CAN ALCOHOL AFFECT JOINTS?

Iliriana Bisha Tagani, MD answered this Can Alcohol Cause Joint Pain?

Written by: Joseph Baines

mickyP14294 over a year ago

HI THERE ITHE DAY AFTER I HAVE HAD SOME ALCOHOL I SEEM TO SUFFER FROM EXTREME KNEE ACHE. THE ONLY OTHER TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS IS WHEN I HAVE BEEN QUITE ILL AND UNABLE TO GET MUCH SLEEP. COULD MY JOINTS ACHING BE RELATED TO THE DRINKING? YESTERDAY EVENIN AT MY FRIENDS I HAD 3 VERY SMALL GLASSES OF WINE AND WE WERE SAT IN HER LOUNGE AND TODAY I AM SUFFERING WITH THIS TERRIBLE PAIN. PLEASE HELP
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The member mickyP14294 reported a knee pain after a night out with drinking. He wondered if the alcohol could somehow be a cause of the pain? The member who replied first didn't provide the answer, yet reported having the same problem that occurred, not the next day, but 2-4 hours after drinking alcohol.

Others joined the discussion providing their own insights regarding this problem, even the opposing ones.

If I can say, I don't think that it is possible for your pain to be related in any way with three or four glasses of wine at all.

The member who said this added that the discussion starter's joints could be inflamed for plenty of reasons. He said that he had gone through lots of pain affecting his hip, which turned out to be hip bursitis that was successfully treated. This member advised the discussion starter to see his doctor in order to establish a diagnosis.

Others who joined the discussion, however, were certain that the alcohol is cause for the pain they felt in their joints. Many reported similar symptoms as the discussion starter, i.e. a knee pain, while some of them also experienced other symptoms as well such as swelling in the joints and stiffness.

This happens to me too! I'm only 19, and in agony the next day, it's just my knees, nowhere else.

While for the most participants in the discussion the pain affected knees only, many felt the pain in other joints and parts of the body, including wrists, knuckles, hands, ankles, hips, Achilles tendon, upper back, neck, shoulders, jaw, etc.

One participant described the pain like that of the flu or a bad cold, but without a runny nose or congestion, just his/her body being overrun by the generally "sick" feeling.

As for the cause of pain, many participants tried to provide their insight. Several of them pointed out an underlying disease, especially the one that runs in the family, such as rheumatoid arthritis or gout, although some of the participants were tested for gout and the result came out negative. Others mentioned that pain started to occur after knee surgery.

The alcohol robs you of deep sleep & water, which could contribute to the aches & pains.

Dehydration has been named by many as one of the most likely causes of pain in joints after drinking alcohol. Coupled with sleep deprivation that usually follows nights out, improper hydration can lead to nasty headaches for many, and joint pains for some. The rule of thumb here is simple: drink a glass of water between each drink and before bed. Also, try to get extra sleep after a night of drinking.

Some blamed the activities, such as dancing on hard floors, especially wearing high heels, which is a plausible explanation. Also, some drinks tend to cause more pain than others.

I tried to stick with wine, but I found that sometimes red wine made all symptoms worse.

According to many who participated in the discussion, wines and beers cause the most pain, often accompanied by joint swelling. This could be attributed to the relation between alcohol and histamine - a chemical naturally produced by our bodies that can provoke the response we think of as an allergic reaction. As one participant said:

Alcohol aids in the release of histamines into the body but inhibits them from breaking down. So if you're having a bad reaction to drinking alcohol the un-broken-down histamines move in around the joints and combined with the dehydration "can" cause inflammation and swelling and some pretty intense pain.

However, histamine reaction from alcohol usually does not include joint pain as one of its symptoms.

Several participants mentioned hypermobility - also known as double-jointedness, in which joints stretch farther than normal - as the possible cause for alcohol-related joint pain.

Several members also mentioned that joint pain after drinking alcohol may suggest Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, pain in the lymph nodes after drinking alcohol does occur in some people with this disease, not the joint pain.

What do experts say?

The alcohol use, whether it is abused or used in moderation, can aggravate or even cause joint pain. There are two main mechanisms behind this: dehydration and immune system suppression. This means that alcohol depletes your body of water and nutrients, and suppresses your immune system. Both things can lead to or increase the inflammation of joints, resulting in pain.

Alcohol often lowers a person's inhibitions to a point that some can get in serious trouble, while others simply feel more confident, at least to get up and dance. Dancing all night, especially in uncomfortable shoes or on hard surfaces, can take its toll on our joints, especially knees, ankles, and hips. Alcohol can only aggravate the pain.

Drinking alcohol can also aggravate pre-existing medical conditions, especially those affecting joints and causing chronic pain. These may include:

Celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity

People with autoimmune celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity must follow a strict gluten-free diet as a part of their treatment. Alcohol is allowed in this type of diet, as long as the right types of alcohol are chosen. Beer, lagers, stouts, and ales contain varying amounts of gluten and are not suitable for people with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. Wine, spirits, sherry, cider, port, and liqueurs are gluten-free.

Fibromyalgia

Research has found that consuming low to moderate amounts of alcohol may ease pain and other symptoms of fibromyalgia. However, an excess of alcohol could reverse any benefit.

Gout

Frequent and prolonged drinking is a risk factor for developing gout. It can also cause debilitating episodes of pain in persons who have the condition. Beer is particularly high in purines that could induce the gout attack and make it worse.

Lupus

Alcohol can leave people with lupus dehydrated and fatigued, and it can make some of the medications not work as effectively. Also, in lupus, the most important considerations are alcohol-medication interactions, i.e. its effects on the liver and increased risk of GI (gastrointestinal tract) bleeding.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Moderate alcohol consumption on a regular basis might reduce your risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to a few studies. However, once you already have arthritis, drinking may have more downsides than benefits. Many of the medications prescribed to relieve painful joints don’t mix well with alcohol, including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (Motrin) or naproxen (Aleve), which carry a greater risk for stomach bleeding and ulcers when mixed with alcohol, or acetaminophen, leflunomide (Arava) or methotrexate, which mixed with alcohol can make you more susceptible to liver damage.

This word of advice applies to osteoarthritis (OA) and other types of arthritis as well.

Heavy alcohol use can also lead to the development of peripheral neuropathy, nerve damage that can affect nerves in joints, causing pain or aggravating existing pain.

Although the pain in joints after drinking alcohol is in most cases a result of dehydration, it is recommended to seek the advice from your doctor, especially if the problem occurs regularly, because it could be a sign of an underlying condition. Since the alcohol suppresses the immune system it could lead to the development of certain medical conditions or aggravation of pre-existing symptoms.

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What symptoms have been reported?

