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Is it dangerous for a chrohn's disease or colitis patient to consume scotch whisky?

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Dr. Peter Denk answered

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Alcohol may irritate: Alcohol may irritate the GI tract in a patient with crohn's and exacerbate symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and GI bleeding. It could also worsen malabsorption which could be a problem for some crohn's patients. Scotch whiskey shouldn't be any worse than other types of alcohol however.

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Answered 5/28/2016

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