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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHalcohol and body 25/08/2008 ALCOHOL AGAINST RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 
Alcohol drinkers are less at risk of contracting rheumatoid arthritis compared with total abstainers. This is the result of a study led by Henrik Källberg, frrom the Karolinska Institute Stockholm, published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. For moderate drinking the risk of rheumatoid arthritis was 40% to 45% less than that for total abstainers of for social drinkers. The risk among heavy drinkers dipped by 50% to 55%. Rheumatoid arthritis is prevalent in 0.5% to 1% of the Western population, and manifests when the immune system affects the joints and when infection attacks the cartilages and the bones. Environmental factors, especially smoking and genetic predisposition, are thought to be the cause of this particular evil. The researchers point to earlier studies that appear to suggest that alcohol influences the infection process, the same process that also triggers heart diseases. The authors advise patients with rheumatoid arthritis to stop smoking, but not necessarily to stop moderate alcohol consumption. They are, however, careful to point out that excessive drinking still represents a risk factor for many other disorders. Henrik Källberg ,‘Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases’ June 2008 | |
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