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A 24-year-old male asked:
What can pain in the neck and shoulder when drinking alcohol be related too?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Hector Dourronanswered
Vascular Surgery 29 years experience
Dehydration: Alcohol causes dehydration which can lead to muscle aches.
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical 51 years experience
EtOH and Neck Pain: One theory is you might be experiencing glutamate excite toxicity, a neurological effect due to excessive sugars. There are other reports that connect a kind of lymphoma - hodgkin's disease - with pain elicited by alcohol. While the most likely cause of your symptoms is benign, you might want to discuss these concerns with your doctor and, perhaps undergo some simple, tests to be on the safe side.
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Last updated Jul 5, 2018
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