understood. Alcohol is a toxin, and has damaging effects to the body -which is really too bad. Hopefully you can get some help, as hemolytic anemia can be bad news, as well as the liver problems etc with alcohol

Question 6

how does alcohol consumption affect gout?

Accepted Answer

Increases it.: It increases the formation of uric acid crystals and increases the problems with gout.

Question 7

how does alcohol consumption affect an inr?

Accepted Answer

unpredictable: Acute alcohol use can either increase or decrease the inr in a given individual. Chronic alcohol use with liver damage interferes with the production of clotting factors and will cause a more profound rise of inr with a given dose of warfarin/coumadin or, with cirrhosis, raise the inr on no anticoagulant at all.

Question 8

what will alcohol consumption do to the hepatitis?

Accepted Answer

Make it worse: If some one has hepatitis a, b, c or alcoholic hepatitis.Any amount of alcohol can make be very poisnous and lead to liver damage ending in cirrhosis and liver failure and will not be a candidate for liver transplant, unless have been alcohol free foe six months, but has been controversial lately.

Question 9

does alcohol consumption raise your body temperature ?

Accepted Answer

Maybe the contrary.: Alcohol dilates the blood vessels on the skin leading to a warmer sensation but actually increase in heat loss. Although theoretically, the cold drink would also reduce the body temp , the body has a lot of tricks to combat the loss to maintain a normal temperature. If one falls unconscious in a cold environment, one may actually end up with severe hypothermia.

Question 10

on average, how long will alcohol consumption remain in the human body?

Accepted Answer

It depends: It depends on the amount consumed. The answer is up to several hours.

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