the pain is on the tendon on the out side of my knee and it will be like a muscle cramp in the night and it will come and go, it is usually worse in 1 leg.
i get joint pain in my wrists after an hour of drinking.
Mostly Knees and Hip, and lower back pain but also on wrists and elbow joints as well.
Mine is all over my body, both joints and muscles.
The joints in my hands swell and ache.
i first experienced a pain in my hips i hadn't ever had before after a big night of drinking.
Hi, This could be a co-incidence but when I drink some acidic drinks like Brandy, I find my neck/shoulder muscles start to ache after a while.
Either beer or wine would cause me to have the pain.
I was having severe pain when I drank more than a few in a day.
I was getting pain in my knees and legs causing me to squirm and pain, and in general be really uncomfortable that night and the next day, one time unable to get out of bed!
Wow this is strange, I have the same thing, I thought it was after hard alcohol, but it seams to be from beer also just started a year or so ago and I drank harder before I am now 52.
no pain in any other joints and I have a replacement shoulder.
I get knee pain before and during my period.
But I get it in one knee and they often change knees.
But I woke up this morning & it was a similar sort of pain but constant!
It was in both knees and I was in a lot of pain!
But I had knee ache this time & I've had a pain in my collar bone before from drinking!
Hi, my boyfreind suffers terrible pain in his hip and he does drink a fair amount, usually miller and i wondered if this may be part of the cause as the pain usually kicks in a couple of hours after a drining session.
This is a common problem i have after drinking too much wine, The next day my knees are swollen and very apinful to walking is painful especially the left.
Hi everyone,I also am experiencing severe joint pain after "semi-severe" alcohol consumption.
It never fails, "Morning-After-Arthritis" shows up and stays a few days.
My joints become stiff, cracky and sore & my back turns 87 years old, while the rest of me is 34.
Drank a blueberry flavored beer, not even a whole bottle.
After about thirty minutes had terrible joint pains.
never had any problems until 2 years ago, when i started to get severe joint pain.
Although these pains dont happen always,it has started to affect me more regularly.
i have severe pain in my buttocks, legs, knees,feet and right hand.
tThe pain doesnt always happen to all parts, sometimes just my foot or one leg.
I have recently noticed to my surprise that alcohol appears to be the cause of my back pain.
My back always generally aches and feels fatigued and standing for long periods is uncomfortable.
I also get some knee pain and some neck pain.
I'll go a month or 6 weeks without drinking and then get stressed out and do a little binge which always makes me feel like c**p the next few days after.
My back goes right back to being normally messed up after I drink for weeks.
Like I said I also get the knee pain.I have in the past considered that my alcohol use has contributed to my pain, and I have assumed it had to do with dehydration, vitamin depletion, type of alcohol etc.
I have the same problem mainly in my ankles and knees.
But after I have been moving for a while, the pain eases.
But if I rest for 30 mins and try to move again, the pain is back.
It is the worst in my knees sacroiliac joint (the one that connects your low back to your pelvis) and my hips.
It defiantly gets worse when I drink red wine and has gotten significantly worse after child birth.
because after i had been drinking for consecutive 3 days my knees started paining and this is the third day the paining is not going aways.
I have gone through lots of pain with my hip and when I finally decided to go and see someone about my issue, it turned out to be hip bursitis and I got to respond to the treatment very well, thankfully.
Count me in the club- after a big weekend of boozing, my joints (especially ankles and knees) tend to become inflamed.
Achilles tendon sometimes too- I thought it might be gout for awhile, but tested negative for that.
my knees hurt if i drink a few days in a row.
maybe a couple of beers each day.
I can make it through my day with the joint and muscle pain, knees, wrists, ankles,etc.
By my second large glass, I slip into "comfortably numb" mode.
That is, the pain goes away.
Greetings- I too have recently started experiencing some knee/jointg problems in the past six months .
As of now, dull knee pain is a small sacrifice to pay for the good friends, beer and camaraderie.
im not a doctor was at the doc a couple of days ago I had blood sample taken as I had very sore knees and felt very ill however the sample was pos for vitamin b12 defient I have to stay of the drink if you google it ihad most of the syptoms hope this helps
Been having hand pain for roughly 3 years as well, started with dominant hand and now both hands hurt.
The pain is a dull ache, with some burning sensation sometimes.
I'll continue to have a couple beers in the evening and will likely continue to have some pain in the palms of my hands.
I too am a physician and suffer from severe pain post alcohol.
Since all my symptoms seem to be at the entheses ( the attachment of ligiment as it penetrates bone) and since water does seem to mitigate, I think it makes clinical and physiologic sense along with the fact that many people post that water seems to be the answer.
I can have one glass of wine and my knees feet and front thighs swell and hurt so bad you can feel the skin pulling when I bend my legs.
That's just minutes after the drink.
Gets worse as I get older.
HI THERE ITHE DAY AFTER I HAVE HAD SOME ALCOHOL I SEEM TO SUFFER FROM EXTREME KNEE ACHE.
THE ONLY OTHER TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS IS WHEN I HAVE BEEN QUITE ILL AND UNABLE TO GET MUCH SLEEP.
YESTERDAY EVENIN AT MY FRIENDS I HAD 3 VERY SMALL GLASSES OF WINE AND WE WERE SAT IN HER LOUNGE AND TODAY I AM SUFFERING WITH THIS TERRIBLE PAIN.
Except it happens 2-4 hours later instead of the very next day.
i have personally noted though that imbibing does seem to produce increased discomfort to my afflictions the very next day.
Hello, This happens to me as well, I usually wake up the next day with severe pain, but it has woken me in the past, so not sure how long it takes to kick in, but I always get it.
I have cut down on the amount I drink as more than 4/5 drinks means I am bedridden the next day because they are so painful.
I have been trying to find out what is the cause is of my knee pain for the last few years as I have the exact same problem, it also happens the next day.
Normally after I've had a big night.
I have a family history of Rhumatoid Arthritis, and I have noticed that when I am dehydrated, or have a lack of sleep, I too have joint pain, but in my hands.
This is more noticable after drinking,(I drink far too much- I'm very social).
I also notice in my upper back and jaw.
I tried to stick with wine, but I found that sometimes red wine made all symptoms worse.
Anyway, I've noticed the blonde alcohols tend cause less symptoms.
I'm only 19, and in agony the next day, it's just my knees, no where else.
this started when i was in college and now 10 years later i barely drink and just one glass of wine- gets my wrists soar.
Glad I read this Post, Ive recently noticed that following a night on the drink I'm turned into a slow motion image of my normally healthy self, due to joint pain.
After a few days it gets better but when I drink again it returns, looks like I will have to re-think things, especially after reading this thread.
I get this too, but only in one knee and only since I had surgery on it several years ago.
I'm sure it's dehydration-related though - I haven't had a drop of alcohol for weeks but was out in the sun yesterday and I was woken up at 3am this morning in agony!
The amount of pain I feel later that night or the next morning seems to be directly proportional to the amount of alcohol I drink (minus the effects of water).
Monday morning I began an 8 mile walk and about 4 miles in my knees and hips started burning so intensely I could barely stand it.
I was in pure agony but I forced my way through the whole walk.
Yep, I'm yet another one who suffers from joint pain after drinking just the smallest amount.
10-20 years ago I could be drinking like a fish and wake up fresh as a daisy, now I find even after a single glass of wine my knees ache badly the whole of the following day.
I'd had a few glasses the other night and after I woke up my knees were really hurting!
I'd just been dancing in heels all night, but it didn't feel like that sort of pain.
Hi, I usually get woken up throught the night after relatively few drinks (4-5) with pain in my shoulders, I notice that it is common in Knees aswell.
i'm not much of a drinker and i'd begun to notice without fail that after drinking id have aching knees for most of the next day.
it has only just come on recently.
I get it in my knees and it really hurts, always after having a drink.
after seeing all you guys saying its to do with drinking am glad in a way if this is the reason as not only is the pain unbearable at times i am a floor layer by trade so you can imagine :-( on that point i need to ask does anyone get the feeling the tendons etc are tight as hell ?
im so glad to see we're all on the same page, when i talk about my next-day joint pain/temporary arthritis to my friends or family they have no clue what im talking about my symptons include very sore knuckles, stiff back, stiff/sore neck and shoulders, horrible pain in my knees and minor pain in other joints i.e.
shoulders and wrists they seem very much to resemble that of the flu or a bad cold, not that i get a runny nose or congestion but my body is just overrun by that generally "SICK" feeling.
Now that I'm not doing that, I feel minimal pain, when I used to start every morning off with a limp.
The same happens to me when I drink and it doesn't matter what I drink.
If it is a glass of wine or 2, the pain starts around 5 hours later in the middle of the night and my hand feels locked up.
Sometimes both hands hurt.
Usually, they say it affects the big toe and my pain is especially the left hand and wrist.
I have been experiencing swollen knees and my hands and feet swell up after drinking.
I m only 19 and I get aches in ALL of my joints when I drink.
I get severe dry knuckles within hours of drinking and moderate-intense knee joint pain the day after, and it has lasted up to a week.
Okay so I have joint pain every time I drink to an excess which is not too often.
I am having really bad pain in my knees and hips.
it really hurts I have been up since 2:30 and cant go back to sleep b/c of the pain
But perhaps once or twice a year for the last 10 years I will wake up around 3 or 4 in the morning after having a couple of drinks to excruciating knee pain.
It also doesn't seem to be related to the amount I drink or to how hydrated I am.
I know that I am sensitive to these because I sometimes have breathing difficulty after drinking wine.
I seem to have the same problems and when i drink even 2 drinks i can't sleep and i get joint pain in almost every joint in my arms and legs.
It is severe and it keeps me up all night.
It's horrible in my knees the day after heavy drinking.
Red wine is the worst.
I have this happen within 10 minutes of starting to drink.
My husband thinks I'm crazy, but I drank a quarter of a Mike's Hard Lemonade the other night and my knees starting aching so bad I could hardly sit still.
Sometimes my ankles and feet do also, but mainly it's my knees.
I am a heavy drinker on the weekends and i notice it takes 3-4 days for the pain to go away.
Mine are my shoulders and lower back for some reason.
Me too, i used to drink a fair amount with no aftereffect, now just a few ships and it seems within minutes i feel joint pain.
I found that it has happend to me only after drinkin hard liquor,, although that usually my first choice of beverage.
I looked up this site wondering cause after partying my butt off at the lake,, I mean embarrassing hard partying 3 days later my right foot is really killin me,, I can hardly even walk,, thru the day it eases up a little, but when I wake up the next day,, omg ouch!
After I drink RED WINE , I suffer significant increased pain in my joints.
Red wine is supposed to have antioxidants etc etc, however, it makes my pain level skyrocket.
