Can I drink white wine when I have a cold

Colds are very common and can happen to anyone, especially children or the elderly with poor constitutions. Colds can cause sore throats, coughs, runny noses and other symptoms, which can make patients feel very uncomfortable. Only timely medication can alleviate the condition. Some people think that drinking liquor can alleviate colds, so can you drink liquor when you have a cold?

First, can you drink white wine when you have a cold? First, let us understand what a cold is. Colds are divided into common colds and influenza. The common cold is what we call the common cold in traditional Chinese medicine. It is a common respiratory disease. It can happen in any season. But influenza is a sudden respiratory disease caused by the popular influenza virus. It is possible that the disease can be transmitted to other people when the patient coughs. Generally speaking, for patients with common cold, they can recover on their own in about seven days even without treatment. As for viral colds, it depends on the virus's decay time. Once the virus dies, the cold will be cured. Patients with colds can use drinking water to improve symptoms and shorten the course of the disease.

Second, the reason why most people think that drinking alcohol can cure colds is that they believe that drinking alcohol can kill bacteria. This will kill the cold germs. But in fact, the alcohol content of liquor is only 40 to 50 degrees. After being absorbed into the human body, the concentration becomes lower, so it has no effect on eliminating the virus. Moreover, alcohol will decompose the efficacy of the medicine after drinking, and some cold medicines are strictly prohibited from being taken with alcohol. Therefore, drinking alcohol when you have a cold is not only unhealthy, but can also be harmful.

Can you drink liquor when you have a cold? No. When the ethanol concentration in the blood reaches 0.05%, the effects of alcohol begin to show, and you will feel excited and euphoric. When the ethanol concentration in the blood reaches 0.1%, people will lose self-control. If it reaches 0.2%, a person will be drunk; if it reaches 0.4%, a person may lose consciousness, fall into a coma, or even be in danger of death.