What should I do if I am allergic to alcohol? How can I treat it?

Many people love to drink but cannot drink too much, which is very embarrassing. Why is that? Many people are allergic to alcohol and their skin will itch after drinking. So what should we do about alcohol allergy?

What is alcohol allergy?

Other common clinical manifestations of alcohol allergy include skin symptoms, respiratory symptoms, and digestive symptoms. The back is very itchy, with small red pimples, accompanied by fever, or the whole body is covered with red spots, which are extremely itchy. The reason for alcohol allergy is that these people have an allergic constitution. Alcohol is an allergen, and contact with allergens triggers allergies. Such as skin itching, eczema, hives, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and even a few people will suffer from anaphylactic shock.

What to do if you are allergic to alcohol?

1. Do not drink on an empty stomach, because alcohol is absorbed quickly on an empty stomach, and drinking on an empty stomach can cause great damage to the gastrointestinal tract and easily cause gastric bleeding and gastric ulcers. The best prevention method is to eat oily foods such as fatty meat, pork knuckles, etc. before drinking, or drink milk to use the indigestible nature of fat in food to protect the stomach and prevent alcohol from penetrating the stomach wall.

2. Do not drink it with carbonated beverages such as cola, soda, etc. The ingredients in these beverages can speed up the body's absorption of alcohol.

3. After drinking, you can drink as much hot soup as possible, especially fish soup stewed with shredded ginger, which is particularly effective in sobering up.

4. Since alcohol is very harmful to the liver, you should eat more green leafy vegetables when drinking. The antioxidants and vitamins in them can protect the liver. You can also eat some soy products, the lecithin in them can protect the liver.

5. If someone drinks too much involuntarily, they can eat some fruit or drink some juice afterwards, because the acidic components in fruit and juice can neutralize alcohol. Many people often do not eat after drinking, which is more harmful. They should eat some easily digestible food, such as a bowl of noodles.

6. Drink slowly rather than quickly. Alcohol can enter the blood within five minutes after drinking, and the blood ethanol concentration can reach its peak at 30-120 minutes. If you drink quickly, the blood ethanol concentration will rise quickly, and allergic symptoms will appear soon. If you drink slowly, the body will have enough time to break down the ethanol, and the amount of ethanol produced will be less.

7. Taking medicine is the most commonly used method for allergy treatment. However, the disadvantage of taking medicine is that it cannot completely solve the allergy problem. When you encounter allergen stimulation, the allergic disease will continue to occur. Medicines may also cause multiple side effects such as drowsiness, fatigue, obesity, infection, and even cause liver and kidney damage.

Most people with alcohol allergy symptoms are born with this condition. Alcohol allergy is difficult to treat, and severe alcohol allergy can be life-threatening. Therefore, friends with alcohol allergy must be careful not to drink alcohol.