hello, why does blood pressure go up and heartbeat go faster when i drink red wine? thanks for your answers...
2006-10-31 12:16:35 · 6 answers · asked by Dan S. White 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
because alcohol is a stimulant, since your body considers alcohol to be a poison, it's speeding everything up to get it out of your system faster
2006-10-31 12:49:27 · answer #1 · answered by davidalden98 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Great question; the kind my university physiology professor's would have thrown our way back in the day!
Still, I don't remember enough to answer this question authoritatively.
Is it the alcohol or the sulfites? Let's go with the alcohol.
Alcohol is a peripheral vasodilator resulting in more blood shunted to the surfaces and extremities. This will create more work (minor) for the heart which does 2 things to compensate. It increases the rate at which it pumps blood and or it increases the amount of blood ejected with each pump (or heartbeat). This explains the HR. The blood pressure increases as well, but only slightly since the heart has to pump more to the extremities and therefore needs to maintain the overall pressure to maintain homeostasis (proper blood flow out and back).
I'm ignoring sulfite issues because I don't understand them, but I do know that some people have negative reactions (allergy like) to sulfites. This would require a completely different explanation.
Hope that helped.
2006-10-31 13:16:12 · answer #2 · answered by OU812 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are different "schools" of thought on this. The first two drinks that you take are considered a stimulant. Beyond two drinks ETOH (alcohol) becomes a depressant. In the stimulant stage it raises heartbeat and BP. Later it may have the opposite effect. Alcohol is also a potent vasodilator which means it opens up the arteries so you also have those dynamics going on. Lastly you may also be hypersensitive to some of the "triggers" such as sulphites and nitrites used.
2006-10-31 13:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by Shaman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may be experiencing a reaction to the tannins or sulphites which are produced as a result of fermentation. I'm not sure if they tend to cause that sort of reaction, but I don't think it's the alcohol, because alcohol is a central nervous system depressant, so it should slow your heart and drop your blood pressure. Also, you haven't mentioned that this happens with other forms of alcohol. You may have to stick to white wine.
2006-10-31 12:53:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could be allergic to grapes, or another additive to the alcohol. Alcohol naturally makes your blood pressure go up. Heartbeat usually goes down, that is why you may be allergic.
2006-10-31 12:57:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because alcohol in wine increase heart rate and blood pressure.
Want to test that? Try drinking grape juice. You won't see the same reaction. Difference? Alcohol
2006-10-31 12:26:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