My girlfriend always says that she feels ill (usually has a stomach ache and sometimes feels as if she's going to throw up) even after drinking small amounts of alcohol. Alcohol reaction: One man has revealed he experienced extreme pain after drinking “If your stomach is inflamed, the skin can be sensitive and even touching it can be painful.

DON’T DRINK ALCOHOL. If insufficient ADH is produced in the liver, the body will not be able to metabolize alcohol.

Maybe you do only drink a small glass of wine and it makes you violently ill. It’s not the most common scenario, but small amounts of alcohol shouldn’t make you ill. … Throwing up repeatedly hours and hours after drinking small amounts of liquor is a big red flag, that shouldn't happen.

This is because alcohol can reduce the amount of Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep you get, leaving you feeling drowsy, low in energy and you may find it harder to concentrate the next day.

After admitting tens of thousands of people to the hospital for illness caused by alcoholism, I’ve heard some pretty unusual ideas of what “small amounts” were. Heroin is illegal and incredibly harmful and addictive, even in small amounts. If after drinking alcohol, you feel so ill that you are sweating, vomiting and have diarrhea, your body is trying to tell you something and that something is that alcohol does not agree with you. Don't play fast and loose with your digestive system, you can make a small problem bigger. Throwing up blood from alcohol is potentially serious and even possibly life-threatening complication.

then i kept drinking and the sick feeling went away. See a doctor and stop drinking alcohol at all until you do.

Alcohol can be used responsibly and be very positive for the person. ranging from 2 qts of hard liquor to a case of beer a day. Some people lack ALDH, which is often associated with facial flushing, sweating, … I wish you well. I drink maybe once every 2 months, so at first i thought it was just me not being used to alcohol but it's happened so many times now, shaking, feeling cold and very sweaty, sickness, diarrhoea, heavy breathing. I agree that he should stop drinking alcohol, at least for now, but maybe an investigation into why this is happening would be a good idea. While some people complain about feeling sick after drinking small amounts of alcohol, a more substantial amount of alcohol can lead to much more than just a sick feeling. When I drink just a small amount of alcohol, ... A small proportion of individuals ... maybe you need to try drinking some other stuff. Re: Getting sick after drinking alcohol - consistantly I have a really low (stomach) tolerance for alcohol as well. She has been drinking for about 3 years, but not very heavily and not very regularly (probably on 1/2 weekends of each month). My symptoms aren't as severe as yours, but after a few drinks over the course of an evening (wine or beer, not tequila shots or anything) I definitely wake up a few times in the middle of the night feeling hot and sick to my stomach and the next morning am surprisingly close to hungover for having had, say two and a half glasses of wine between 6:30 and 11.

A second enzyme, aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), also plays a role in metabolism. Because alcohol is a depressant it makes you sleepy at times but the sleep you get after drinking is of a much lower quality than the sleep you get when you are not drinking. posted by bluejayk at 8:45 PM on February 26, 2009

I would listen to your body.