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Muscle Ache When I Drink Wine Coolers Posted: 05-31-07 11:45am
Does anyone know why my shoulder muscles
and neck muscles hurt as if someone beat
me up when I drink 2 or 3 wine coolers? I
quit drinking them, but, I need to know an
answer as to why it does it to me. It
also makes my upper arm muscles hurt.
Never my lower body. Hmmm.
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serratia
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Posted: 05-31-07 22:27pm
Don't know if this answers your question
but I did find this from [spam removed]
Symptoms include painless weakness of the
limb muscles closest to the trunk and the
girdle muscles, including the thighs,
hips, shoulders, and upper arms. This
weakness develops gradually, over weeks or
months, without symptoms of acute muscle
injury. Muscle atrophy, or decreased bulk,
may be striking. The nerves of the
extremities may also begin to break down,
a condition known as alcoholic peripheral
neuropathy, which can add to the person's
difficulty in moving.
The way in which alcohol destroys muscle
tissue is still not well understood.
Proposed mechanisms include muscle
membrane changes affecting the transport
of calcium, potassium, or other minerals;
impaired muscle energy metabolism; and
impaired protein synthesis. Alcohol is
metabolized or broken down primarily by
the liver, with a series of chemical
reactions in which ethanol is converted to
acetate. Acetate is metabolized by
skeletal muscle, and alcohol-related
changes in liver function may affect
skeletal muscle metabolism, decreasing the
amount of blood sugar available to muscles
during prolonged activity. Because not
enough sugar is available to supply needed
energy, muscle protein may be broken down
as an alternate energy source. However,
toxic effects on muscle may be a direct
result of alcohol itself rather than of
its breakdown products.
Although alcoholic peripheral neuropathy
may contribute to muscle weakness and
atrophy by injuring the motor nerves
controlling muscle movement, alcoholic
neuropathy more commonly affects sensory
fibers. Injury to these fibers can cause
tingling or burning pain in the feet,
which may be severe enough to interfere
with walking. As the condition worsens,
pain decreases but numbness increases.
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hmills
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Me Too Posted: 10-15-07 05:11am
I have the same symptoms - I would love to
know the answer.
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 10-15-07 18:50pm
allergy to it perhaps?
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Re: Muscle Ache When I Drink Wine Coolers Posted: 10-18-07 14:26pm
lascano1960
wrote:
Does anyone know why my
shoulder muscles and neck muscles hurt as
if someone beat me up when I drink 2 or 3
wine coolers? I quit drinking them, but,
I need to know an answer as to why it does
it to me. It also makes my upper arm
muscles hurt. Never my lower body.
Hmmm.
I get that too when I drink alcohol! For
me it's mixed vodka as that's what I like
the best, but your shoulder and neck
symptoms are identical to mine. It feels
like you did a huge workout, right? I
don't drink anymore for the same exact
reason.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-18-07 14:28pm
serratia
wrote:
Symptoms include painless weakness of the
limb muscles closest to the trunk and the
girdle muscles, including the thighs,
hips, shoulders, and upper arms. This weakness
develops gradually, over weeks or months,
without symptoms of acute muscle
injury. Muscle atrophy, or
decreased bulk, may be striking. The
nerves of the extremities may also begin
to break down, a condition known as
alcoholic peripheral neuropathy, which can
add to the person's difficulty in moving.
That's not what we have. What happens to
us us instantaneous (nearly) pain in only
the neck, shoulders and upper arms, and
ONLY when actually consuming the alcohol.
There is no loss of movement or feeling,
just an addition of pain. For me, it goes
away within the hour as the alcohol is
taken care of by the body.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-18-07 14:30pm
I posted something on this almost a year
ago, and the best explanation I got was
this:
Alcohol causes your muscles to relax. Many
people have tense muscles in the neck and
shoulder region. When these muscles are
affected by alcohol, it can cause soreness
as they stretch out and relax.
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fo33ybear
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Posted: 11-19-07 07:58am
Hi. I always get a achy neck and shoulders
when I drink alcohol - funny how it seems
to pass after my 4th glass though
I agree that I think it is to do with
tension. I get a lot of tension headaches
too. Alcohol relaxes your muscles and
causes it to become more painful if you
already have tension.
You could try massages to relax the
muscles. I went to the doctors but the
only thing they offered me was anti
depressants as they are good for tension
but I didn't want to try them. I'd be
interested to know of any alternate
remedies if you have any?
Thanks
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Tylanas
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Posted: 11-24-07 18:20pm
Sorry I missed this post! eHealth stopped
notifying of new replies at one point
haha.
Eh, massage is all I can advise. I'm not
going to take something unnatural just so
I can drink a mind-altering drug :/
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amykate
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Me Too! Posted: 11-26-07 22:49pm
I get almost the exact same thing, except
I get achiness in my upper arms and
thighs. I was worried something was
really wrong, so I was checking online and
found your post. Glad I'm not the only
one.
The only information I've been able to
find is about chronic alcohol abuse, not
the effect of just one or 2 drinks. I've
found some references to AIMD (seems to be
more for chronic use) and Hypokalemic
periodic paralysis
(http://pennhealth.com/ency/article/000312
.htm). I'm planning to mention it to my
doc on my next visit and see if he has any
ideas.
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janefrances
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Muscle Ache When Drinking Wine Coolers Posted: 12-29-07 18:54pm
I was interested in the comments about
muscle pain when drinking wine coolers. I
seldom drink alcohol in any form but one
evening a friend brought wine coolers and
I experienced unusual muscle pain. I
didn.t understand the connection and on
another occasion tried drinking these
again. The same thing happened. I was
interested to see that this has happened
to someone else. It seemed very stange.
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Re: Muscle Ache When Drinking Wine Coolers Posted: 12-29-07 20:33pm
janefrances
wrote:
I was interested in the
comments about muscle pain when drinking
wine coolers. I seldom drink alcohol in
any form but one evening a friend brought
wine coolers and I experienced unusual
muscle pain. I didn.t understand the
connection and on another occasion tried
drinking these again. The same thing
happened. I was interested to see that
this has happened to someone else. It
seemed very stange.
It seems to happen with alcohol in general
for me. I had a daqurie the other night
and same thing, shoulder pain.
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Jolie104
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Alcohol Pains Posted: 02-23-08 20:46pm
I hurt AFTER I drink alcohol- it doesn't
matter if I have ONE drink or 7. I have
had a margarita during lunch and feel like
crap a few hours later- it actually feels
like I have been beaten or something! Its
the worst when I drink at night- when I
wake up I feel like I have been hit by a
car! And NO I am not hungover Even if I have a
glass of wine with dinner and go to sleep-
I wake up with horrible muscle aches. I
looked up allergies to alcohol and the
only symptoms I have seen are red faces,
hot faces, itchy...that kind of thing. So
what the heck could this be? Anyone have
any ideas?????
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Tylanas
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Posted: 02-24-08 00:45am
That's a lot different from what I get.
I'm not sure what's causing your problems,
but it seems like for the lot of us,
alcohol is just a No!!
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happy2balive
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wine coolers Posted: 05-18-08 21:47pm
I am so so excited to know that I am not
the only one this happens to. I couldn't
explain it to others, they didn't
understand. wine coolers and margaritas
are the only alcohal that makes me feel
this way. my neck and back hurt so bad I
can't move. once I drink a couple more it
finally goes away.
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brylletc
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Posted: 07-18-08 15:36pm
maybe you drink too much
maybe you can try doing what i do. when i
get the usual hangover, i just whip off a
nice warm bath with some aromatic bath
salts to help me relax and get rid of the
muscle ache associated with it.
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