I have a check up on my heart rate w x rays on the 28th its been a couple days since i drank and i dont plan on drinking again until after that date. i have some liver pain and an unusual heart beat. what are ur thoughts.
2007-08-19 04:11:01 · 9 answers · asked by brian b 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
If you're a heavy drinker and it's caused damage to your organs, it'll probably show up regardless of whether you stop drinking a couple of days beforehand. If you're not a heavy drinker, I don't see that it makes a difference. If you're not supposed to drink, stop it!
I've had liver pain (not caused by alcohol) and it hurts like hell, so drinking isn't going to help you. If you have a problem with alcohol, get help.
These are my thoughts :)
2007-08-19 04:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by Donna M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a plain xray will not show that you have had a drink, even if you drink on the way to the xray. This of course assumes you are not a chronic heavy drinker who has developed severe liver changes. Then those changes are there and it again does not matter how long it has been since the last drink.
If you have medical problems made worse by drinking, don't drink.
When you see your GP or specialist, ask them if it is reasonable to have an occasional drink with your condition. Very few health care providers will tell you it's OK to have 4-5 beers a day after work. But, many feel that controlled consumption of alcoholic beverages is OK. Most have a drink or 2 on occasion (many have more than 1-2). An there are those who will argue that a daily alcoholic beverage is beneficial, as long as it does not cause other issues.
2007-08-19 04:24:49 · answer #2 · answered by US_DR_JD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are so worried about problems showing up on your heart X-ray, why drink at all? Most likely any problems you have may be minimalized to an extent by stopping drinking now, but if you have been drinking heavily or for a long time, then the damage done to your heart will most likely show up. Why do you want to hide what's happening to your heart? If you are having heart and liver problems, maybe it's time to stop drinking for good. That's what I had to do.
2007-08-19 04:21:21 · answer #3 · answered by Elsie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alcohol can damage your liver (cirrhosis) and your heart (alcoholic cardiopathy ) and lead to arrhymias (irregular heart beat) from the heart muscle dying from the alcohol. It also damages nerve and brain cells (werneke korsakof's psychosis and peripheral neuropathy) over time. Brain and nerve cells and heart cells cannot easily regenerate when killed off by toxins, if they can at all (probably not). X-rays might show liver damage, but mostly it shows up in blood work. It can cause blood problems (anemia, low B vitamins,etc). Low B vitamins can lead to diseases usually seen in third world countries (pellegra,etc) from deficiencies.
2007-08-19 05:03:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I even have stopped ingesting coffee numerous cases. I used to get a migraine headache if i did no longer have a cup interior of a few hours of my morning awaken time. The final time I stop (January 10) i did no longer have a headache in any respect, I had began ingesting warm green tea with lemon juice each and each afternoon and have confidence that helped me no longer have a headache. I nonetheless drink the golf green tea yet do so approximately 7 interior the morning and it gets me going all day long. do no longer omit coffee somewhat, it became giving me heartburn some days that lasted for hours and inflicting heart palpitations that lasted for the period of the nighttime.
2016-10-10 13:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly. If you drank the recommended eight glasses of water for those two weeks then perhaps it would flush out your liver enough to prove the results negative.
2007-08-19 06:58:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it would show up on xrays but it would in a blood test. If your liver isnt too badly damaged you can stop drinking and it will improve.
2007-08-19 04:19:05 · answer #7 · answered by jenny flower 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should stop drinking full stop, it is obvious that it is affecting your health, to continue drinking will seriously shorten your life and make it miserable and painfully to everyone around you including yourself, My dad was an alcoholic and his life was miserable to the point he shot him self on the head.
It is not worth it... think about it........
2007-08-19 04:22:21 · answer #8 · answered by mika 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no but a blood test would or if they xrayed your liver
2007-08-19 04:19:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