A dry mouth, sore throat, or cough after a night of drinking can be attributed to a number of factors. First, alcohol dries out your mouth and throat, so it increases the likelihood that you will wake up in pain. On top of that, being drunk makes you more likely to speak at louder volumes.
The Effect of Alcohol on Lungs
Heavy drinking can lead to pneumonia because alcoholics have lower levels of white blood cells that help fend off pneumonia. The damaged immune system cannot fight against the disease, which can cause intense chest pain, fever, painful coughing, and even death.
People who drink alcohol but have not eaten, end up dry heaving as a result of nothing in the stomach and excessive drinking. Insufficient eating, along with heavy drinking and retching, results in famine, which decreases the body's insulin production and is known as alcoholic ketoacidosis.
The alcoholic ketoacidosis smell is like acetone or nail polish remover, noticeable when someone exhales ketone molecules. The diabetic form of ketoacidosis may have a sweet and fruity smell rather than one like acetone.
After your body has metabolized some of the alcohol it will release excitatory glutamate, which is an excitatory neurotransmitter of your nervous system. When it enters the reticular activating system, it disrupts your sleep.
Individuals with AUD are more likely to develop pneumonia, tuberculosis (TB), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Increased susceptibility to these and other pulmonary infections is caused by impaired immune responses in people with AUD.
Generally, symptoms of alcoholic liver disease include abdominal pain and tenderness, dry mouth and increased thirst, fatigue, jaundice (which is yellowing of the skin), loss of appetite, and nausea. Your skin may look abnormally dark or light. Your feet or hands may look red.
The kidneys can often recover from alcohol damage. Studies show that many of the kidney-related problems caused by alcohol use resolve with four weeks of abstinence.
Some people are sensitive to substances contained in alcohol which are known to trigger asthma symptoms. These are called histamines and sulphites. Histamine is a natural food and drink chemical. It's the same substance that's released in your body when you have an allergic reaction.
Over time, excessive alcohol use can lead to the development of chronic diseases and other serious problems including: High blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, and digestive problems. Cancer of the breast, mouth, throat, esophagus, voice box, liver, colon, and rectum.
Alcohol intolerance is a real disorder that can cause a wide range of reactions that can include: hives, coughing or difficulty breathing, stuffy or runny nose, low blood pressure or headache. These reactions can be caused by a variety of beverages including: beer, wines and/or distilled spirits.
In general, alcohol can be detected for up to: 6 hours in the blood. 12 to 24 hours on the breath. 12 to 24 hours in urine (longer depending on the type of test conducted)
Drinking a bottle of wine a day may rapidly increase the likelihood of physical and chemical alcohol addiction developing. Drinking a bottle per day equates to approximately 9 units per day or 63 units per week, far in excess of UK NHS recommended guidelines (14 units per week)[1].
If you feel that you need a drink every night or to get through a social event, stressful situation or personal struggle, and you have a compulsion to drink or constantly crave alcohol, maybe even daily, this could be a sign of psychological dependency.
While you may fall asleep quickly after drinking, it's also common to wake up in the middle of the night. Alcohol affects the normal production of chemicals in the body that trigger sleepiness when you've been awake for a long time, and subside once you've had enough sleep.
Myth: I don't drink every day OR I only drink wine or beer, so I can't be an alcoholic. Fact: Alcoholism is NOT defined by what you drink, when you drink it, or even how much you drink. It's the EFFECTS of your drinking that define a problem.