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What Causes Breathlessness After Taking Alcohol?

Hi, I got my drink spiked 2 days ago, i passed out after 2 glasses of wine, my friend told me i was barely breathing so she kept monitoring me for 4 hrs. I don't remember anything. Nest day I had pai in my left arm when tried to lift it up or bend, and next day i started having this crushing perssistent chest pain in the upper left..what can it be?
Mon, 15 Sep 2014
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Without an actual examination, I cannot give specific medical advice on your particular health, but there's a condition called weekend neuropathy.. if one is very sedated, one can lean on a limb/ nerve so long and steady that actual damage occurs. can be on a muscle or nerve. The pain and damage is generally of very short (few days) duration. Sometimes there is minor paralysis that can take a few months to come back.
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What Causes Breathlessness After Taking Alcohol?

Without an actual examination, I cannot give specific medical advice on your particular health, but there s a condition called weekend neuropathy.. if one is very sedated, one can lean on a limb/ nerve so long and steady that actual damage occurs. can be on a muscle or nerve. The pain and damage is generally of very short (few days) duration. Sometimes there is minor paralysis that can take a few months to come back.