How Soon To Stop Drinking Alcohol Before Surgery?
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Alcohol drinking must not be done before surgery.
Detailed Answer:
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Yes, 3 drinks of wine (moderate drinking) might reduce the viscosity of blood causing thinning of your blood (increases PT-INR test) by reducing platelet aggregation.
In addition,Drinking alcohol before surgery is not a good idea for several other medical reasons.
Alcohol causes dehydration of the body and therefore it may disrupt the body's normal electrolyte levels (like sodium, potassium,etc).
Drinking alcohol the days before a surgery might cause wounds to bleed excessively or make it difficult to stop bleeding during surgery.
Also,alcohol can make our bodies intolerant to pain medications or make it difficult to use anaesthesia to sedate a patient for surgery.
So, alcohol must not be taken when you are about to go pre-planned(elective) surgery.
Consult your surgeon for further advise.
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Dr.Sandip Kabra
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