Crohn’s Disease and Alcohol: Is Drinking Safe?

Crohn’s disease causes inflammation and damage to your gastrointestinal (GI) tract, and drinking alcohol can magnify these effects.

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 Alcohol can damage the lining of your intestines, which makes it easier for harmful substances to leak through to the rest of your body.

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“Even in healthy people, alcohol can irritate the gut lining and disrupt the balance of bacteria known as the microbiome. For someone with Crohn’s, this can cause worsening inflammation and trigger symptoms like diarrhea, abdominal pain, and bloating,” says Kaytee Hadley, RDN, a registered dietitian-nutritionist based in Richmond, Virginia.

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