If You Have Arrhythmia, Here's Why You Should Lay Off The Booze

  • 4 years ago
Young people who hit the bottle too hard, too often, are at greater risk of dying when hospitalized for arrhythmia than moderate drinkers or teetotallers.
A new study shows younger adults who abuse alcohol are nearly 75% more likely to die than their more abstemious peers.
Those hospitalized with arrhythmia, who also had clogged arteries, diabetes, or were aged 45 to 54 years, were also at increased risk for death.
According to UPI, in people with arrhythmia, the heart beats too slowly, too quickly or erratically.
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is the most common arrhythmia. The American Heart Association says AFib affects up to 6 million people across the US.
Study co-author Dr. Rikinkumar S. Patel says excessive alcohol use is known to cause the development of an arrhythmia.

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