Too much alcohol? Can you burn a hole in your esophagus by taking too many shots or drinking too much booze?

Answer 1

No, not from episodic drinking binges. But alcohol relaxes the muscle that keeps your food in your stomach. If you drink on a regular basis, the food and acid in your stomach wash back up into your esophagus. It's that action that "burns a hole in your esophagus".

Not to mention all the damage it does to your other organs, both short term and long term damage, that is.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Hole In Esophagus Alcohol

Answer 4

I don't know if you could actually "burn" a hole in one sitting, but I do know that if you are susceptible to acid reflux and heartburn, you could gradually wear away the lining of your esophagus with repeated reflux episodes. If you suffer from acid reflux, you need to take it easy with the booze and maybe start taking Prilosec or something similar to help reduce acid and help repair any damage to your esophagus that may already exist

Answer 5

dont know that you could burn a hole in it but you can damage the lining....you know that painful sensation in your stomach that you get like if you do a lemondrop (straight shot of vodka)....well youre really actually "cooking" the lining of your stomach.....heres the test....crack an egg and put it in a bowl (raw of course)...now pour any brand of vodka, tequila, 151, etc to cover at least the white of the egg....wait about 3-5 minutes....watch the egg white actually turn from clear to white...your cooking the egg in liquor.....same concept

Answer 6

A hole in your esophagus is the least of your worries.

PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM ALCOHOL POISONING.

Answer 7

yea aftwer about 30 yrs of heavy drinking

Answer 8

No...you'll just get drunk as hell.