It mostly is in my knees.
During the past year I started getting joint pains but did not think it related to the alcohol.
But when I start back drinking again it comes back in a different place in my knees.
Beer gave me excruciating knee joint pain that I couldn't even walk up/down the stairs.
But I still enjoy red/white wine and I usually wake up with finger joint pain.
My Knees really ache after drinking, it feels almost like growing pains, when I was younger.
i have the same problem, minutes after drinking smirnoffs on an empty stomach my shoulers are killing me.
If i drink after eating something though, it's not nearly as bad.
but it goes away within the hour.
i have noticed recently that my body cannot tolerate alcohol, i have always been a bit of a drinker but last night i had one glass of white wine and suffered from extreme joing pain especially in my wrists and knees.
wine seems to be the trigger for me especially red which i love.
i am 41 years old and this seems to have happened over the last year or so.
:-) I am 37 and began noticing knee pain when I was 31 .
Although I never have any redness or swelling that is typical of Gout, the described joint pain was very similar.
Over the past few years I have found that beer usually has the worst effect on me followed by red wine and then least affected by white wine.
Typically after a beer or red wine I can feel something that I might describe as heat or swelling in my lower extremities - usually my feet - although this doesn't usually last long - maybe for the duration of the alcoholic buzz.
Most often the next day or two I will have some knee pain.
If I drink two or more nights in a row the lingering pain intesifies for the coming days.
one/two beers or one/two glasses of wine per night.
If I string together more than a couple of days of drinking I become nearly disabled - limping, etc.
It is fairly consistent .
But within the last six months, i've notice some pain associated with alcohol.
When i drink large amounts of beer, i seem to wake up the next morning in rolling pain.
But it never hits me till after I sleep.
It seems most of everybody here gets hit in the knees, but i dont.
I seem to get hit most in the hips, shoulders, and elbows.
I started experiencing this pain in the joints from the waist, knees and on the foot too.
It was really unbearable, it used to be so worse that I could not even shift myself in a bed, nor can climb stairs or walk properly.
But still the pain continued, then I concluded that I get the pain only when I drink the black rum with the soda, so I had stopped the rum and switched to whiskey with plain water nothing happened until this september, when I had bacardi limon again mixed with sprite.
I had a swelling in my wrist.
I too have swelling and sever pain in my knees.
And now that I do not drink I still have the pain and swelling.
They hurt so bad that I have a hard time walking.
AFTER DRINKING ALCOHOL I ALWAYS FIND THAT THE NEXT DAY I HAVE SEVERE PAIN IN MY KNEES AND ELBOWS.
THIS USUALLY LASTS UNTIL I WAKE UP THE FOLLOWING DAY!
I have severe wrist pain after drinking wine.
Red wine also gives me migraines.
Some white wines also affect my wrist.
I'm so glad i read this, but its only one knee thats hurting.
It's happened three times and each of those nights I drank sex on the beach (orange and cranberry juice with vodka).
I don't feel the pain while I walk around but it comes right back when I stop.
I have been a social drinker my whole life, I am now 39 and just recently have noticed that if I have just a few beers, I am in agony the entire next day.
My wrists, fingers, shoulders have terrible joint pain.
but I have been treated for that and I am still experiencing this pain.
%-) After I have a drink or two my knees are sore and stiff within 1-2 hours.
They just ache.
I notice the stiffness in other joints also just not as bad.
It seems to be any place that I have stressed or injured in the past.
I also notice it when I'm getting tired or worn out.
After drinking some alcohol, the next day I always have sore wrists, elbows, and the palms of my hands inside where the tendons and bones are.
Specifically today my hands/fingers/wrists/elbows are aching quite a lot (not so good when my job is 90% typing!).
I drank quite a lot of white wine yesterday (it was mother's day!) and definitely feeling the pain today.
And this morning I couldn't believe that all my joints were stiff and achy.
my knees, my wrists, my knuckles, my hips and my elbows.
I'm 43 and around 38, while traveling cheap, I had a bit of a drinking binge, within a month, my knuckles (first one only) were almost unusable with pain, no swelling, no redness, just extreme sensitivity to side motion and squeezing.
Since then, even small doses of alcohol or red meat induces similar but smaller pain in same first joints, sticks around for 5-7 days, with no alcohol or red meat, but stays forever and ever as soon as I allow a mouthful of either.
About 18 months ago I kept getting a sore wrist and sore knuckles in one hand with my tendons appearing tight, drawing my little finger and ring finger towards my palms.
A week or so later the pain returned, but in the other hand and wrist and knuckles, so I went to the doctors and said to him that whatever infection he thought I had was not destroyed completely by the tablets and has moved round my body.
Last weekend I went out and had a skin full of Stella and a bucket load of gin and tonics and I am now sitting here with terrible joint pain in my left wrist, and right shoulder.
It has just woken me up.
After coming home and going to bed I am so uncomfortable with aching and pain that I don't really settle down until 1 or 2 in the morning.
and normally always fine (as far my joints go, besides an occassional stiff knee or shoulder).
I woke up with (and still have.
a few hours later) pretty severe pain in my right knee.
Drinking alkohol causes severe pain in one side of my hip, only started since having an operation for FAI on it tho.
I get pains mainly in the wrists and elbow joints but what i have realized is that the symptoms are greatly reduced when I drink lots of water during the night before I go to bed.
I'm a very bad alcoholic and suffer badly with joint pains while I drink.
It can be if I drink certain red wines or too much Pimms.
I have this issues to but I only get the pain in joints which I have injured in the past.
I am now 27 and after a couple of drinks my knee and hip is killing me.
I am not a heavy drinker, but when I do drink cocktails I experience excrutiating pain in my shoulders and neck.
The pain last about 30 minutes then it would go away.
I am a very healthy and active 48 year old female and have had this problem for about 8 years now.
I am not a heavy drinker but even 1 glass of wine or one vodka martini in the evening will cause me to feel stiff and achy the following morning.
in my wrists and fingers, as well as my knees, ankles and feet.
I sometimes feel like I'm 90 years old when I get out of bed!
And it definitely has not mattered what type of alchohol I drink.
I have experimented with everything, including scotch, beer, rum, vodka.
you name it.
They all have the same affect on me.
I just know that everytime I do partake, I will feel the stiffness the following morning.
I have noticed pain in my thumbs, fingers, and wrists for the last few years.
I have been drinking 2-3 glasses of white wine every night.
I drink,(drank), 4/5 glasses of wine every nite and about 5 months ago I went dancing, drank wine and woke up the next morning barely able to walk.
5 days ago I got the flu and stopped drinking, eating etc and the next morning the swelling in my legs was gone and the knees only had small pains every now and then.
I woke up with both knees, both hips, sacroiliac and finger joints ablaze.
my knees have beengiving me problems for years.
I drank a lot and have partied a lot in the past and it's catching up.
Before I used to get irritations on my face from red wine but now i'm getting extreme pain in my joints from ANY alcohol.
I also have a positive ANA titre- however the joint pain only comes on with alcohol.
with 12 months in pain, i am 90% sure that Alcohol can cause your wrist or knee pain.
At first, i thought my work caused my wrist pain but then i took a month off to rest but my wrist still hurt.
I had a couple drink on X-mas night and once again, my knee then my wrist hurt the day after.
Now looking back, i realized that my knee and wrist hurt whenever i went out and drink at the clubs.
Glad to hear this is most likely the cause of my hip, knees, ankles problem.
Especially the excrutiating leg pain that is subsiding.
I'm a regular drinker(red wine) and for the last three months have had pain in my achilles tendons,wrists and elbows.I'd been giving this some thought and decided to conduct a bit of an experiment on my self-a week so far with brilliant results!
It only happens if I drink beer, wine or things like Tequilla and Sambuca so I try and stick to spirits.
It happens in my shoulders/elbows/wrists and it is a strong ache.
Very uncomfortable.
Always the day after a few drinks.
At first I thought maybe I was sleeping on my shoulder in a bad way, but I'm realizing that it's always after drinking and has nothing to do with the way I sleep.
i have severe joint pain that i think is made worse by alcohol.
i have enormous shoulder pain, constant that was brought about by 15 years of competitive swimming and diving.
in recent years my knees have gotten bad and i have had surgery.
the tops of my feet are very painful most of the time.
For years I have had this mysterious wrist pain that shows up every now and then.
At times I can't lift a gallon of milk or even shake hands.
Then about 6 months ago I started getting this pain on the top arch part of my foot.
I just came off of one of those kicks and the pain is crazy, or am I.
Hello, I was also wondering the same thing about why my knees would hurt after I drank alcohol, so I found this and I am suprised to find that it wasent just me.
I have the same kind of joint pain after drinking alcohol, but this is a recent development for me.
It only takes one or two drinks, but in the morning I wake up with bad pain in my shoulders, arms, hips and back, and it takes a couple days for me to recover fully.
Excessive caffeine seems to have the same effect also.
I've had reactions to alcohol (I thought of it as an allergy which I'm told is impossible) since I was 35.
My original symptoms were quite different - burning in stomach and cramps after the first tiny sip of any kind of alcohol, but it only lasted a couple of minutes and I had no problems with drinking more and no problems the next day.
About 10 years ago, I started getting joint or maybe tendon pain the day after I had even 1 drink (knees, hips, hands).
Pain much worse at night, and common knowledge that sleeping position affects shoulder pain.
But I decided to stop my nighttime drink (helps me fall asleep) and pain improved.
(well, and to a lesser degree, us "functional" drinkers) I used to have severe knee pain, which would be more pronounced the day after a binge.
Just recently, I began drinking again and this time, I have bilateral shoulder pain, which the radiologist who read my MRI characterized as "severe to moderate tendinosis".
That was six months ago, now I am having hip joint pain as well - time to go back to club soda and ditch the vodka!
I have noticed that after drinking just a few beers I suffer from much more severe pain in my wrists and knees.
It has taken me over a year to learn that things such as alcohol and chamomile tea can cause me a great deal of pain.
I'm 20, and I get terrible ache through back of my calves and my knees.
Everytime I drink, when I get drunk the next day, I feel this.
I feel like i gotta keep moving my legs to keep them from feeling this way.
or if i lay down and sleep a few hours it just goes away.
I have had joint pain and limited motion with it, too.
Yes I get this too(just in the right knee), Its definately alcohol related, I call it booze-knee.
My knees and ankles can be quite stubborn after even a few drinks these days.
i have been drinking tonight and just now that i have sobered up i am feeling really bad knee pain.
now that i sobered up i am having extreme pain in my knees and i have never had this problem till now.
Problems did occur though when I stepped over the threshold 50: my exercise vigirousness is not as it was, my joints hurt, my muscles are sore - even without any workout.
