If even small amounts of alcohol trigger construction pain in you, the alarm bells should ring. Two serious health problems can be behind it. We clarify.
Alcohol at the beginning of most people is noticeable by a warm, cosy feeling – and the next morning with a cat if you looked too deep into the glass.
However, if alcohol causes severe stomach pain after consumption, there could also be a serious inflammation in the abdomen.
Reasons for stomach pain after drinking alcohol
Some people can get bad from too much alcohol. This is because drink stimulates the production of stomach acid, which can attack the gastric mucous. Sothburn and nausea after alcohol are therefore relatively normal.(30 days without alcohol: How your body reacts)
However, they should not occur too frequently, because then inflammation threatens.
Gastric mucosa inflammation (gastritis)
The stomach is surrounded by a mucous membrane that protects it. If this is strongly irritated, it can become incered and cause severe pain in the upper abdominal abdominal.
Alcohol is one of the factors that can strongly irritate the mucous membrane. Alcohol causes more gastric acid to be produced. The gastric mucous attacks too much gastric acid. The more often the gastric mucous is attacked by too much alcohol, the higher the likelihood of gastric mucous inflammation.
But not only alcohol, but also nicotine, stress and certain painkillers (for example, ibuprofen or encyclopedic) can attack the gastric mucous. A stomach mucous, also known as gastritis, is noticeable in addition to pain from the feeling of fullness, heartburn, flatulence, (bloody) vomiting and loss of appetite.
In most cases, the inflammation decreases as soon as the irritating substances are omitted. However, do not allow the symptoms to be checked medically, you should have the pain checked. Otherwise, you risk that gastritis becomes chronic. Then stomach ulcers can occur, which are very painful and need to be removed surgically.
Inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis)
The pancreas is located between the stomach and the rear abdominal wall. Hardly any thing you pay great attention, although it is the second largest gland after the liver.
The pancreas is particularly sensitive to high alcohol and nicotine use. If you drink too much alcohol, the pancreas can ignite, then a so-called pancreatitis develops.
Sudden severe pain in the upper pit is a possible sign of pancreatitis. The pain can pull into the back. In addition, nausea, vomiting and even fever, circulatory problems and palpitations may occur.
If there is a suspicion of inflammation of the pancreas, you should definitely have it clarified in a medical degree. Like gastritis, the inflammation can heal by itself – it can also lead to high fluid loss and bacterial infections, which may need to be clinically treated.
Anyone who only drinks a glass too much now and then usually has to worry less about your gastric mucous or pancreas.
It becomes critical if you regularly consume a lot of alcohol and nicotine. Then there is a risk of gastritis or pancreatitis.
As a rule of thumb, if alcohol consumption suddenly causes unusually severe abdominal pain, you should definitely have it clarified by a doctor or doctor.
