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Alcohol Consumption and the #COVID19 Infection Risk
https://movendi.ngo/reports/alcohol-consumption-and-the-covid-19-infection-risk/
Key findings:
The patient with alcohol use disorder is ‘fragile’. Researchers show that he is at greater risk of contracting both viral & bacterial infections
#AlcoholHarms
Alcohol Consumption and the #COVID19 Infection Risk https://movendi.ngo/reports/alcohol-consumption-and-the-covid-19-infection-risk/Key findings:
The patient with alcohol use disorder is ‘fragile’. Researchers show that he is at greater risk of contracting both viral & bacterial infections#AlcoholHarms
It is well known that there is a dose dependent correlation between viral infections and alcohol consumption
It is also known that alcohol consumption increases the risk of acquired community infections
https://movendi.ngo/reports/alcohol-consumption-and-the-covid-19-infection-risk/#COVID19
#AlcoholHarms
Chronic alcohol consumption (CAC) affects all components of immunity
In addition to promoting proinflammatory immune responses, alcohol also impairs the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines. https://movendi.ngo/reports/alcohol-consumption-and-the-covid-19-infection-risk/ #COVID19 #AlcoholHarms
A particularly fragile patient is one suffering from alcohol #liverdisease
Furthermore #alcohol & #Covid19 alter the microbiota & damage intestinal cell junctions.
The inflammatory chaos that is created facilitates the onset of respiratory failure and multi organ failure.
Alcohol consumption, significantly increases the risk of contracting bacterial & viral lung infections, incl. #COVID19 
It's appropriate to inform the population that #alcohol consumption (esp. heavy/ high-risk use) correlates w/ greater probability of viral lung infection.
