I was surprised, if nothing else. I then looked up allergies to food and the friend was right. I have no hives or swelling or fever or anything like that.
What I do have is immediate pain down my spine. An aching pain that begins to spread through my major muscles.
I'm only 20 years old, never been able to drink heavily (obviously), and have never had a serious diagnosed illness. Nothing like this runs in the family.
I checked WebMD and tried to Google the symptoms, but I haven't been able to find ANYTHING like what I have. I wonder if I'm the only one to experience this. Does anyone have any ideas?
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You are defiantly not the only one. I have had the same feeling every time I just take a sip of alcohol. It could be the weakest stuff and I will be in pain. Last week though I tried a Redds apple ale which is 5% alcohol. i drank half of it and fell to the floor in pain. crying sweating and rolling trying to make it go away. it took an hour and thirty minutes and a heating pad for this pain to go away. I wish y'all had a clue what this is because i never want to feel that way again. Im not a drinker because of this pain and now i doubt i will ever again unless i can figure out whats wrong with me. Good luck y'all
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I really don't know either. I am 41 and have a progressive neurological disease. I have also had spinal cord damage from Ehlers Danlos Syndrome hypermobility of the spine.
I don't know which neuromuscular disease I have yet. I am wondering if it is demyelinating disease. If that is the case the alcohol burning down the spine would make sense. The myelin is the protective sheath on the nerve axons. It's like the plastic coating on an electrical wire. So you could have basically sensitive nerves exposed. Alcohol crosses the blood/spinal cord barrier and the blood/brain barrier so it hits the nervous system very quickly. That is why it causes neurological dysfunction for everyone. But if you have damage in that area, it could be why there is burning. Please do the hypermobility test and see if you might also have EDS too! The other possiblity I don't suspect but I have unstable mast cells. See the list of other possible symptoms for mast cell activation disorders.
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