Im 30 and have only had this type of pain the day after drinking a little heavy.
But this pain only comes if I drank the day before no matter what activity I was partaking in.
No one could figure it out, I end up with all of these pains, night sweats and my wife says i radiate quite a bit of heat.
Believe it or not, tonight i had what i call another episode.
Everything hurts and guess what, i only had 2 beers.
If i drink Imports like , Red Stripe, Fosters etc, that is what i just figured out is setting me off.
Hello all knee suffers out there here is a brief précis of my condition I have chronic pain in my right knee.at the moment I get roughly an hour and a half before the joint stiffens so much it won't bend so I have to swing it to move this doing the job of a chef is extremely painful.I have had knee problems for 15 years after a joint trauma bleeding of the knee causing arthritis.I had an artheroscopy opt twelve years ago .
I have now got to the stage where I am giving up alcohol on the off chance it will lessen the agony I have reached the stage where the pain is out saying the pleasure.
2 similar if anyone can help i typed in knee pain in my search engine saw all things from blood clots to gout to fractures my knee after walking alot for three days had basically become immobile i went to the doc she said its not broke no clot not gout and to keep bending it i went and drank some vodka next day i had 2 have my husband carry me to the bathroom?
Although my knees are affected its usually my elbows that cause the most discomfort the following day.
hello everone, i also faced the same problem after having 2-3 drinks of different brands.
my left knee is under pain.
I'm 44 and have had pain in my finger joints recently particularly in the mornings.
When I say chronic I mean it is constant pain with no relief.
I have been averaging about 8 beers per night, and the pain is so intense in my shoulder that I only get 5 hours sleep.
another knee sufferers case: I have had knee pain for years.
I can remember back to the first time i began having trouble and the clonking that went on if i twisted a certain way, and the feeling that pain will follow(usually within a day or two).
however, the pains that followed alcohol drinking were sporadic and in different parts of my knee.
i could almost know what i had eaten or drank from the locality of my pains and restrictions in movement.
i am over 50 but under 70red wine/white wine=pain in left knee, awkward up/down slopes pain mainly in the centre of the kneedried fruit with sulphites=pain the following day, more outside knee, mostly left, used to be right in the beginningother alcohol=varies but pain is there an varying quantities.olives=pain anywhere in both kneesin all the above cases the pain gradually goes after a period of days, and mobility returns if i exercise restraint from all of the above after a period of weeks and months.
I have 2 glasses of wine and I wake up in a extreme pain in my knees only after an hour or so of drinking.
I also will have a bottle of water between drinks to keep hydrated and I still have the same problem.
I am on of six children and each of have had ankle problems and now my niece whose mother was the only known alcoholic in our family is also experiencing these problems.
I have the same condition pain in my both hands from fingers to forearm and I have a guess about it .
It can happen an hour after a small glass of wine, and last 6 hours.
good god i know how u all feel the pain gets that bad in my elbow joints i can hardly pull the cork oot the vino bottle .thought it was all in my head as i get it in the elbows, wrists,lower back ,shoulders ,chest really any where there,s a joint but it wears off during the wk as i dont drink when im working the next day and it does get better as i drink loads off water during the wk oh happy days
I've been suffering from joint pain for years after drinking wine, whisky or beer.
Not so much with beear but wine and any hard liquor always does the trick.
I only get these pains after having a drink or two so I just avoid it altogether.
Funny how I was on vacation recently and had a few mojitos .
with no adverse effect.
Later that day I had a glass of wine with dinner and couldn't walk the rest of the night without intense discomfort.
My symptoms usually occur about 12 hr later.
It just occurred to me that wine was causing my elbow and wrist pain.
I hadn't had any pain then the night I had two glasses of merlot I woke up with terrible elbow and wrists pain.
I remembered when I had been drinking before this had happened.
but if i drink too much wine or anything else alcoholic i dont get the hip pain.
it only happens with jameson for some reason.
I am a heavy drinkier and suffer the same aches and pains as discussed.
I have been suffering the same myself for many many years and had every possible blood test and liver and kidney check out there - plus more, expecting it to be my liver.
I have noticed that the left outer side of my knee and left ankle are terribly sore the morning after drinking.
It is so painful that for about 2 days I use heat and ice to try to get relief.
I have also had problems for three years with severe pains in my joints transferring around my body, the pain usually lasts about two days and then I can fine for weeks.
The pain never seems to be the same joint twice, it can be in my knee joint, my ankle, my elbow and even my jaw.
I have recently kept a record of when I have an attack and it turns out that it occurs after a drinking session.
I put my knee stiffness and getting up from a crouched position normally difficult and a wee bit painful.
Hi guys, I've had the problem with sore joints the next day after drinking for more then ten years.
Also found that clear alcohols dont affect as much like (vodka).
i just got up , pain my knees after 2:30 am .
yesterday I drank red wine> i just wonder knees pain cause red wine ?
My hands at the nuckles would sell and be very painful.
Glad I found this website , my knees have been killing me most of the time .
My knees do hurt after I drink wether a little or more.
I have arthritis and I've been noticing severe pain in my back, hip and knee after drinking 2 or 3 glasses of wine.
I also get some minor pain in other joints.
It's the next day for sure.
I noticed last night I did not have shoulder pain, and 20 minutes after my second glass of wine I winced getting up from the fireplace.
My joints also ache over the entire day, but soon disappear after a few stiff scotches.
Started with right shoulder then left .
and I could barely walk due to right foot pain each time in differnet part of foot., and had a trouble getting up from chair especially from a bed in the morning.
Well here it is 2013, a new post, My left knee is very painful after drinking Knob Creek just 2oz two nights in a row.
Hello , I am 17 years old an I suffer from knee pains while drinking and it feels like growing pains except in both knees , does anyone know what this could be ?
Now because i was intoxicatet ,i bearly noticed the joint pains which i am now experiencing over a year after i stopped drinking.
I could hardly turn in bed, get out of bed, stand up from sitting position or walk the stairs.
Wow so many just like me I've suffered for over 20years with this problem my doctor tells me it's gout which means your uric acid level is high I like to pound down a few but the next day I feel l got pounded,uric acid also elevates with eating to much red meat and stress and of course any kind of alchol will cause a flare up so I try not to drink to much instead I smoke maryjane and guess what no gout and no pain or hangover
I too suffer from joint pain, I am in the menopausal years but have found that drinking a couple of glasses of red wine being merlot seems to have a counter effect on the pain which I have in my hip joints, if I drink white wine, beer or whisky you can bet I suffer for it, I think this is maybe due to the acid that is produced by certain types of alcohol
My stomach too.
I guess the years have crept up on me and now after imbibing (bourbon or wine), for the NEXT FEW DAYS I can hardly move around without any pain!
Lately it has shown up in my wrists, hands, and base of thumbs.
on TOP of the usual pain in elbows and hips!
Drank a ton in college and when I got home at age 24 or so, my left knee swelled up like a balloon.
eventually it started hitting my ankle, then a toe.
sudden onset, acute - excruciating pain.
If I don't drink on a Monday, the pain will hit tuesday or wednesday.
now, it's not only in the joints, it will hit the top of my foot occasionally - like someone stuck a red-hot iron through the top of my foot.
anyway, it always seems to hit a day or 2 AFTER i have zero nights - especially if they come after a "guys trip" - read "bender".
Anyway, I don't find it hard to not drink for a few days but now the pain is so bad it makes it tough to be consistent.
Until now I couldn't find any reason for my hip bursitis pain.
Yesterday, I didn't do anything physical but I did have a lot of wine and 2 glasses on champagne and I had a lot of pain last night.
My pain isn't terrible as pain goes but it does seem to be chronic.
In addition to my hangover, my wrists are sore and my knees swollen.
I'm only 21 and I have the same exact problems when I drink with pain in my knees mostly, as well as slight pain and weakness in my wrists and practically all other joints.
But I rarely drink water and my joints are fine until I drink alcohol.
My knees also crackle and grind and scrape when I kneel or squat so maybe it's just an underlying condition that is made worse by alcohol.
I'm 50 and have been a heavy beer drinker since I was 20.I'm typing this with excruciating pain in my elbow.I cant even straighten my arm .It only happens if I drink 3 to 4 nights a week.I don't think it has anything to do with dehydration because I usually drink a bottleof water with my beer.After reading allof this thread I believe its the build up of uric acid in the joints and the fact that the kidneys can't function properly.The pain will be completely gone if I take a week or so break from drinking.I tried tart cherry juice daily for a month and that didn't work for me.I think the only answer is to slow down .
Well my pain started about 3 weeks ago and I drink my vodka daily this has been going on more than I even want to admit (months).
Now I have the most severe pain in all the joints in my feet, ankles, knees, knuckles in hand leading to pointer and middle finger on both hands.
so, swelling really all over my face even seems puffy.
As stated came on all the sudden after drinking for months.
I thought it was only me that had knee pain after drinking.
I am so glad I read your post as exactly the same happened to me all rh arth tests neg and def worse after wine especially white.
Then, a couple times I drank too much beer and the knee pain on exertion was back the next day.
This happens to me when I drink alcohol after intense cardio exercise like running, biking 1 or 2 days before consuming alcohol (usually a glass of wine doesn't do anything but anything over 2 drinks causes the symptoms).
It feels like everything is tight in the knees and the knees feel weak;
Getting worried about drinking half bottle of wine if not more most nights to knock out aching back and shoulders and when googling see these posts.
Wake at 2 most nights ridden with aches and pains and awake til 5 or 6 before half hour sleep and time to get up!
Pain on knees and Achilles tendon.
I have had chronic knee pain over the last several years.
I also am basically an alcoholic.
i was suffering from the knee pain due to alcohol drinking since last 1 year , i left the habit and start hitting the gymnasium , i would be recovering from the same month and slowly slowly my pain was gone in three month , i am fit ever , i am cool ever ,,, so leave the alcohol as soon as possible .
I get the swollen knees complete with sharp pain.
In addition to my knees aching, my tendons feel like they are tight as hell.
The entire knee area feels like some kind of fluid has been injected.
I began getting the knee pain suddenly at age 48.
I get an intense ache in my right shoulder every time after I drink now these days.
I only drink red wine, not every night and never more than 2 glasses but have found over the past few months that every time I have a drink I wake up the next morning with terrible joint pain in my hands.
I usually get up and stumble towards the pain medication.
