BACK PAIN WHEN DRINKING ALCOHOL

I have the same problem, back pain after drinking. I have suffered from ddd, or degenerative disc disease, or athritis in my low back for years, as documented by MRI. The reason it is worse after drinking alcohol is simple, dehydration. There is a 24 hour cycle that your discs in your back go through. At night they "rehydrate", or absorb fluids, and all day long, while under compression, these discs tend to compress and dehydrate. Some docs refer to this as the "tide in tide out effect". The trick to treating chronic back pain is to increase the "tide in effect", and minimize the "tide out effect". Drinking alcohol only serves to dehydrate your body, hence the hangover. Other things that cause this are salt, coffee, caffeine, sodas that contain either. I use an inversion table to help "decompress" after a long day on my feet. Still an alcoholic though. I guess sooner or later the pain will get so bad that it just won't be worth it to drink. Good luck to all, Steve

I am 24 years old and have been experiencing back pain while drinking alcohol. I haven't always had this pain while drinking...it's only started within the past year or so. I went to the doctor today about it and they all looked at me like I was insane. I felt so incredibly stupid. They may as well have laughed right in my face. The woman made me pee in a cup and do a pregnancy test!!!! She didn't know what to tell me it was, so it seemed like she just came up with something off the top of her head. She tried to tell me there is some kind of spasm in my throat that happens when I drink alcohol that causes the back pain! WHAT?!?! They told me I just need to stay away from alcohol...which is fine...I don't need alcohol to survive...I just want to know if there is some underlying problem as to why this has been happening. Everything I have been researching also leads to Hodgkins disease. I don't have a clue what to do now. My husband thinks I am overreacting and being paranoid. If someone could please let me know what to do next it would be greatly appreciated!!!

Pancreatitis causes severe pain that radiates to the back. Common causes of pancreatitis are gallstones and heavy alcohol use.

Does anybody know how you can get tested for hodkins desease in the UK? I've tried the doctor but anybody in the UK will know NHS doctors are absolutely useless/ untrained etc.

Im 16, female and when i drink alchole ma back really aches mostly at the top part and radiates across shoulders. I have ache across my back whilst not drinking but nothing compared to drinking. i did damage my spine 3 years ago but cannot tell if that caused it as i never drank befor then. if you say it could be part of a diet it had got worse when i never ate much..

I drink heavily when I drink....sometimes especially when i am drinking sweet drinks....ie vodka and bourbons (vodka especially) i get pain in my upper right back around my shoulder blade.....if i take paracetamol it stops....it never happens with beer etc.