Alcohol Increases Risk of Allergies in Women

Regular drinking of alcohol increases the risk of developing allergic rhinitis.

Danish researchers from the Centre for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health Denmark, organized a study with the aim of investigating how daily alcohol ingestion relates to the occurence of allergic rhinitis in young women. This prospective cohort study was done on 5870 women between 20 and 29 years old, who were free of either seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis, and it took two years.

The results showed that there was no association between alcohol consumption and seasonal allergic rhinitis, but there was a connection between alcohol consumption and perennial allergic rhinitis.

Another study, which was spread over a 9 years period also showed that drinking more than two glasses of wine on a daily basis doubles the risk of developing allergy symptoms in young women.

This could be a possible explanation for the fact that allergies are on the increase over the past ten years. Women discovered alcohol, learned to enjoy it, then enjoyed too much of it, therefore harming their immune system and triggering allergic reactions and manifestations like hay fever, sore eyes, running nose, itching, sneezing or even skin rashes.

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