I am 20 years old and about a month ago I had just 3 glasses of white wine while lying in bed watching a t.v.
I wasn't drunk just bit a bit tipsy and I realized that my knees started to hurt a lot.
Every morning after I drink my knees bother me but I always thought it was from dancing or walking in heels all night until now.
Even if I don’t drink my knees sometimes bother me.
I find when my blood PH is too acid.
I get the same pains especially in my knees.
I am 82 yrs & I drink 1-2 glasses of red wine nightly & have pain & stiffness in middle fingers.
Not in other joints.
My wife gets pain in her shoulders, arms and legs minutes after consuming tiny amounts of alcohol.
The pain leaves her usually within the hour, she just turned 30 and has had this problem for years now though not with all alcoholic substances (port doesn't seem to be a problem).
It is really bad when I golf as we have more beer on the course than water and then can't figure out why I am so stiff the next day.
Hips, hands and wrists are the worst for me.
Yes I do very tight tendons before the joint pain even.
More I drink tighter the tendons.
For the past two years I have experienced joint pain.
Mostly in my right knee and occasionally in my left knee and elbow.
If I drink beer, within 30 minutes my psoriasis flares up and my right knee starts aching.
A high fever stomach ache and a few days later i see m having a knee pain which was increasing day by day Doctors say i have a reactive athritis And my esr is also 120 Two months later my esr is 15 den my pain is getting low day by day One day i consume beer Then suddenly i got again pain in my knee very badly I dont know it is because of alchahol or not
Anytime I do drink, it's always maybe 2 hours later that every joint in my body aches and I feel sluggish for 2-3 days.
Over the last couple of years I've started to suffer all sorts of aches & pains in various joints.
Had a manic week before and on the day over several hours I drank 1 glass bucks fizz 4 glasses of white wine.
Next day felt like I was dying, ached all over.
Felt rough for a week.
Been on Hol but have felt my energy levels have reduced by about 30-40%.
However my main problem has been excruciating burning tingling pain in my fingers along the joints.
Best way to describe is as if someone is trying to pluck my fingernails out !
Woul wake several times in extreme pain, used ibruprofen gel, antinflammitarys, ice, codeine antihistamines.
Today, day 19 felt rough all day, low energy did 5 hrs at work came home slept for 2 hrs.
Hand started tingling and painful joints again.
Whilst off alcohol I did have a flare up within 2 hours of eating a tomato pasta sauce.
Happens to me as well but within 1 hour of drinking.
I decided to have 1 cocktail after work and I started hurting again within an hour after consuming the alcohol.
I accept it and refrain from drinking (wine and beer are my favs) but eventually I have a few drinks a few days in a row and I am in agony again.
Hi, I am having the problem of knee pain sometimes in morning starts ~ 4am ans lasts from 1 to 3 hours.
I have noticed for a long time that the day after drinking even one or two beers, wine or whatever, that the next day I feel stiff and sore in the spots where I know I have some arthritic issues eg my neck, lower right back and right knee.
I can even get some measure on this because I have a golf handicap of about 20 and when I am affected I can NEVER play to my handicap coming in usually 5 to 10 shots over.
I have noted for instance that when I drink a better quality wine or beer (even ones with a higher alcohol content) I tend to fare better the next day.
I only had a few bottles of beer last night and this morning I woke up with shooting pains below my knee.
I had noticed previously I sometimes get shooting pains in my elbow and knee ONLY after having a night of drinking (but only around 10-20% of the time).
My knees get sore after one glass of white wine, sometimes the pain extends up to my hips.
I don't drink often, but it hurts a lot.
If I have a couple of beers or glasses of wine, I pay for it.
I have drawn the conclusion that severe pain always happens after drinking.
I can tell whenever I drink into the next day between shoulder and hip pain.
Hi I'm 46 I love keeping active and going gym, but I also like to drink, a little more than I should realy, I've been having real problems with all my joints ;
shoulders elbows and knees mainly: I wonder if I stop drinking it it will go, and how long it will take to get right?
"my knuckles (first one only) were almost unusable with pain, no swelling, no redness, just extreme sensitivity to side motion and squeezing.
" THis is what I have in my right hand.
It seems to only flair up when drinking alcohol of some sorts.
My Fingers become extremely sensitive.
Almost feel like a burning sensation in my finger tips, sides of fingers and joints.
2 days into the 7 day cleanse my hand was hurting worse than ever!
I feel as though the cleanse I was doing was pulling the toxins out of my cells and causing the pain in my hand to flair up.
Same as me ache all the time I do drink 3 to 4 times a week been checking many sites it's not just alcohol but diet to much meat high in acid need to eat more veg
Ya well so do I at 58 and have been tolerating the pain for 15 years.
Its really picking up pace now.
Yes, I'm in my 40s and get joint pain, mostly in the hips next morning, after an extended period of drinking for a few days.
My knees have been killing me for a bit, I'be been off work for the summer, hence been drinking almost every night.
in the night my knees and hips really started to hurt and the only thing I think it could be is red wine.
I too have been suffering with severe pain in my knees for the last 9 months.
It started in one knee and has now started in the other.
I would say it felt like the joints had no suppleness to them, almost like wearing a set of calipers which applied pressure to the inside face.
I also found the leg muscles had no energy or power, I could get down onto the floor but no way could I get up using my legs, they just had no power and were really painful.
I also experienced a general lack of energy throughout, very tired and could honestly have stayed in bed on many occasions.
Since then I have been in agony with my right knee joint, struggling to walk.
It aggravates both joint and soft tissue pain.
hi I also can confirm all my niggling little injuries are always worse when I have had a weekend on the wine whether it be red or white ,, I have a tear in my shoulder and a lower back problem ,I am fit and have a physical job train regular eat a well balanced diet drink loads of water .
I had started doubting my jaunts with red wine as a potential culprit;
my ankle swells up knee too.
I have many shots of whiskey and a few beers and now my shoulder is on fire.
I broke my collar bone back in high school so I have some problems with it already but it hurt so much.
I couldn't sleep I just rolled back and forth in pain.
My left knee and my ankles also experienced some discomfort but nothing like my shoulders.
The last yr has been consistent and unbearable.
Hi all - I am a problem drinker - I have to quit - I also have hip pain only when walking and if I move it a certain way - it's on the right side.
I have to quit both - I also have pain stiffness on right side of neck.
Alcohol does effect the joints my hip joints are messed up the alcohol stopped the blood flow I really am in alot of pain thats all I kno dr told me alcohol caused it suxz
So reassuring to read that I'm not the only one suffering from joint pain after drinking alcohol-although in my case the culprit is red wine.
For years I suffered from painful knees, shoulders, wrists, knuckles and ankles, but fortunately the pain was restricted to one joint at a time.
The pattern would be that I would have a glass of red wine, the next day I would feel the pain coming on in one joint.
By the evening I would be in agony and unable to sleep and then by the end of the next day the pain would start to cease (as long as I wasn't still drinking red wine).
Symptoms were usually extreme joint pain, redness and swelling around the joint.
Months after I gave birth, I had a celebratory drink of red wine.
Next day, I was in pain again.
When I got home I wasn't drunk or anything, just that my knees and elbows were really hurting.
I have tried Googling reasons for my joint pain (mostly in my shoulders) and am pretty sure I do not have gout or other inflammation or diet-based diseases.
The only time I get joint pain is when I am sleep deprived or have been drinking alcohol.
I have searched out this board because I am having severe hip pain.
I drink about 2-3 glasses of mostly red wine a day.
I seem to get worse the next day after drinking
Now like many others I'm trying to figure out the pain the next day.
Cause alcohol gives me relief in that moment
The apres ski part , while fun is a killer on my muscles and joints and when your sking at 11,000 feet it's worse with dehydration and the the affects of elevation.
Now this explains my knee pains when I drank a lot of orange juice and cranberry juice this past week.
Lately I've been noticing my muscles are weakening, joints are starting to hurt.
I was trying to figure out why my knees have been hurting so much.
noticed a while back I hurt the next day.
but today oh I hurt.
my toes feet ankles knees and hips.
back wrists.
and I only had one drink last night!
Suddenly BOTH my knees have gotten so bad I can't get up and down stairs.
It just occurred to me the ONLY thing different is that I've been drinking the red wine!
I too have severe joint pain everywhere that started about 6 months ago.
I have had a stiff and sore knee for 3 weeks now, Im 49 and drink one or 2 glasses of red wine a night.
I also recently started to enjoy white wine and BOOM my entire right knuckles and especially my pointer finger are SO SORE!
The pain is literally bone deep.
I drink a LOT of water every day (3-4 liters on average) and despite my hydration I am still in pain.
I have not been able to wear highheels at all.
I was at a point where I thought I will never be in pretty shoes again because I was in so much pain.
I have curbed my drinking to maybe once a week, but many of my symptoms persist, and are sometimes awful after any amount of drinking.
I am 34 and desperate, because even when I go weeks without a drop of alcohol, I still feel the aches, and see the skin disorders.
I have arthritis in one joint and when it flares up it's excruciating.
Interestingly, towards the end of last year I started to have pains in every joint of my hands, wrists, hips, lower spine, knees and feet.
After a few visits of me going 'are you sure?' the doc got a bit testy and I'd abaondoned ever getting a proper medical answer - yet i still had pains in all my joints, with my wrists, any sideways movement was painful and the wrist felt weak.
5 days ago I had two drinks in an evening (G&T) and the next day the pains were back and have been constant since then.
Absolutely dibilitating pain.
Mine is in my hip.
It only happens if I drink.
A few days later, I could not function.
I could barely walk.
It cleared up after 3-4 miserable days.
As I waited I had three Bacardi and pineapple juice.
Two days later, I was on crutches.
The pain was so bad, I was ready to call my doctor and tell him to do the total hip replacement the next day if possible.
I get the weirdest, and really painful, sharp pain in my elbow after drinking beer.
It varies between my right or left elbow but it is really painful.
was told to do somw squirts it went away then afater a night of drinking,I woke up with the same knee aching
I have similar issues with my left shoulder and I find my symptoms worsen the day after I've whooped it up with my friends.
It can be pretty bad.
I have joint pain in mostly my right knee - but both of them, if I drink anything made from wheat.
My knee(s) hurt, exactly as the others are describing, the next morning.
Only alchohol made from wheat does this to me.
Wrist pain and pain on top of arch.
drank a margarita and some beer on Saturday - woke up Sunday and can barely use my wrist/hand.
Came back negative on arthritis tests, but I am finding that cutting out beer for a few days reduces the soreness and stiffness in fingers, wrists, and elbows.
Same Here, I’m 42 y/o and my right knee hurts everytime I drink beer ( Corona, Smirnoff, Michelob Ultra) it hurts right below the knee, I.

