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What Causes Stomach Pain After Consuming Alcohol?

If I drink alcohol, even just a few swallows, while eating a meal I get a sharp, incapacitating stomach pain that last about 10 minutes. It seems to be worse the fattier the meal. I have only experienced this pain with the food-alcohol combination.
Wed, 7 Jan 2015
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Hi ! Good afternoon. I am Dr Shareef answering your query.

If I were your doctor, I would insist you for avoiding any alcoholic beverages and smoking if you do. Alcohol could cause a peptic ulcer disease, liver inflammation and the deadly pancreatitis apart from other systemic manifestations. I would also advise you for a CBC, a serum amylase and lipase, a liver function test, blood sugar, and an ultrasound/CT scan of the abdomen to know the status of intra abdominal organs specially the pancreas and biliary system including the gall bladder. Till then I would advise you with a proton pump inhibitor, and an anti spasmodic for a symptomatic relief during the pain. Further management would depend on the result of clinical assessment and related investigations.

I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.

Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.


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What Causes Stomach Pain After Consuming Alcohol?

Hi ! Good afternoon. I am Dr Shareef answering your query. If I were your doctor, I would insist you for avoiding any alcoholic beverages and smoking if you do. Alcohol could cause a peptic ulcer disease, liver inflammation and the deadly pancreatitis apart from other systemic manifestations. I would also advise you for a CBC, a serum amylase and lipase, a liver function test, blood sugar, and an ultrasound/CT scan of the abdomen to know the status of intra abdominal organs specially the pancreas and biliary system including the gall bladder. Till then I would advise you with a proton pump inhibitor, and an anti spasmodic for a symptomatic relief during the pain. Further management would depend on the result of clinical assessment and related investigations. I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts. Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.