Eli5 Why shouldn’t I drink alcohol before surgery?
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Anesthesiologists have to be VERY careful putting you under during surgery because what they’re doing can stop your heart if they’re wrong. But they’re good with it 99% of the time because the body is rather predicable that way, and they’re good at their jobs.
Alcohol screws with how predictable your body is in ways that interfere with how much anesthesia will not kill you by stopped heart.
Also alcohol thins your blood. Thinned blood can’t heal you as well. You bleed a lot in surgery.
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