How does alcohol affect blood pressure?

From the cite below, it looks like alcohol can, indeed, raise your blood pressure. Unfortunately, the cite doesn't address a few drinks the day before, but. rather, addresses habitual use. To be safe, limit yourself to one real drink, then switch to ginger ale or something far less alcoholic. Good luck!

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Yes. Alcohol makes your blood pressure go up quite a bit. I once took a home blood pressure test (my girlfriend's parents have one of those test kits), and my blood pressure was at a startlingly high level. I became concerned, and about a week later I went to the doc to get it checked out. Weirdly enough, by then it had subsided (and we were 100% certain we got it right initially).

So I would say yes, but I don't think its anything to be overly concerned about.

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Yes, and, as always, it depends on the person and the amount of abuse. It takes a lot of drinking to raise blood pressure, but more than like three or four drinks a day will definitely do it. I'm not the authority on blood sugar, but alcohol is RIDDLED with sugar, so I'm almost positive it can drastically increase your blood sugar. ASK YOU DOCTOR!!!

It travels to your bloodstream