The alcohol could actually have a really negative effect on your road to recovery.
, there are certain things you shouldn't do: stay out late, overexert yourself, exercise hard, and drink alcohol. In an effort to dispel the rumors surrounding alcohol and the dreaded cold season, POPSUGAR spoke to Dr. Michael Albert, MD, FACP, chief of internal medicine, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, via email to find out if drinking alcohol with a cold is really bad for your health.
"It is well-established that heavy alcohol consumption suppresses our immune systems. That means it could take you longer to get over a cold, or you could be more likely to develop a complication related to the cold, such as pneumonia. Light or moderate drinking probably has a similar, though lesser, effect on our immune systems. Physicians have also observed that people who drink daily seem to catch illnesses such as colds more often," he said.
And while Dr. Albert urges everyone to drink responsibly and safely, as drinking alcohol doesn't have any overall health benefits for anyone — sick or healthy — he said that there are a few sure signs you can return to drinking if you are waiting for a cold to pass through your system. "Returning to light social drinking is probably OK once your cold symptoms have gone away. Specifically, I'd suggest people wait to drink until they no longer have any fever, lingering cough, or congestion," he said.
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