Alcohol & Psoriatic Arthritis

[Fred]

So you've often heard and probably wondered is it true that alcohol is bad for psoriatic arthritis! Personally I have never noticed any difference, and when I was in hospital for a week they gave me Red Wine with my dinner.

This is a study from researchers at the Leiden University Medical Centre in The Netherlands. Make your own mind up Cheers.

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Objectives:
There are conflicting reports concerning the association between alcohol consumption and RA. We performed a case–control study to investigate the association of alcohol consumption with RA as well as with other forms of arthritis. To assess whether alcohol consumption affects long-term disease outcome, we also investigated its association with radiographic progression and sustained drug-free remission in RA.

Methods:
Patients with arthritis and various diagnoses including RA, OA, ReA, SpA and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) were compared with 5868 controls from the general population. The association of disease with alcohol consumption was analysed by logistic regression analysis.

Results:
Alcohol consumption was inversely associated with not only RA [odds ratio (OR) 0.28, 95% CI 0.23, 0.35] but also OA (OR 0.31, 95% CI 0.16, 0.62) and other forms of arthritis (OR 0.34, 95% CI 0.24, 0.48). A higher degree of systemic inflammation, reflected by the ESR and CRP level, was associated with a smaller proportion of patients consuming alcohol. There was no dose–response relationship between the amount of alcohol consumed and the presence of arthritis. The extent of joint destruction and the rate of sustained drug-free remission were not affected by alcohol consumption.

Conclusion:
Arthritis patients report less alcohol consumption than controls, regardless of the type of arthritis. This suggests that alcohol may either protect against different kinds of arthritis or that the inverse association between alcohol and arthritis may be secondary to disease development, with arthritis patients being less inclined to consume alcohol due to their decreased general well-being.

Source: oxfordjournals.org

[Caroline]

So this seems that alcohol is no player in the field. But that may be pure alcohol. The remaining question is: "Did they differ between different kinds of beverages?"

My doctor advises NOT to drink alcohol associated with wine because of the effect of the substances that are in the skins of grapes, they should have a negative influence. This leaves the option of drinking white wine or beer ()

[Fred]

The remaining question is: "Did they differ between different kinds of beverages?"

That's a very good question, there are many different types and strengths of alcohol. Beer for example contains totally different ingredients to something like Cognac and the alcohol content is vastly different.

[Caroline]

The remaining question is: "Did they differ between different kinds of beverages?"

That's a very good question, there are many different types and strengths of alcohol. Beer for example contains totally different ingredients to something like Cognac.

Absolutely true. It even seems that beer is quite innocent for PsA. Unfortunately I do not like it ()...
BTW, I have been treated by the guys in Leiden. Where I met with the Belgian doctor who told me what my problems were.
They also suffer from a tunnel-vision.

[Fred]

It even seems that beer is quite innocent for PsA. Unfortunately I do not like it ()...

But doesn't beer contain Gluten and some say Gluten is bad for PsA.

By the way you should try British Beer, that's very nice.

[Caroline]

It even seems that beer is quite innocent for PsA. Unfortunately I do not like it ()...

But doesn't beer contain Gluten and some say Gluten is bad for PsA.

Gluten is bad if you have a Gluten allergy. I have never seen or read something about it related to PsA, but it might be the case.

By the way you should try British Beer, that's very nice.

Oh no ! the idea alone ....

[Fred]

By the way you should try British Beer, that's very nice.

Oh no ! the idea alone ....

British beer is the best in the world all the others taste like they look, somewhere between O - Q