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What Causes Severe Body Chills And Headache After Alcohol Intake?
I m 18 years old and female; I tried my first shot of vodka and I immediately had uncontrollable chills and shaked like I had something extremely sour in my mouth. I also got dizzy the moment it entered my mouth and it felt like I could feel the vodka burning in my throat and intestines as it went down. I was disgusted and shocked at first but because it was my first time trying it so I gave it another chance. The second time I tried to gulp a whole shot of it down and I threw up right afterwards and then had a bad headache, am I just not use to alcohol yet or is this an abnormal reaction?
This seems that you have allergy to alcohol and that led to the symptoms. Chills, dizziness and the other symptoms are more in favor of allergy. Even the second time you are unable to tolerate it. I would recommend you to get an allergen test done then if it comes out to be negative then try it out next time.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin, General & Family Physician
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What Causes Severe Body Chills And Headache After Alcohol Intake?
Hi, This seems that you have allergy to alcohol and that led to the symptoms. Chills, dizziness and the other symptoms are more in favor of allergy. Even the second time you are unable to tolerate it. I would recommend you to get an allergen test done then if it comes out to be negative then try it out next time. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin, General & Family Physician