What diagnosis have been made?

I have gone through lots of pain with my hip and when I finally decided to go and see someone about my issue, it turned out to be hip bursitis and I got to respond to the treatment very well, thankfully.
MRI showed a couple minor issues (ECU Tendinitis which is in a totally different area of my hands from where the pain is centered).
Also, i 'suffer' from Hypermobilithy (double jointed-ness) primarily in my hands arms shoulder and legs, which i know can cause permanent damage to your tendons and joints in some cases .
has anyone asked about hodgkins disease.
They finally said that it could be related too food allergy and had asked me to become a veggie.
My Doctor tells me it is arthritis but I think it is more.
I did have a vit D deficiancy.
My doctor thinks it's gout.
However I recently (after more than15 years of severe pain whenever i drank alcohol) had a Uric Acid blood test, and Gout was diagnosed.
Just been xrayed and have onset of arthritis in my hip joints.
I have been diagnosed with Seronegative Rheumatoid Arthritis.
I am gluten intolerant.
im not a doctor was at the doc a couple of days ago I had blood sample taken as I had very sore knees and felt very ill however the sample was pos for vitamin b12 defient I have to stay of the drink if you google it ihad most of the syptoms hope this helps
As a teenager I played a lot of tennis and developed arthritis in both knees at 17 which forced me to stop playing - they don't cause me much problem now apart from clicking and crunching a bit, but perhaps there could be a link to joint wear and post-alcohol symptoms?
to add to this i've always been linking it to not only drinking but the fact that i have "double-jointed" knees.
or as ive only recently learned of, "hypermobility" in some of my joints.
My girlfriend had the same symptons as you guys with the alchol afecting her joints and then she got diagnosed with it.
He thinks it might be nerves.
although I do show liver problems as well.
I had mri they diagnoised transient osteoporsis, said it would go away by itself.
My younger sister has recently been diagnosed with arthritis and I am wondering if my recent hip and elbow pains have been a sign of that too.
I have an autoimmune disease and a wheat intolerance and wonder if it's some sort of intolerance to something in the drink.
Dr's said my knees were worn out, maybe a torn miniscus, but I have spent every day feeling like a marginal cripple.
I also have a positive ANA titre- however the joint pain only comes on with alcohol.
I'm a 35 yr old female with a history of arthritis in multiple joints and degeneragtive disease in my lumbar spine.
He says that alcohol increases the production of uric acid and hampers the renal excretion by the kidneys, thus resulting in increased levels of uric acid.
Which causes acute pain and inflammation in the affected joint.
Caffeine does the same thing.
I have shoulder impingement, torn labrum and partially torn supraspinatus.
Eventually I suffered a ruptured patella tendon.
Just recently, I began drinking again and this time, I have bilateral shoulder pain, which the radiologist who read my MRI characterized as "severe to moderate tendinosis".
I have been diagnosed with having carpal tunnel and am waiting to get enough money saved up to take the time off work to get the surgery done.
2 similar if anyone can help i typed in knee pain in my search engine saw all things from blood clots to gout to fractures my knee after walking alot for three days had basically become immobile i went to the doc she said its not broke no clot not gout and to keep bending it i went and drank some vodka next day i had 2 have my husband carry me to the bathroom?
I currently suffer from chronic bursitis in my right shoulder.
I have also developed tendinitis in my right elbow.I started a well paying job September 21st which has allowed me to enjoy my favourite drink (beer) every night.
eating more unprocessed food is becoming the only sure way for me to be pain free, but i occasionally lapse, and the following days pain just serves to remind me, i am only human after allto round up, i thought i was just getting old, the doctors said arthritis this, rheumatism that, wear and tear this, and so on.
I have blood fat problem especially((triglyceride )) and ((cholesterol)) my triglyceride is around 500 but it should be around 200 and my cholesterol is 200 it must be less than this .
I am sensitive to suliftes and have the same symptoms.
I have been diagnosed with Palindromic Rheumatism, but I am not so sure.
has alot to do with it, also been diagnosed with a rare type of R.A.
affecting ussually young man 18 to 25 years old is when it starts, called A.S.
Ankolysing Spondalites ( not shure how to spell it).
I have arthritis and I've been noticing severe pain in my back, hip and knee after drinking 2 or 3 glasses of wine.
I have insisted on having tests run for gout, eventhough he kept telling me that it was alcohol related joint pains that i had.
He explained that my liver was so damaged from drinking, that it was still recovering and in the process of cleaning my blood , caused an infection in the joints of my knees , hips, shoulders.
It felt like all the joints in my body was affected, and they were.
My doctor did say that acidity can lead to joint pains.
just unexplained inflammation.
A high fever stomach ache and a few days later i see m having a knee pain which was increasing day by day Doctors say i have a reactive athritis And my esr is also 120 Two months later my esr is 15 den my pain is getting low day by day One day i consume beer Then suddenly i got again pain in my knee very badly I dont know it is because of alchahol or not
I have RA, but am actually pretty healthy and I love drinking but unfortunately I can't drink very often at all.
I have bad osteoarthritis in both knees.
Although there is some arthritis history in my family, and several hip replacements.
I've been almost a daily drinker for some time been diangosed w/ tendonitus, more recently bursitus of the hio to the point of liming, seeing a reumatologist , got a shot seemed better for almost a month , then a relapse.
The doctor has also suggested it may be CFS or ME, all possible.
I suffer from chronic pain, arthritis, spondylitis, fibrmyalgia etc.
and im getting gout and muscle degredation now also psoriasis(flackey skin on kness and elbows tiny bit).
The inflammation has been on and off the past 3 yrs.
Alcohol does effect the joints my hip joints are messed up the alcohol stopped the blood flow I really am in alot of pain thats all I kno dr told me alcohol caused it suxz
I recently developed psoriasis as well as eczema.
I went to the doc and after tests there was no inflammation, no RA - just osteo-arthritis in one joint - with the rest the result of a vitamin D deficiency.
My sister has exactly the same thing and has been recently diagnosed with coeliac disease.

