Hi, I am a 30 year old female who has been drinking for over 10 years. Actually it has gotten bad the past 2 years. I started to feel a lower back pain after drinking alcohol recently. It usually hurts more when I drink. It still hurts more if I drink only a couple of drinks. It hurts constanly after I drink, but when I don't drink it only hurts when I sit or stand for long periods of time. What can this be? Is the drinking causing it?
I have been getting real bad lower back pain too just like you say and i do drink allot i think this might be true well time for the pop instead:((
Hello there. Well, it can happen if you already have an issue with back pain. Generally, for people with back pain, alcohol also carries a huge risk of increasing the pain, that is usually caused by conditions like degenerative disc disease, facet disease, herniated discs, etc. My husband has this problem, but he is also dealing with the chest pain after drinking alcohol that is very, very common in those situations. I don't know, my recommendation is always to quit something that bothers you. If you see that you have issues while you are drinking alcohol, then stop it - it is simple.
Hello, I have been reading about this problem and although many people report having back pains while drinking alcohol or having back pains and drinking a lot of alcohol, none of the studies support this statement.
There have been studies on the topic and in one of them, 142 participants were questioned and their blood samples taken to check for alcohol consumption and the levels of their back pain. All of the participants had lower back pain. The results showed that 11% of the participants were alcohol abusers. The problem with the study results was that the alcohol consumption did not match the severity of backaches, so the links were dismissed. It is said, however, that alcohol could be contributing to back pain.
Another source said that while alcohol may act as an muscle relaxant in some people, it could be also cause muscle spasms in others and that these muscle spasms could be causing the pain.
There have been studies on the topic and in one of them, 142 participants were questioned and their blood samples taken to check for alcohol consumption and the levels of their back pain. All of the participants had lower back pain. The results showed that 11% of the participants were alcohol abusers. The problem with the study results was that the alcohol consumption did not match the severity of backaches, so the links were dismissed. It is said, however, that alcohol could be contributing to back pain.
Another source said that while alcohol may act as an muscle relaxant in some people, it could be also cause muscle spasms in others and that these muscle spasms could be causing the pain.
Not to scare you, but this can be a symptom of Hodgkin's disease (i.e., cancer), and you are in the age group where Hodgkin's is most common. See a doctor NOW if at all possible.
Well, my own experiences would tell me different to the three posters above.
I get back pain ONLY after a weekend of heavy drinking. If I don't drink for two weeks I won't get any pain. Then I go on a bender for three days and the second morning the pain is there. The third morning the pain is unbearable and makes it hard to even bend over. Fourth morning, that is the morning after the day I stop drinking, the pain has subsided. Tell me the studies above correspond to this?
It hasn't only started either, it's been about two years of the same....
I get back pain ONLY after a weekend of heavy drinking. If I don't drink for two weeks I won't get any pain. Then I go on a bender for three days and the second morning the pain is there. The third morning the pain is unbearable and makes it hard to even bend over. Fourth morning, that is the morning after the day I stop drinking, the pain has subsided. Tell me the studies above correspond to this?
It hasn't only started either, it's been about two years of the same....
Take 2 tums and you should be fine... I avoided dark alchohol from 16-21 because i thought I was allergic. I felt like my lungs were collapsing, and once i started with back pain, I had excruciating pain in the back when I drank anything dark. Take a tums, im not doc, but for me it lets up in under 10 min. Good luck.
i just googled this cause i have been on vacation and drinking for 5 days and my lower back pain is so bad it hurts to walk at all, or sit in most positions, or lye in any position other than on my back. ive experienced it before after drinking alot.
p.s. what does hodgkins have to do with it? i think that person is trying to scare you.
p.s. what does hodgkins have to do with it? i think that person is trying to scare you.
I had hurt my back a long time ago, now I'm 31 and notice that when I drink/ get dehidrated i get back pain to where i can barely crawl (litteraly). I notice that a nerve gets pinched when I dehydrate due to drinking. I took skelaxin and that made me be able to function, then by circumstance i chose to go jogging (yeah with the back pain) after I half assed a jog for 1/4 mile, the pain went away. I have been trying to jog and be more outdoor active and the pain has gone away. Took a drink and my back acted up again. Sitting for a long time affects it.
Try something this simple it might work. off the booze and be active. Surgery for last extreme resource.
Try something this simple it might work. off the booze and be active. Surgery for last extreme resource.
I have had the same problem off and on for years. Finally found out I have an obstructed UPJ. This is the tube connecting your kidney to your ureter. I was born that way. I will have to have surgery to correct it. You should demand a CT scan to determine if you have the same.
If anyone is still reading this discussion, the poster is correct regarding lymphoma, I was recently diagnosed and lower back pain after drinking alcohol was one of my symptoms.
I get lower left side back pain after drinking lots, is it my kidney?
It hurts to stand up straight for about 3 days after drinking. Has any one been to the doctors about it, what did they say?
It hurts to stand up straight for about 3 days after drinking. Has any one been to the doctors about it, what did they say?
I'll get severe back pain on left side of lower back after drinking alcohol and it'll go away only if i take pain killers, if i won't take pain killers it won't away for at least 4 or 5 days .
I got MRI done but of no use , did anyone visited chiropractor?? i was going thru some posting and some one suggesting chiro... do let me know if that worked for anyone.
I got MRI done but of no use , did anyone visited chiropractor?? i was going thru some posting and some one suggesting chiro... do let me know if that worked for anyone.
Ok; I am one time big time binge drinker turned triathlete.. that gets pretty trashed in the off season... basically confusing the hell out of my system =) I get the lower back pain... more of an itch or soreness (lower right back above the waist line). I get it when I drink heavily for a couple of days which makes me a little nervous. However, get this... I did Ironman Canada; over dosed on salt tablets (took 15 in a 1.5 hour span; don't ask 4 is the max in an hour.. saw km thought it was ml markers on the bike course) and should have gone to the hospital. the next day on the drive back to the states my lower right back was so swollen and sore that I had to sit sideways. I have been thinking that it was kidney issues.. brought it up to my Dr. and he wanted me to go back to biology class....
but still have not yet been able to track down to the sensation and cause nor did my Dr. have an answer for me.
any thoughts.
but still have not yet been able to track down to the sensation and cause nor did my Dr. have an answer for me.
any thoughts.
I am a 25 yr old female and I have had the same experience when drinking alcohol. I don't drink often anymore, but it usually happens when I drink beer. Within the first beer I get shooting pains up my middle and lower back. I have asked friends and family about it and nobody else has had this problem.