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Stomach sickness to alcohol

I'm 28 and have been a social drinker of alcohol since the age of 17. I have always had pain in my stomach after a day of drinking. For the past 2 yrs my pain has become worse. Now I only drink 1 to 2 glasses of wine every few days with dinner. I had a ulcer when I was 16yrs old, which has since been cured. Every time that I have 3 or more drinks I react the next day as if I had food poisoning/stomach flu. I have extreme nausea, in addition to diarrea, dizziness, and constant vomiting.  I am not able to go about my daily activites which results in me staying in bed sick until I wake up the next day. My body doesn't recover until 2-3 days after. It's hard to explain, but the last time I drank my stomach felt like it was eating away at itself (as if it was caving in).  Has anyone had similar experiences or have any suggestions on what may help?
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Thanks, will do.
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Thank you for the advice, I will be contacting my doctor this week. Hopefully I can figure this out.

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I would consider the possibility that you may have developed another ulcer, i would also get the DR to check if you have a Hiatal Hernia.
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lol,,,good advice,,you get this when drinking?,,,DONT DRINK...geez people.
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Curemypain, you may want to consider discontinuing your current drinking habits and checking with your doc to consider asking about some liver and pancreatic enzyme tests and having your stomach checked. There's really no simple answer as to what may be going on. The only way to figure this out is going to via some testing.
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