The Claim
Among adults with severe metabolic acidosis (pH < 7.20), chronic alcohol use is associated with significantly higher median lactate levels (15.7 mmol/L) compared to those without chronic alcohol use (4.3 mmol/L).
What the research says
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In adults with severe metabolic acidosis, those who use alcohol chronically have median lactate levels of 15.7 mmol/L, while those without chronic alcohol use have median lactate levels of 4.3 mmol/L.
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Among adults with severe metabolic acidosis (pH < 7.20), chronic alcohol use is associated with significantly higher median lactate levels (15.7 mmol/L) compared to those without chronic alcohol use (4.3 mmol/L), suggesting that alcohol-related metabolic disturbances contribute substantially to lactic acidosis in this population.
Chronic alcohol use causes severe thiamine deficiency, which stops the body from converting pyruvate into energy. As a result, pyruvate builds up and turns into lactate, which floods the blood and drops the pH to dangerously low levels.
What the research says
1 studyIn very sick patients with dangerously low blood pH, those who drink alcohol heavily tend to have much higher levels of lactate in their blood than those who don’t — and the study directly measured this difference.
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