What helped relieve the symptoms?

It goes away with 2 Advil and then I can get back to sleep.
i take ibuprofen by the hand fulls and now my solution is to not drink which does not work too well.
I usually take bromelain with turmeric tablets which seem to help counter some of alcohol effects.
Plus glucosamine, msm and chondroitin tablets to help keep joints naturally lubricated.
As for the achy knees, once they come I drink some water, take an anti-inflammatory and walk around.
I use to take Liver Fix by Myogenix every day (which has NAC in it among other great things for your liver) and I think that may have helped b/c today I felt the pain and I didn't take it for the last few days.
I've had cortisone and plant based injections , they work for awhile.
Personally, I use an anti-acid like Rennies and it helps.
I am now taking the Glucosamine and Chrondroitin tablets daily and using the NZ green lipped muscle extract as a gel rubbed into the joints.
1 thing is I started a cholesterol medicine before the pains .
I didn't bother with tables as it doesn't normally work for me.
Most anti-inflamatories are terrible for you if you've been drinking, so I just stay off it, drink lots of water, and try to take it easy.
might be best to avoid alcohol in general and go lite on the wine, particularly if you are on any meds for your condition.
i usually pop an aleve and i'm good but without the aleve i can't go to sleep bc of the aches in my hands and wrists.
You might try bromelaine tablets (from pinneapple) that break down the food and alcohol to allow healthy digestion and absorption of nutrients.
This time the hospital prescribed me with a few medicine which gave me a releif within two days.
(AGONY) DRINK PLENTY OF WATER B4 BED AND TAKE A FEW PARACETAMOL WHEN YOU WAKE UP :-(
"While generally safe for human use at recommended doses, acute overdoses of paracetamol can cause potentially fatal liver damage and, in rare individuals, a normal dose can do the same;
the risk is heightened by alcoholism." Great, just what this forum needs is more liver damage.
I endured this for 6 months, self medicated with chondroitin, MSM, etc, as my mother has osteoarthritis.
The pain was pretty tough and I got myself off to the doctors who didnt know what it was but issued me with some anti-biotics and some anti-inflammatory tablets.
He issued me with some more anti-biotics and more anti-inflamms.
He took blood samples and issues me more tablets.
And gold injections.in both knees.
Also as of fri 5 I am due to have a cortisone injection to the right knee, I will keep you posted on that.
Add Lemon to your drinks Maybe drink vodka w/ pinapple (b/c of the Bromelain) Maybe try an antihistamine?
I also read NAC helps.
Here is a supplement w/ Bromelain and Quercetin (a natural antihistemine) - NOW® FoodsQuercetin with Bromelain 400 mg/100 mg / 120 Vegi Caps (I'll prb get this b/c of reading this tread) Anyway, I'm not sure if this stuff will work, but it's def worth a shot.
If it is gout (and it probably is) then it is possible to control it (and still drink) as you can get a steroid injection, along with a pain relief injection, and that can hold back the pain for up to 6 weeks at a time.
I'll be trying the suggestions about dandelion tea, bromelain tablets and tumeric.
I would have it drained and shot with cortisone, usually each spring and fall.
i've had a lot of injections, no gout, no nothing for 18-19 years.
I have to take oral steriods to function so it's tough to tell how bad it will get.
Cortisone shots have helped in the past but didn't last long.
NSAIDs also have not helped.
4 panados have done no good.
I usually get up and stumble towards the pain medication.
YES YES YES I HAVE BEEN ON ALL KINDS OF PAIN PILLS ALONG WITH CORTISOL INJECTIONS AND STEROIDS I STOPPED SMOKING AND DRINKING WINE.
Its like an antihistamine.
If you can't get the drops try an antihistamine tablet.
Woul wake several times in extreme pain, used ibruprofen gel, antinflammitarys, ice, codeine antihistamines.
I had started taking prenatal vitamins for 5 days thinking I was deficient in something and it stopped my pain.
I've been almost a daily drinker for some time been diangosed w/ tendonitus, more recently bursitus of the hio to the point of liming, seeing a reumatologist , got a shot seemed better for almost a month , then a relapse.
The radiographer then suggested taking Glucosamine with Chondroitin or New Zealand Green lipped Muscle extract.
He said they could help and would at least eliminate taking the pain killers or anti imflammatory tablets which are not good for you.
Since being switched over from codeine to morphine every time I have a drink I feel like I have been beaten up within 10-15 mins of consumption.
I am on a large cocktail of drugs that I don't like to take.
They make me feel tired and sick all the time.
No over the counter painkillers could even touch the pain.
Anti-inflammatories work but i need to take strong doses and I'm worried about their side effects.
You can take liposomesmal gluathione for best results.

