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Alcohol intolerance following Covid?

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nicola01274
nicola01274

Hi there

i was just wondering if anyone else has found that they experience symtoms when they drink alcohol?

I believe I had Covid at the end of March, (symptoms were tight chest, breathing laboured, temperature and chills, fatigue, and a sore throat, which lasted initially for ten days, and then a week after feeling I was.recovered, I had a resurgence of my symptoms.

Since then, I've noticed that I've started getting symtoms of a very runny nose and eyes streaming when I drink alcohol. i don't think it can be hay fever as I don't have those symptoms any other time. At first I thought it was an intolerance I might have to cider, but having drank a glass of wine list night, and had the same problem.. I'm now thinking it might be all alcohol. This definitely wasn't happening before Covid.

I am having feelings of nausea most days, which I wonder if means the virus might still be lingering after reading others posts, although I did have a test a couple of weeks ago, and that was negative.

i would be interested to hear people's thoughts, and if they've noticed something similar?

Thanks

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  • mariom
    mariom nicola01274

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    Hi Nicola

    Yes, I've noted this myself (mentioned also in the '4 weeks' thread by Res35). Dr. Google says that alcohol also damages epithelial cells like the virus does, so it might make sense that it's causing issues. I'm on day 66 of symptoms although touchwood it's only a residual cough/phlegm and some runny nose flare ups now. A few weeks ago whilst feeling better I had one drink and it felt like it knocked me back four days. I repeated the experiment in the name of science a week or two later and there was a similar effect but less so, as I had improved further. I've been leaving it a week minimum between tests as the liver works hard when you're fighting infection, and the kidneys are also attacked by the virus. Now I'm at the point where I can have a couple of glasses of wine or a couple of beers and I will just feel really hung over the next day, then I leave it a week. I would urge anyone to simply forget alcohol until all symptoms are gone, then take your time back into it as your body won't be used to it anyway.

    • nicola01274
      nicola01274 mariom

      Edited

      Thank you for your reply, that's reassuring to hear someone else has had this, and hopefully it might improve. Yes will detox for the foreseeable future - as I still have some nausea, I guess it might be lingering around, or has just caused some cell damage that is taking time to repair.

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