- Alcohol has effects, both short-term and long-term, on almost every single organ of your body.
- Overall, the evidence suggests that there is no “safe limit” – in fact, the risk of damage to your health increases with each drink of alcohol consumed.
- Alcohol use, especially heavy use, weakens the immune system and thus reduces the ability to cope with infectious diseases.
- Alcohol, even in very small quantities, is known to cause certain types of cancer.
- Alcohol alters your thoughts, judgment, decision-making, and behavior.
- Alcohol, even in small amounts, is a risk to the unborn child at any time during pregnancy.
- Alcohol increases the risk, frequency, and severity of perpetration of interpersonal violence such as intimate partner violence, sexual violence, youth violence, elder abuse, and violence against children.
- Alcohol increases the risk of death and injury from road traffic injuries, drowning, and falls.
- Heavy use of alcohol increases the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), one of the most severe complications of COVID-19.
Dear Gaber El-Saber Batiha, thank you very much for providing me that valuable link.
Interesting topic Md Rabiul Alam sir but not so relevant to Bangladesh context as there is very few no of alcohol consumers in proportion to total population. Rather we should find out some offbeat scenarios. You may see that the street children and their parents are roaming without any protection from the start of the pandemic. As a clinician of a covid dedicated hospital we didn't get many of them. So, what may be the cause? Are they more immune than so called solvent society, if yes then why ? If no then what are the causes behind the less or minimum manifestation on them, so that they haven't had to seek medical attention. Cant we have a RCT on this neglected but important aspect ?
Regards
Md. Israt Hasan
Dear Md. Israt Hasan, your observations and the proposed protocol are excellent in our perspective, indeed! That might find out the multifactorial correlations between the incidence of COVID-19 and socioeconomic and compliance status.
Many thanks to Prof Arvind Singh for sharing this relevant meta-analysis but that is from China only and the sample size is very small. Is there any research from Europe or North America, please?
Yes, dear Afraa Ibrahim
, we also guess so but we need research-based evidence, please.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2020.594458/abstract
Please see the link below
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7255718/
Dear Gaber El-Saber Batiha, I'm sorry, your links are not relevant to the topic of this discussion.
Dear Anmar Aldewachi, thanks for your contribution but this one is already added earlier by Prof Arvind Singh.
The following study (yet to be peer reviewed) from USA indicates that high alcohol consumption increases risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Preprint High-risk alcohol consumption may increase the risk of SARS-...
The following study conclude that red wine, white wine, and champagne have chances to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Article COVID-19 Risk Appears to Vary Across Different Alcoholic Beverages
The following study demonstrate that COVID-19 cases and deaths are higher in countries where alcohol consumptions are higher and vice versa.
Article Countries With Higher Alcohol Consumption Are More Vulnerabl...
Also have a look at this:
Article COVID-19 Risk Appears to Vary Across Different Alcoholic Beverages
Many thanks, Prof Arvind Singh for providing your valuable links relevant to this discussion.
Chronic alcohol consumption constitutes a potential risk factor for SARS-CoV2 infection.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acer.14981