When I couple drinking a glass of water for every 2 alcoholic drinks and taking a b-complex vitamin (I've read alcohol depletes thiamine(b1) & pyridoxine(b6) levels) before bed or the day after, my symptoms are drastically reduced or nullified.
The other thing about alcohol is that it depletes all the water-soluble vitamins,especially the b and C vitamins.Smoking denatures vitamin c too so I took extra.These vits are incredibly busy and have a lot of jobs to do including keeping the musculo-skeletal system functioning properly.I also took co-enzyme CQ 10.This depletes as we age and is involved in a whole host of cell processes.The Japanese cottoned on to this years ago!Before I started all this I was taking rosehip capsules.I noticed that if I stopped taking them the pain got worse so I carried on!
using a TENS unit constantly, popping potassium pills w/ food, and drinking a halk gallon of water, I got myself to normal.
Since dehydration is also mentioned as a factor, I've just taken some Dioralyte (rehydration salts) and I'm hoping that it might speed the recovery process.
I drink apple cider vinegar as a precaution to keep gout away and check my acid level every year or so.
I would try to counter those assumptions with drinking more water, taking vitamins etc but they never helped so I thought well its probably not the alcohol.
I have already ruptured one achilles tendon and have been managing the other one through massage, stretching and acupuncture.
After drinking, try drinking lemon water to break up uric acid build-up in joints and reduce pain.
Also, pineapple and licorice supposedly help.
look into TCM for more clear answers to this.
I live in Taiwan and visit a Chinese Dr.
when I have muscle or nerve issues.
Acupuncture can really help clear those issues up.
So, keep drink enough water and vitamins to flush out the toxins.
I'll be trying the suggestions about dandelion tea, bromelain tablets and tumeric.
of vinegar a day may help.
I am now taking the Glucosamine and Chrondroitin tablets daily and using the NZ green lipped muscle extract as a gel rubbed into the joints.
SOUNDS LIKE ME IBS COULD BE THE PROBLEM TRY FOSSIL SHELL FLOUR TO CLEAN YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FROM HEALTH FOOD STORES ROSCO
100%cherry juice amd rosehip tea.

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Joint pain after drinking alcohol is uncommon. In most cases, it is a result of dehydration, because alcohol is known to deplete our bodies of water and nutrients. Sometimes, prolonged standing or activities, such as dancing could lead to joint pain. Sometimes, however, an underlying condition could result in joint pain after drinking alcohol. You should visit your doctor if this type of pain occurs regularly.

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