title: Alcoholic drinks and asthma: a survey.
abstract: A questionnaire was designed to investigate how commonly alcoholic drinks affected asthmatic patients in a population of 168 patients with asthma. Fifty-four patients (32.1%) reported that one or more types of drink made their asthma worse, the main offenders being wines, beer and whisky. Thirty-nine patients (23.2%) reported that alcohol, usually brandy or whisky, made their asthma better, particularly when their symptoms were severe. Patients in this latter group tended to be older and were likely to have worse asthma than those who reported no improvement with alcohol (P less than 0.003). In all 47% of patients reported that alcoholic drinks affected their asthma, indicating a more frequent influence of alcohol than is usually appreciated.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000009:adverse effects; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology